Days Of Our Lives
DAYS This Week: Rafe finds out about Sami and EJ's Grief-Sex! – Watch the Video!
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This week, Days of our Lives is punching their heavyweight story forward, when Rafe (Galen Gering) finally learns the truth that his wife, Sami (Alison Sweeney) had grief-sex with his arch enemy, EJ (James Scott), during the hours that little Johnny went MIA! The fallout could be huge!
So SAFE and EJAMI fans, what do you think should happen now? Rafe and Sami are shattered, perhaps Nicole (Arianne Zucker) and EJ, too! Couple all of this with the Rafe and Carrie (Christie Clark) connection, and Will’s (Chandler Massey) involvement in all of this and voila! Drama, Drama, Drama.
Watch the NBC promo for a sneak peek after the jump, as Rafe clocks EJ! And then let us know how you would like to see this all play out!
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DAYS Elani Wedding (Photos): What Did You Think Of The Nuptials?
This week on Days of our Lives saw the first African-American couple to be married on-screen in the 54-year history of Days of our Lives. Now while Lani (Sal Stowers) and Eli (Lamon Archey) tried before in a previous ceremony, this one did the job … they are now officially husband and wife!
The ceremony was attended by Lani’s dad, Abe Reynolds (James Reynolds), her mother Tamara Price (Marily McCoo), Billy Davis Jr. as a former FBI mentor to Eli, Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) – it was her restaurant after all and she is Eli’s grandmother. Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) presided over the ceremony.
There were some unwelcome guests at the ceremony as well; leading the bride to question, are we doomed? Why does this keep happening to us everytime we tried to get hitch!
However, fate was on Lani and Eli’s side this day, as even Gabi (Camila Banus) with her antics, and a shocking arrival from Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel), couldn’t rain on this day. Vivian even tried to shoot the bride, but thanks to Rafe (Galen Gering) saving the day and armed with news that her son Stefan (Brandon Barash) could be alive; he informs Viv firmly that she would be killing someone for the wrong reason, even though Vivian is in disbelief that her son is alive. Next, she is whisked out of the ceremony.
Lani still feeling rattled by all the wedding interruptus gets a sign she should marry the man she loves; when her mother, who needed to go lie down earlier, as she was feeling faint, was able to show back up just in time to restart the wedding.
During the ceremony, Eli mentions the loss of little David Abraham and the struggles they went through, but how in the end it brought then closer together. After the rings are exchanged and they are pronounced man and wife, the newlyweds “jump the broom” a wonderful tradition and a symbol of African-American heritage, where the sweeping of the broom signifies sweeping away all the bad energy. After they sweep the broom, Elani jumps over it.
In a behind-the-scenes of the wedding segment released this week on the DOOL app, Sal Stowers and Lamon Archey talk about the inclusion of the ‘jump the broom’ moment in the episode, and how they suggested the idea to DAYS Co-EP Albert Alaar, and how it was written into the episode.
So, what did you think of Lani and Eli’s wedding? Did you enjoy it? Let us know via the comment section below, but first check out this wedding photo gallery of the big day!
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47th Annual Daytime Emmys Draws Over 3 Million Viewers For CBS Telecast with Return to Network TV
Friday night was a good night for daytime! With its first foray back on to network television since 2011, the Daytime Emmy kudofest, while for the first time held this year virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scored very well in its timeslot.
The CBS broadcast averaged 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating. That is way up from the last time viewers saw the award show on TV when it was on cable network POP TV back in 2015 with just over 900,000 viewers for its initial broadcast.
According to TV Insider report: The first hour of the Emmys garnered 3.3 million viewers to top the hour by edging out a rerun on ABC”s Shark Tank, and then slipped to second place for the second hour with 2.8 million viewers.
These were strong numbers for Friday night, and hopefully CBS and the other major networks will now continue this, and serve up the Daytime Emmy Awards moving forward.
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So, what do you think of the ratings performance of this year’s Daytime Emmys? Comment below.
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Shelly
February 21, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Days has been awesome the past few days!!! I cannot wait for the s#$% to hit the fan!!! Loved the confrontation between Sami and Marlena today; so typical and true to the characters and history. Love, love, love! Now it’s 2:00 est and there’s nothing on…I guess I can find something outside to do. LOL.
barbara t
February 21, 2012 at 12:17 pm
good,every time I see her giving rafe a lecture on how hurt she is ,I want to reach out to the t v and strangle her ,she gets me so mad.what she did is far worse then a stupid kiss he gave carrie, which would piss me off to ,but not if I was doing the you know what, with someone else ,that just so happens to be my ex,hello,who is she to get all high and mighty,well , thats going to be a must see t v.
cathy trinque
February 21, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Days is definitely keeping my interest. Rafe and Sami are good together.
But I sure would like to have One Life to Live back. I so wish NBC would pick up One Life.
david
February 21, 2012 at 3:42 pm
I agree about OLTL. All of the reality/talk shows on all of the networks in the afternoon are awful. OLTL would be an improvement over any of them.
Mo
February 21, 2012 at 1:48 pm
It should be interesting, whatever happens. Thought Sami was going to be pregnant and then have to go through a paternity test with the truth coming out that way.
Avelina
February 21, 2012 at 4:23 pm
True. I thought that Sami would be pregnant as well. I just cant wait for EJAMI to get back together. EJOLE are soooooooooooooooooo boring, I want to tear my hair to shreds. Arianne Zuker is a good actress but lately her pairing with James Scott has brought her down. In fact most storylines are boring on DAYS. This storyline has perked my interest though.
cathy trinque
February 21, 2012 at 5:11 pm
I can’t stand Rafe and Carrie together. I hope they don’t go anywhere with that storyline!!
barbara t
February 21, 2012 at 5:42 pm
I dont like them together either ,but what sami did to rafe ,there is no way ,If I was him,that I would stick around with her.I would go back to the apartment, pack all my things, then get a divorce lawyer ,all in the same day.
LUMI
February 21, 2012 at 5:24 pm
LOL Days “BORING” No way.
you must be watching B&B 🙂
Sami and mama today was great,I was hopeing mama-dearest would bitch slap Sami.
AS/Sami has always been at her best acting with BD/Lucas Horton :0
barbara t
February 21, 2012 at 5:55 pm
I would have loved to see marlana ,smack sami,I kept waiting for her to say ,I know what you did.days is not boring,it was classic soap opera today.its the stuff that makes you tune in tomorrow,cant wait till 1 oclock.
Skyla
February 21, 2012 at 6:35 pm
I’m so excited about this, Sami and Rafe have always been the most boring couple in Days history… can’t wait for that farce of a relationship to be over and just in time for Sami’s soulmate Lucas to pick up the pieces. I think this will be a bump in the road for Ejole but they were technically separated when EJ & Sami did the nasty & i think their love & this new baby Nicole is expecting will bring them back together, stronger & better than ever! Ejole & LUMI!!!! it doesn’t get better than those two couples!
david
February 22, 2012 at 3:10 pm
It’s not OLTL, but I am trying to get into it. It’s hard starting to watch a new soap and knowing nothing about the characters. I realize you can read about their history online, but it isn’t the same as watching their history and emotions develop over time. At least based on a recent NY Times article, NBC seems committed to continuing soaps, unlike ABC. Maybe the executives at NBC are smart enough to understand many people cannot stand talk/reality programming.
Susan M.
February 22, 2012 at 5:00 pm
If NBC seems to be committed on keeping the soaps on that channel … Abc should learn a lesson from NBC… I still say put OLTL on another channel becaues ABC doesn’t appreciate OLTL and The talented acting & the wonderful stories that goes with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m not sure that will happen………… STILL MISS OLTL!!!!!!!!!!!
Heather
February 22, 2012 at 6:15 pm
I’m septical about NBC wanting to keep Days regardless about what that guy said on the New York Times this past Sunday. The ratings of Days are bad and the only reason why it’s still around is most likely because it is under contract with NBC until 2013. If NBC really wanted to keep Days (as what that guy from the NY Times article pretend) then how come they have not renewed yet Days through 2014 (the stipulation on the contract with Sony has an option that allows NBC to renew Days until 2014).
If NBC renews again Days , then I’ll believe that the network is truly commited to the genre. But right now, I have the bad feeling that NBC wants to exit the industry just as much as ABC. Remember this is the network that has murdered Passions, Another World, Sunset Beach and Santa Barbara. So I have no reason to believe that NBC would renew Days in 2013, especially if ABC cancels GH.
david
February 22, 2012 at 7:46 pm
I see your point. I didn’t realize NBC had already killed so many soaps and has only one left. You are probably right. NBC may not turn out to be any different than ABC.
Heather
February 22, 2012 at 6:14 pm
I’m septical about NBC wanting to keep Days regardless about what that guy said on the New York Times this past Sunday. The ratings of Days are bad and the only reason why it’s still around is most likely because it is under contract with NBC until 2013. If NBC really wanted to keep Days (as what that guy from the NY Times article pretend) then how come they have not renewed yet Days through 2014 (the stipulation on the contract with Sony has an option that allows NBC to renew Days until 2014).
If NBC renews again Days , then I’ll believe that the network is truly commited to the genre. But right now, I have the bad feeling that NBC wants to exit the industry just as much as ABC. Remember this is the network that has murdered Passions, Another World, Sunset Beach and Santa Barbara. So I have no reason to believe that NBC would renew Days in 2013, especially if ABC cancels GH.
1loveabcsoaps
February 22, 2012 at 8:18 pm
You got that right..! My God, NBC has murdered FOUR soaps, and it started with them. We need a soap opera network Heather.
Tracy O'Dell
February 23, 2012 at 12:45 pm
As of today 02/23/12 Days of Our Lives crossed a line with Will kissing a male. Im not old or old fashion but this was wrong. There is just certain things that should not be on Days and this is one of them. Its about respect for the viewers and having certain values. I do believe that Ken Corday said with the new writers the show would return to its “CORE VALUES” ,, Please tell me this is not a preview of whats going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!! I have lost so much respect for Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
samaria
March 1, 2012 at 11:45 am
Please let Sami and Rafe stay together.
Dmitri
March 1, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Finally! Carrie and Rafe and Lumi will be together. Hopefully EJole reunites after this!
Lil
March 22, 2012 at 2:03 pm
I hope rafe and Sami stay together. They are so cute. It’s so wrong for Carrie and rare to be together. It’s her sisters husband. Carrie is so wrong she first sleeps with Austin then sleeps with his brother Lucas . Then she sleeps with Lucas brother mike. And now she wants her sister husband . Talk about keeping I in the whole family. When will she find her own man and quit sleeping withnpeoples relatives . The writers gave her a bad role model it’s imoral.
Rosalie Williams
October 15, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I do not want to see Sami and EJ together period. I want Sami and Rafe together forever with no more interruptions.