Days Of Our Lives
RATINGS: Not a Good Week for Y&R! Ties All-Time Low in Key Female Demo!
The ratings are out for the week of July 30th to August 3rd, and while Days of our Lives was on break due to NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics, the other three network daytime dramas aired. And in the ratings period, The Young and the Restless seemed to falter the most. While still wait out in front as the number one daytime drama, the show lost significant amount of viewers in all the key demographic categories. Of particular note was women 18-49. Y&R tied an all-time low for itself for the demo’s rating share and lost viewers in the 18-49 female and males 18 and up.
However, Y&R did not lose the most total viewers for the week, that went to General Hospital which lost another -168,000 eyeballs, while showing a small gain in viewers in the key 18-49 female demo. The only show to gain viewers for the week as The Bold and the Beautiful remaining in the second spot, adding +41,000 viewers and still coming in at 3 million plus total viewers every week. View the entire ratings courtesy of Soap Opera Network here!
So soapers, time to put on your armchair quarterback Soap Opera Executive Programming hat! While we all know Y&R just made a seismic shift at the top level of the creative department of the show with Maria Arena Bell out and Jill Farren Phelps and Josh Griffith in, what suggestions do you have to make Y&R a show that you continue to tune-in to everyday? What is working on B&B for you, as it continues to gain viewers mostly each week? And, what should be done to GH to pull it out of any potential ratings slides, even though as many of stated that by all appearances it’s firing on all cylinders right now? Could Good Afternoon America be hurting it, but once Katie Couric’s new talk show debuts in September and GH switches to its new time slot, help the ratings for the lone ABC soap? Let us know your thoughts!
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have to take into consideration that everytime the Olympics are on daytime ratings fall across the board. The good thing to point out while yes their ratings all fell, they did a heck of a lot better than the chew and gaa! 🙂
makes me a happy camper 🙂
GH is still too dark and seems to be getting darker. There is desperate need for some lightness. The Scully mess is drowning this show, it is just awful.
And the whole Liason/McBam quadrangle just comes across as forced.
Production values are awesome, but I do get that the eyeballs still do not want to return.
Do something. Change the energy. The show is so lethargic. Drop the reality show garbage. Have Nikki drink her way out her marriage with Jack. Where’s Jill? Where’s some ferocious passionate fighting? GH tightened up that ship and only let the best stay. YR needs a little house cleaning. Genie Francis was great. She should go head to head with Jill or something.
Last week? Painful to watch that lame wedding. I don’t know, it’s like watching some la de da 50s pleasantry. Get it moving.
Give Harmony some dark secret to expose, don’t waste that talent.
We some old time Jill stealing Phillip from Katherine fuled energy.
The show needs to take note from The hit show Revenge and the new Dallas. This la la crap with Adam and snooze con artist Chelsea and there child like giggles is sickening dare I say worst then Liam/Hope/Steffy I thought nothing could be worse. Sharon needs to come back stronger than ever our favorite character has been massacred to death and humiliated. Boy what did Sharon Case do to Maria Arena Bell to deserve this. Im still loyal to Sharon even know I don’t like her attitude and this disgusting Victor thing .I admired the Ol mighty and powerful Victor Newman but NOT any more. I see him light a dirty old man who is pinning away feeling sorry for himself over a toxic drunk like Nikki sorry but that ship has sailed. I loved Vic better with Ashley back in the day and then again with Sabrinia. LOVED SABRINA. Sharon needs a HOT young buisness man to sweep her off her feet and Adam to be sniffing after her. Did I mention how I can’t stomach Chelsea. So fake. No passion. The soap lacks passion. Nick is a damn fool wear is the mans balls??? Do I dare get into the WAY over exposed Phyllis. YUCK The women needs to sit in time out in a sound proof cell. So sick of her and her lies and her past. BORING! Boy this show has no shock mystery factor at all. Look at the botch job on Diane Jenkins murder OY VEY so Nikki got drunk and hit and killed Diane mystery solved the end. Daisy is young and the new and improved Phyllis of today. i have watched the show since June 1978. Out with the old or at least keep them in the back round for Christmas dinner.they could have done so much with the Ricky murder but it lacks imagination to say the least. OK we LOVED Doug Davidson’s performance and we all wanted to give him and Peter Porte a Emmy BUT now we want to take it away. We know he is sad but knock it off dude. Michael and Ronan have become a disappointment. This is a FBI agent and a DA??? Come on!!! Weak !!! They giving special treatment to psycho Phyllis put want to burn Paul at the stake!!! Okay sorry but heather and Daniel UMMMM NO!!! OMG NO!!! Do I need to say more. FOR GOD SAKES BRING BACK VICTORIA ROWELL !!! Do they want to sky rocket this show to #1 this is how you start!!!! Chloe boring bring Chance back for her or fire her. Eden waist of time and money. Summer and Fen not yet were not ready.We need action mystery romance and sweaty forbidden lust.
Oh, but Paul’s scenes were amazing. That’s acting. He’s so handsome.
Well there is no way that, hypothetically should KATIE be an overnight success, that it will help GH on the WEST coast considering DR OZ will be following it.
I think the bad ratings for Y&R has to do with all the behind-the-scenes drama that went on. It is like the stock market. People probably tuned out because of it.
I don’t watch B&B, but I do see the promos as I fast-forward the commercials for Y&R. Every week it is the same – Liam, Hope & Steffy unless they throw in Bill & Katie for a change. I guess the younger kids (demographic) likes this tug-of-war and bedhopping with this triangle. It seems boring to me from all the comments I read about it and the other soap fans that complain about it. Maybe we on the message boards are truly the minority and nobody gives a flying fig what we think or what we want to watch?
As a 30+ year viewer of “Y & R” (been watching since Summer 1981), I suggest the following:
1) Stop/un-do the needless SORAS’ing of characters – Noah, Summer, Fenmore and now Kyle Jenkins have been aged to the point where MAB has messed up the show’s timelines, previous storylines and family histories. I’d like to see the original child actors return to their roles at the proper ages. The worst screw-up was the SORAS’ing of Kyle Jenkins – now being portrayed by a kid with the acting depth of a totem pole – Blake Hood needs to go!!
2) Un-do MAB’s decimation of core families: she killed off all the Carltons – The Abbott clan is now just Jack & Billy – the Newmans are divided as usual and the Fisher/Baldwin clan are now a joke unto themselves!! Josh Griffith needs to bring these families front and center again and the only way to do that is to…
3) Get rid of nearly every yawn-inducing character Maria Arena Bell and her co-hacks Scott Hamner & Hogan Sheffer have created since their reign of terror started in 2008. The following characters need to go and soon:
Tucker
Sofia
Yolanda/Harmony
Sarge
Avery
Anita (Ugh!)
Chelsea
Eden (yes, her too!)
Genevieve
Kyle
Ronan (could have been a good character, but MAB and her hacks made him a jerk!)
NOT ONE of these characters belongs in GC – they are nothing but cliches and carriers to perpetuate bad plot-driven material. Perhaps Josh Griffith can come up with a sweeping umbrella story to dispatch these useless, one-note characters.
4) New sets/places that should be seen in GC – I’ve grown very tired of that damn G.C.A.C. and the coffee house!! I am not familiar with Jill Farren Phelps’ work, but she does has the Emmy awards to prove she can do a capable job – I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt and wait until her and Josh’s version of “Y & R” premieres before I make any assessments.
and finally:
5) GET RID OF ANY TRACES OF THAT HORRID WRETCHED CHARACTER KNOWN AS DAISY CARTER – THE WORST CHARACTER THAT EVER APPEARED ON “Y & R”!! Sorry, but this long-time viewer never, ever bought for a second that she and her dimbulb brother Ryder Callahan were the demon spawn of Sheila Carter and Tom Fisher – NEVER!!
Okay everything what Bart say’s including my suggestion to cut back on Phyllis A LOT!!! and #1 on the list bring back Victor Rowell we need a entire Winters family again, NOT this Harmony not her son I have watched this show since 1978 and for the life of me I can’t ever remember this guys name, Ronan like I said in my post I had huge expectations for him and he failed big time what a sorry excuse for a FBI agent was he the same secrete service in the news with the call girls. Please him tipping off crazy Phyllis how unprofesstional. Daisy could of been the new an improved next Phyllis she does have only an icon of the most famous villian in daytime history, But they screwed it up. Where is Ericia Love Joy aka Mary and her younger sister Diana ??? I think having Phyllis as Shelia Carter was the biggest joke and then with sister Smith of Shelia with Laurens face OMG who thought of that junk. You can’t replace Kimberly Brown
with B&B cut way way way back on Steh/liam/Hope if there gonna brake them up stop having them talk about who is gonna bed Liam and someone do it already!!!They opened the door for a same sex couple they need both shows to have same sex young couples like ATWT but not make it some big storyline like it’s a OMG your gay thing like on B&B , Okay so they are gay so now let’s see them live have a storyline work don’t but them on display like a circus act. i miss the day’s we had other characters on B&B Id like to see a fashion war with the Forresters vs Spectra. like when Sally was around R.I.P she was larger then life. Thorne and Macy were fantastic.Amber Moore has to be my all time favorite and they go and fire her and put wimpy Caroline in there. Oh Gosh were is the old soap day’s? Please get rid of Stephanie’s silly joker sister she is just nut’s. give Taylor a life. My God the women has ben waiting for Ridge for 25 years to be her’s Not happening. I thought they were supposed to have Taylor find out she had a son with the Prince from years ago what gives?
GH has got to advertise as it did before yrs., ago. When they have new accitement to air people need to know………..Advertise on outher cable networks like most shows do. It is never seen anytime anywhere. Believe it or not some drfiters thought GH was cancelled along time ago. Cable and mutiple channels and the Olympics is killing daytime right now. Dallas advertises everywhere……same genre!
The Y&R ratings are atrocious. MAB’s firing was well justified & she was delusional to think her stories would bring ratings.
JG & JFP need to clean house of Gen, Tucker, YoHarm, Sarge, Anita, Glo, Jeff & Daisy. Y&R needs to get back to the core families (Newmans, Abbots, Winters,,,etc) & business stories instead of using useless newbies. 🙂
WOW!! the ratings for Cartini’s OLTL reboot… I mean “GH” are down again. No suprise there since One Lifer’s are used more than the actual GH cast.
If the current GH shows are demonstrating it is “firing on all cylinders”, GH has no chance. If this is as good as it gets for the show, it will continue to bleed viewers. I am honestly so tired of hating this show, but it’s done nothing to make me think otherwise.
YR is just in shambles right now.
I can’t wait for DOOL to come back! I was happy for the break, but now I want my soap back on the tubes.
I cant wait for DOOL either and go EJAMI!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t mean to be insulting but if B&B gained viewers I really do question the brains of soap viewers. That is why I think this is a bogus poll!!!! No one in their right mind can think baseing an entire soap on three characters who sorry are just awful could be pulling in viewers.
You are so right on the money, kay/kay. The entire soap is and has been Steffy, LIam and Hope. It’s exhausting. It took forever for them to get together and get married, only to find out about Liam’s “infidelity” on their wedding day. YAWN!!!! C’mon, there’s more to this soap than these three kids. Totally under utilizing Don Diamont, not to mention some of the older actors on the show. Maybe once the school year starts up they will shift storyline to include some of the more mature characters. PLEASE!!!
HERE HERE RE: B&B STEF/LIAM?HOPE DOUBLE YAWN !!! COMING FROM A @@ YEAR B&B FOLLOWER> HEAR US BRADLEY BELL> WITH BOTH EARS!!!! THANKS 🙂
The reason BB gets more viewers is because of attention span..
It is much easier to watch a 30 minute soap, time wise, than an hour show..
The soap fans who still watch doing real time (not via the net etc) do not have that hour to spend watching any longer as they once did in an era past…
Good point. I never thought of that (30 minute format). Maybe the remaining soaps should go back to the 30 minute format the way they used to be way back when.
I have been suggesting 30 min for years. They should have done that with AMC and OLTL. It would focus on the important characters and would be easier to distribute internationally, like B and B.
General Hospital ” lost another -168,000 ” I have a hard time believing these numbers–
Where do I start with y &r. Chelsea and Adam suck. Sharons character hss been ruined and she is a VET. Melissa Claire Egan is not and her character is mde into a Stepford Wife which she aont. MAB should finally see why she was let go.
sorry supposed to say aint. bad spelling there.
I have a hard time interpreting this when Michael refers to the number of eyeballs viewing the shows. Most of us have two eyeballs. Should we halve the number then? Does he mean pairs of eyeballs? I realize you are trying to be snappy, Michael, but the result is that you are making it either confusing or inaccurate.
It is summer. People are on vacation. The next two weeks I will not be viewing because I will be out of town and I don’t record when I am gone because I will never have time to view them, even with fast forward. That means nothing in the long run. The test will be when summer is over.
I’ve always wondered about the ratings also. Are the numbers the amount of people watching per day or a total for the week? The numbers always seem low to me if it’s for the week. SOrry if this is a dumb question!!
I hate to see Ronn Moss go from Band B but this show repeats and repeats and that’s why I won’t watch anymore.
As for Y&R I have watched for 34 years and can’t believe what I’m now seeing. Please quit playing musical chairs with marriage! We don’t marry everyone we fall for and that fast. Phyllis is allowed too much for too long don’t even believe Summer is Nick’s, never have. Sharon Case is a great actress, give her the role she deserves, not this bimbo of late. Daniel Goddard belongs out front. let him lead it’s time!
I am most discruntled against the Y&R. I really hope they will bring back reality into the show. I have been watching this soap with interest but everything went wrong when Sharon slept with Adam when she was about to marry nick; the storyline became a nightmare for sharon. She was sweet, kind hearted admirable, though weak she was the perfect woman for nick; then from nowhere this victor madness. For this shoe to succeed the following must be done immediately
1. Restore sharon case. Bring out a medical explanation to her actions. Make her a firm and powerful woman on her own right not through the newmans or abbotts. Bring in a new storyline for her. No one currently in the show that will start a real romance and love phase just like Nick and sharon back in the 1990s-2005. Make Noah and Fait consistent in her life and that of this new romance. Give her happiness for once. Make her forget about nick cheating on her with phyllis for that is the source of all troubles. Make embrace a new life with this hot, good looking, honest and successful man. Solidify this with her having a child with him. I strongly believe this will be a good start. I really do not think someone can be without even a single friend. Since dru and grace left Sharon has just been lonely and the then writers worsened everything my making her find comfort only in sleeping with other men. This is wrong!! Create some good frienship opportunities for her especially with those that considered her as a tgreat or hated her- kill the phyllis=sharon hatred and nikki constant disapproval. Mak her to be a woman of charisma and aura just like the change of adam from bad to good!! What about Dorris Sharon’s mother, for crying out loud has she not been in that forsaking bin for long. Bring her back as she helps sharon find a new perspective in life and heal from whatever illness you deem fit. Use this to draw in a solid support from noah, faith and most of the newmans who could have ignored what she has been through.
2. Destroy Nick and Phyllis for good. Honestly what they have is not real and is mt founded on anything. Make nick figureout the pain he must have put sharon through and try to see her get well. Make him run this time after sharon but not to her interest anymore. Give him a new relationship fresh and unexpected.
3. Change the business setting in the movie. Enough of the newman being on top. The new man for sharon should be the heir of a powerful enterprise settling in Genoa City. Introduce a new family that will tussle the business world with the newman and the abbott. Expand Adams new business strategy to something big. create a real business revolution in the movie.
4. Give Jack a new sense of purpose. He’s been such a miserable man. He has no life since he lost phyllis. Worl on this chemistry between jack and phyllis. Prove that summer is not a newman but an Abbott.
5. Regenerate Collin; that she was not dead or something…she is back to destroy newman or something.
6. Improve the black performace of the movie. Neil has not found any true love at all. Give him something fresh as well but not harmony please!!! Lilly is too comfortable in the movie…spark serious challenges between her and cane. Give Devon more vigour in the soapie. Make him mount to a real love line a possible spark with summer. dont pair black couples only with blacks make the movie contemporary.
7. A pure teenage love story will be of an immense importance to the soapie such as faith and fern…something strong like nick and sharon back in the days; not the madness they did with eden going around with every body.
8. Settle nikki and victor once and for all. Enough of the stupid slipt and hooking up again. Its tiring
9. Destroy Villy’s perfect world. Chelsea looses the baby and comes back to get what is rightly hers from villy. The pressure mounts and things change. Billy eventually falls for chelsea and they work out. Connect Adam to Avery. Spark something refreshing. Vicky now looks for real love and a real family. Reed comes back to his mother and she falls in love with neil and find her bigger purpose at Abbott. Miraculously she gets pregnant again with neil.
10. Noah starts his industry and kindles a challenge with devon in that industry, due to cane’s changing into manipulative business man and falls for Ashley, Lilly leaves him. Show her a solid single mother aiming for the best for her kids- then connect her to noah giving her all the support she needs as a friend knowing what his mother has been through this kinks them up for solid love story. Change the Noah character at this stage, bring in someone hot like thomas on the bold and the beautiful- man enough.
11 create a new enermy for victor apart from jack- such as the father of sharon’s new husband. Introduce him as a much powerful man than victor with whom victor has a history when he started off as a business man. Make him a man who lost his wife and his quest for nikki.
12. Bring in a new bad woman like phyllis with whom they will be at logger heads all the time- the eldest daughter of the new powerful family. Portray a new tussle and need to get jack as hers!!! Steer up a new feud.
13. most esentially surprise the viewers as to victor’s reaction when he returns. He forgives sharon especially after she attemprs suicide as a result of a mental condition and being overwhelmed to figure out what is happeneing to her. He gives her all the required medical attention.
14. Connect Nick to Chloe. I am sorry i am no more in support of nick and sharon. That pure love they shared have been shattered but the writer should keep them good friends because of their history and kids. Kevin with Eden and Daniel works out things with daisy which returns, give phylis a hard time and changes o work things out in her family. Connect heather to ronan.
When the new writers step in only then will i start watching Y&R again!!
Days Of Our Lives
‘Brilliant Minds’ Officially Canceled After 2 Seasons at NBC; DAYS Alum Al Calderon, OLTL Alum Teddy Sears and Zachary Quinto Among the Cast
After languishing on the bubble for months, on Friday, NBC handed down the decision and canceled the medical drama Brilliant Minds after two seasons.
Brilliant Minds stars Zachary Quinto as neurology physician Oliver Wolf, who’s character and the series is inspired by the life and books of neurologist. Oliver Sacks. The series focuses on the medical mysteries of the mind, as Wolf a larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns explore the last great frontier, the human mind, while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The final six episodes of what will now be the end of its second and final season were already set to air beginning on May 27, after being pulled off the network schedule in February as viewership saw a steep decline. Brilliant Minds second season became the lowest-rated drama on linear TV viewing, which didn’t bode well fo a network renewal, although it had its hard core fan base.
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There are some exceptional notables in the cast along with the talented Quinto that includes Days of Our Lives alum, Al Calderon (ex-Javi Hernandez) who joined the series in its second season as Nurse Nico Silva, and One Life to Live alum, Teddy Sears (ex-Chad Bennett) who plays Wolf’s love interest and fellow physician, Dr. Josh Nichols.
The rest of the talented cast includes: Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Donna Murphy, John Clarence Stewart, and Brian Altemus.
In an ironic twist of fate on Thursday, April 30, Days of Our Lives finally revealed the actor who was Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Javi, when they announced that actor Jacob Martinez had now stepped into the role. Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming new episode, Calderon left in the spring of 2025, but will be seen in the part for the final part this month, and then on June 20, Martinez debuts as Salem’s new Javi.
Taking to his Instagram with a sorrowful and heartfelt post on the Brilliant Minds cancellation was Teddy Sears who wrote, “Thank you, Brilliant Minds. I got the call today and I didn’t want to hear, but I knew that it would come, You have to be a particular vintage to quote Don Henley from memory, but that’s the line that came to mind earlier today after I got off the phone with our inimitable showrunner Michael Grassi who delivered the news that NBC has cancelled the series”.
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Sears continued, “To say that I feel sad to be moving on from these stories, this character, and this cast and crew just doesn’t paint the entire picture. I’m sad, sure. But I’m also deeply grateful that I got hired to play this part, so proud of the stories we told, and the other actors I got to play alongside. I’m excited to see what comes next, what adventures await, and terrified to be without a professional home. A quick and heartfelt thank you to everyone, all over the globe, who found us and found themselves in us, in our characters and in our stories. We wouldn’t have been able to tell them without you. And we still have 6 fresh episodes yet to air, and I do hope you tune in enjoy the remainder of the series. They’re the best we’ve done.”
As he wrapped up his sentiments, Sears signed off with, “The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I figured out I have to learn again. I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter. But everything changes…Thank you, Brilliant Minds.”
Calderon took to his Instagram story and simply shared, “Thank You, Brilliant Minds.”
The medical drama was created and executive produced by Michael Grassi alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Lee Toland Krieger, DeMane Davis, Jasmine Russ, Henrik Bastin, Jonathan Cavendish, Andy Serkis and Shefali Malhoutra.
So, what do you think of NBC’s decision to cancel Brilliant Minds after two seasons? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Days Of Our Lives
DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Sophia Seemingly Plans to End Her Life, But Not Before Setting Fire to Johnny’s Apartment With Him Trapped Inside
The final few moments of the Thursday, April 30 episode of Days of our Lives, will pave the way, to what just may be the end of Sophia Choi’s (Rachel Boyd) life, but not as you may think!
After an unhinged Sophia paid a visit to Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman), maced him in the eyes, knocked him out and then tied up to a chair, now conscious, she lets him know that she holds him responsible for all the trouble and trauma she has gone through from adopting her child, and her being sent to a mental institution.
So instead of the unregistered gun Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) gave her to finish off Johnny, Sophia sets up a plan to light candle, use nail polish remover and turn on the gas on the stove to ultimately create a mass explosion, which although Johnny pleaded to her not to that to all the innocent people inside his apartment building, she doesn’t seem to care.
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FIERY FACE OFF
The plan was supposed to be, after she takes care of Johnny she will toss the gun in the Salem River, then focus on payback to Holly Jonas before leaving town to start a new life.
Now, Sophia makes her exit, leaving Johnny to be a few moments away from an explosion or gas inhalation, when Chanel (Raven Bowens) comes home after awaiting the results of her mammogram. She sees Johnny tied up, as he panics and tells her to put out the flame on the candle, things go awry, and a fire has begun and everything may go up in flames with Johnny and Chanel inside.
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A BROKEN SOPHIA
Back in her room, Sophia breaks down after reading the social media comments about her, she planted, and then starts writing a suicide or farewell note which says. “I’m tired of begging for forgiveness for my mistakes. All I wanted was to move forward, to be loved and understood. But it’s clear that I was never going to get that. Holly Jonas said that I was dead to her. So, as her former BFF, I’m going to make her dream a reality.”
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A DEADLY TRAP
Now, the fate of Johnny, Chanel and Sophia will be revealed on tomorrow’s May 1st cliffhanger, which may be the end of Sophia when she crosses paths with Kirsten at the bridge near the river. We do know Rachel Boyd is no longer appearing in the show credits section and is now off contract with the soap.
So, what did you think of the climatic final moments of DAYS? What did you think of the performance of Rachel Boyd as Sophia Choi? Let us know via the comment section.
Breaking News
Jacob Martinez is ‘Days of Our Lives’ New Javi Hernandez Replacing Al Calderon in the Role
Finally! The casting has been revealed as to just who would be Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Days of our Lives, Javi Hernandez. On Friday, April 30, the long-running soap opera revealed Jacob Martinez is taking on the part and he will first be seen this coming June 30th and then on all-new episodes streaming on Peacock.
As previously reported, the popular Calderon exited the soap opera last year to join the cast of the NBC primetime medical drama, Brilliant Minds as nurse Nico Silva, who in May will air the remainder of their second season. The series has been on the bubble for renewal by the network. His last episodes as Javi will also air this May on DAYS.
Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming, Martinez has been secretly ensconced in all the drama in Salem for quite some time. When viewers see the new Javi in story, we should learn what will happen in Javi’s relationship with Leo Stark played by Emmy winner, Greg Rikaart, plus his continued relationship with his relatives in the Hernandez clan. Currently, when Javi returned to Salem after taking care of his ailing father, and after the bust-up of his marriage to Leo thanks to Dimitri (Peter Porte), he claimed he had moved on with someone else while he was away from Salem.
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Like Calderon before him, Martinez is a multi-talented actor and singer. Jacob’s resume is impressive having appeared in the musical In Pieces: The Musical at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and he was hand-picked by Joey Contreras to play the role of Grey. Other credits include: the short film, Memory Swim and the play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage.
Martinez hails from Norfolk, Nebraska and appeared when he was very young at the Johnny Carson Theatre, and as DAYS fans know, Jacob is now working at the Days of our Lives studios, right where the “Tonight Show” is filled. In addition, Jacob Martinez is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
Taking to his Instagram on Thursday, April 30 once the news of his casting was revealed, Martinez, expressed, “Way too many people to thank in one post, so I’ll just say THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART to each and every person who continues to pour into me and encourage me to chase my dreams. I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am. I already feel beyond blessed, supported, and loved. See you all in Salem ⏳”
Jacob Martinez appeared on Friday on the Days of our Lives Instagram account announcing his casting. You can check it out below. Deadline was the first to report the casting switch.
So, excited to learn who is the new Javi Hernandez? Please welcome Jacob Martinez to the role and be on the lookout for his debut on June 30. Comment below.
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