Days Of Our Lives
Susan Lucci Presents Days of our Lives with WGA Award for Daytime Drama Series
Sunday night, in ceremonies held simultaneous in New York and Los Angeles, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) handed out the awards for outstanding achievements in writing in the fields of film, television, radio, audio, and promos.
During the ceremonies in New York, Days of our Lives, the sole nominee in the category of Writing for a Daytime Drama Series, received its kudos and its trophy.
The winning DAYS team consisted of: Head Writer Ron Carlivati and writers: Lorraine Broderick, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, and Katherine D. Schock
When it was time for the Daytime Drama category, All My Children icon, Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) took to the podium and presented the award to DAYS,
On-hand to accept the award was Days of our Lives head writer, Ron Carlivati and members of his writing team including: Broderick, Giddens and Davis.
Carlivati shared in his acceptance speech: “I just want to say, this is a full circle moment to receive the award from the iconic Susan Lucci. I grew up watching her as Erica Kane and I can even name all of her husbands.”
Ron the went on to recite all of Erica’s laundry list of husbands throughout the run of the legendary soap opera. The head scribe then went on to list all of Viki’s husbands on One Life to Live, a show in which, as daytime fans know, he was the head writer of. You can check out the video clip below.
Days of our Lives received the WGA honors for the following scripts/story that were revealed in a statement back in January, from Carlivati, who shared: “We submitted three scripts from the storyline about Craig’s late-in-life coming out, the impact it had on his wife, Nancy, and of course, his ill-fated romance with the ever-scheming Leo. We felt that these episodes were a good representation of what Days of our Lives does best: high-stakes family drama with a comedic twist.”
Congratulations to Ron and the writing team in Salem on their WGA Award.
Share your thoughts on DAYS victory and Susan Lucci presenting the award to Ron and his team in the comment section below.
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Ron is so cute! And he loves soaps so much.
You know what he gets a lot of grief but no one can ever say he does not love and truly care about the soap gender! Congrats!!
Congratulations Ron. And thank you for reminding everyone of our unforgettably beloved One Life to Live. I’m impressed that you can remember the names all of Viki’s husbands. I can too; but, I was a regular viewer from day one. Congratulations again.
this officially makess the writers guild award a joke.
I assume that is your professional opinion. Second best heard writer ever on a budget that not even Agnes, Phillips, nor Bell could write with. Still delivering never before told stories on daytime or homages to the past with a twist. It’s a soap opera many watch for escapism and we do not take it seriously just a fun escape!
Surprised a category for daytime drama remains in play. Would love a renaissance for the genre. Writers may be able to push that.
Congratulations Days. My one and only Soap Opera.
Congratulations on the win!
Congratulations Ron and all the writing team!
Such great news! Congratulations to Ron and the entire Days team. It is definitely my favorite escape from reality! Now if we can just up the budget that would be phenomenal!
The man does know and love his soap history.. I loved the fact that Robin Strasser and Linda Dano were on Days as guests playing Vivian. It was so much like the theater where different actors play the same role but bring different interpretations. Mr Carlivati should invent a short term role and cast it every year with an old time soap grand dame as a love letter to the genre. Employ Lucci, Robin Strasser,, Victoria Wyndham, Linda Dano et all as they haven’t been forgotten. We so love too see the ones that built the building.
The head writer (Carlivati) does not cast the show. That’s the EP (Corday) and casting director’s responsibility. DAYS couldn’t afford Lucci. Slezak has turned down GH because she lives In Connecticut and doesn’t want to spend an extended time on the west coast.
There are other soap actors out there other than Lucci and Slezak. It would be a short term role not a long one going into it – a casting stunt. Think of the publicity value alone. Its worth it for the fun it would bring from long term soap fans.
While there’s a great assortment of soap actors out there, the point is Ron doesn’t decide casting. He can suggest a new character, but it’s up to Ken Corday to see if the new character fits his tight budget and launches the casting process.
My husband and I enjoy Days of Our Lives. Just wish it would come on longer on Peacock channel.
Congrats to Ron Carlivati for his love for soap opera but DOOL is simply not the best written daytime soap today.
For informational purposes tell us which daytime soap is better?
The 2022 Outstanding Drama Series was General Hospital with its Emmy win. I expect the same for 2023.
More casting news from Days of Our Lives, and for now, the soap opera seems to be breaking their new additions to Salem via their Instagram account. Now comes word and picture on August 24, that General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum Brytni Sarpy has joined DAYS!
The Peacock soap opera’s Instagram account, showed a photo of Sarpy standing in front of her dressing room in the hallways of Days of Our Lives’ studios. The caption read, “Someone new is checking into Salem… Welcome Brytni Sarpy to the Days of our Lives family! Stay tuned.”
The casting of Sarpy comes on the heels of the announcement of Sydney Malakeh coming to the show in September, and earlier this year General Hospital favorite, Sofia Mattsson (ex-Sasha Gilmore, GH) joining the show in a mystery role when she began taping back around the end of March of this year. Now Sarpy is the “mystery role” category too!
In addition, the Days of Our Lives social team dropped a video ditty of the cast spoofing Love Island, where Sarpy appears as the new “bombshell” of the villa. Other cast members such as Rob Scott Wilson (Alex), Abigail Klein (Abigail), Casey Moss (JJ), Sal Stowers (Lani), Paul Telfer (Xander) and Linsey Godfrey (Sarah) pop-up in it too, among others.
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SOAP HOPPING
Soap fans first met Sarpy when she played Valerie Spencer, the niece of Luke (Anthony Geary) and Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) on General Hospital back in 2015. She made her final appearance on the series back in 2019 to join the cast of The Young and the Restless in the role of Elena Dawson.
Elena was introduced as a love interest for Devon Winters (Bryton James). She later cheated on him with his cousin Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic). Elena began to be back-burned by 2023 with Sarpy’s last on-screen appearance in Genoa City in November of 2024.
Due to Days of Our Lives nearly year in advance tape schedule, viewers will have to wait till sometime in the early summer of 2027 to see Brytni’s arrival in Salem.
So, happy to see Brytni Sarpy has landed another soap role? Now that she is at DAYS, who you think she might be playing and paired with? Put on your casting director hats and let us know via the comment section.
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Sydney Malakeh Joins the Cast of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in Mystery Role: Who Do You Think She’s Playing?
There’s a new gal coming to Salem, or is she new and a recast? That’s what inquiring minds from Days of Our Lives fans have been trying to figure out since the Peacock soap opera dropped an Instagram video heralding actress‘ Sydney Malakeh‘s arrival in Salem.
The soap did confirm that viewers will first see Malakeh on the September 9 episode. In the video, Malakeh is seen going set to set from her dressing room and in to the halls of Days of Our Lives studios.
What we do know id that Sydney has been acting professionally for 6 years and had appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, Apple TV’s Shrinking and the HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Plenty of Malakeh’s DAYS castmates jumped into the comment thread with positive emojis symbols or written excitement including: Paul Telfer (Xander), Linsey Godfrey (Sarah), Sal Stowers (Lani), Conner Floyd (Chad), Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Christie Clark (Carrie) and more now that fans will finally see her on-air. Since Days of Our Lives tapes 10-11 months in advance, Sydney would have started taping the show sometime back in 2025.
DAYS fans think perhaps because the actress’ name is Sydney that she might be playing the grown-up daughter of Sami and EJ. That character hasn’t bee on the canvas since 2021.
So, who do you think Sydney Malakeh might be playing on Days of Our Lives? Drop your casting director thoughts via the comment section below.
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Peacock Hikes Subscription Rates for Fourth Time in Four Years; ‘Days of Our Lives’ Fans Sound Off
While recently the streaming service Peacock reported turning a profit for its first time since its infancy, now comes word that the company is raising their prices for all customers, and in some cases it stared today on August 18.
The news of the subscription rate increases marks the fourth time the NBCUniversal streaming platform has done so in four years. So, on August 18, Peacock is increasing the prices for new or returning subscribers and customers, while current subscribers will see the rate increase on or after September 17 depending on their billing cycle when they initially signed up.
Here is the new pricing to follow along: Peacock Premium (which includes ads) will be $12.99/month, up two dollars from $10.99; Peacock Premium Plus will be $19.99/month, up three dollars increase from $16.99; and the Peacock Select tier (which includes current and past seasons of NBC and Bravo shows but excludes movies, live sports and Peacock originals) will increase a dollar from $7.99 to $8.99/month.
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SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE ACROSS THE STREAMER LANDSCAPE
It was back in June that the streamer reported that aid subscribers were up to 48 million adding a 2 million net gain during Q2 in of 2026. The subscription price hikes are rampant now in the entertainment streaming industry where over the last two years for example, Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV, Paramount+ have all raised their fees to consumers.
Peacock’s tier-levels feature not only Days of Our Lives, but reality hits such as The Traitors and Love Island USA, Bravo series, and a vault of Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, The Real Housewives franchise, and Below Deck episodes as well. Pecock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers have access to sports and live events, as well.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES SUBSCRIBERS HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR PEACOCK
As Days of Our Lives fans know, the soap opera moved from NBC to the streamer back in September of 2022 after 57 years on broadcast television. When the news hit X on the price increase, DAYS fans had a lot to say about it. Here are just a few of the comments below:
“I can’t believe Peacock and can’t come to a deal with Cordya to air old episodes of #Days. That alone would bring a ton of subscribers,” to If Peacock actually cared about #Days of Our Lives, gave the show the budget it needs for better sets, cameras, background actors and enough time to tell proper stories, I wouldn’t mind paying more. If the money actually showed on screen, the higher price would be worth it,” to “I will continue to pay for a Peacock subscription as long as #Days is on it, but did we know there was another price increase coming?” and more.
So, what do you think of the new price hike increase to watch Days of Our Lives and your other favorite shows and events on Peacock? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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