Could ‘Days of Our Lives’ be canceled in favor of Megyn Kelly daytime show?
Anyone who watches daytime TV at this point likely knows one thing about it more so than anything else: It’s a battlefield. There are few environments out there anywhere near as competitive, both in terms of the number of options out there, and in terms of the similarities between many of them. For the most part, daytime programming is built into three different sections: Daytime dramas, syndicated shows, and then various talk / news programs. For one reason of another, the shows in syndication are holding their own a little better than the other two.
In particular, daytime dramas are in shark-infested waters, and what this means in particular for “Days of Our Lives” is that the show could be in some deep trouble thanks to the decision by NBC to hand over a daytime talk / news series featuring former Fox News host Megyn Kelly.
According to People Magazine, there are some people aboard the long-running show (which has been on the air for more than 50 years!) that there is a good chance that there will not be new episodes on the air in 2018. The show could be moved out to make the time for Kelly, and there’s long been a sentiment that there is a certain degree of danger surrounding it. “Days” has been renewed on a season-by-season basis for some time, and we’ve already seen many other prominent soap operas such as “One Life to Live” and “All My Children” go the way of the dodo thanks to other programming coming in. (Ironically, one of the reasons why those shows left ABC was to make way for a talk show, now canceled, hosted by a former news anchor in Katie Couric.)
We’ll ultimately see what happens, but if you are a dedicated “Days” viewer, we’d recommended that you stay as loyal as possible and try to rally your friends and fellow viewers to do what you can to support the show now. It may not be there tomorrow.
Let us know your reactions to this story below. Once there is more to report on the subject, we’ll have it for you here. (Photo: NBC.)
Eric
January 23, 2017 @ 12:16 am
It would be foolish of NBC to cancel Days of our Lives. Soap fans, including myself, would rather have stories than more cheaper fanfare. We have more than enough talk shows, game shows, courtroom shows, and tabloid-gossip and viral video shows on the air, which are mostly copycats of one another. It wasn’t that long ago that ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live, and CBS canceled Guiding Light and As the World Turns, replacing those long-running soaps with talk shows and game shows. 18 years ago, NBC pulled the plug on its other long-running soap Another World. A better idea would’ve been to shorten the soaps back to half-hour in length, in hopes of keeping them on the air, and saving money. An idea for NBC would be to return Today back to its original 2-hour format, Megyn Kelly replace that 3rd hour, and 4th hour with Kathie Lee and Hoda be renamed Later Today. Hoping NBC does the right thing, by keeping Days of our Lives on the air. #saveoursoaps