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Production on all daytime dramas is grinding to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic is escalating. NBC’s Days Of Our Lives, which was recently renewed for a 56th season following dramatic, down-to-the-wire negotiations between the network and Sony Pictures TV, is on a planned hiatus this week and next week. The show will…

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the tenures of cast members on daytime drama The Days of Our Lives. Galen Gering is the latest regular to depart the long-running series, announcing on Instagram that today was his final on the set. He will still be seen on the show through the fall, though, as the series tapes…

It’s a done deal: NBC has renewed its long-running daytime drama series Days Of Our Lives for a record 56th season. The announcement comes two weeks after NBC Chairman Paul Telegdy at TCA confirmed that the daytime soap will be coming back. "Of course Days of Our Lives is going to carry on. We love it…. I know that…

Days of Our Lives is not going anywhere. While the network has not announced a renewal of its longest-running series for a 56th season, NBC Chairman Paul Telegdy at TCA this morning confirmed that the daytime drama will be coming back. “We are in a middle of finding out very soon,” Telegdy said before adding, “Of…

Lisa de Cazotte, an Emmy Award-winning daytime television producer died Saturday, December 7, after a long illness, Deadline has learned. She was 58. Born Lisa Smith in Westchester, New York in 1961, the Hollywood veteran graduated from Fordham University and began her television career as an intern on ABC's One Life t…

Days of Our Lives is not going anywhere. The network has renewed its longest-running series for a 56th season, I have learned. I hear Days executive producer Ken Corday of Corday Prods., which produces the daytime drama, just delivered the news to the cast. NBC and Sony TV had no comment. though I had been hearing for…

Days of Our Lives television future may be uncertain, but the long-running NBC soap will get something of a digital lifeline when Last Blast Reunion launches on the DOOL App Nov. 29. See a teaser for the short-form digital streaming series below. Currently set for eight 7-10 minute weekly episodes, Last Blast Reunion…

The entire cast of NBC’s daytime drama Days of Our Lives are been released from their contracts, Deadline has confirmed. As first reported by TVLine, the soap will go an indefinite hiatus at the end of the month. The cost-cutting move comes during the usual renewal window between NBC and Days distributor Sony Pictures…

John "Jack" Shelton Clarke, who won over fans with his portrayal of “Mickey Horton” on Days of Our Lives, has died. He was 88. Clarke passed away from complications of pneumonia on October 16, in Laguna Beach, a representative for the actor told Deadline Monday. Clarke previously suffered a stroke in 2007 and had been…

Roccina “Rocci” Chatfield, a television writer with a three-decade career that included credits for My Three Sons, Little House on the Prairie and Knots Landing and who scored two Daytime Emmy nominations for her work on Days of Our Lives, died Aug. 24 of natural causes in Los Angeles. She was 93. Her death was…

A parade of well-seasoned soap operas populates the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards nominations, announced this morning on CBS’ The Talk. Days of Our Lives leads all programs with 27 noms, edging General Hospital‘s 25. Both again will vie for Outstanding Drama Series along with The Young and the Restless, which…

Actor Jed Allan, who built a long career in soap operas and other media as a family patriarch, died Saturday. according to his son’s post on Facebook. He was 84. Allan began his career on the CBS soaps Love of Life and The Secret Storm, then joined Days of Our Lives in 1971. He played the role of Don Craig for 14…