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'Days of Our Lives' Cast on How the Soap Will Change After Moving to Streaming (Exclusive)

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 is making the move to streaming. ET's Matt Cohen spoke with the cast of the long-running soap about how the show will change after making the move from NBC to Peacock, after spending 57 years on air.«Well, I think we all think of Peacock as NBC,» Deidre Hall said, «so, it isn’t a huge transition, but it means that we are on the air, we'll still be reaching millions of people, and I think we’re all thrilled to be doing that.»«Absolutely, yeah, no, it's a new opportunity,» Robert Scott Wilson added. «It's refreshing, and adds to the longevity… with a lot of history.

Brings it into another opportunity for a new audience.»For Drake Hogestyn, while he still prefers the traditional way of TV watching, he said he's going to get on board.«I’m kind of the older audience.

I don’t have a smart television set. I don’t have internet connectivity. I like to turn my set on, have my show be right there,» Hogestyn admitted. «And I was talking to some guys in the gym and they said, 'Hoge, you're missing it!

Everybody's on their phones, their tablets, different things. They watch anything they want, anytime they want. You have a television set?'»«So, I’m with a lot of the audience here,» he continued. «There’s a learning curve I’m gonna go through, but for a $1.99 a month, I think that is a deal, and I’m on board.»Moving from broadcast to streaming — a transition that was initially shocking for some of the cast — allows the 57-year-old soap to take more creative risks.«It's an opportunity to be more creative — whatever that means — within the guidelines, and not losing the the integrity of the history of what we've done here for many, many years,» Wilson shared. «But now, having the lines, being broadened a little bit, and being able to.

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