‘Days of Our Lives’ Director to Fans: Without Move to Peacock, the Soap’s Days Might Have Been Numbered on NBC

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Facebook message Friday.McKinsey took to social media to assure “Days of Our Lives” fans that, from what he knows, “there will be  no perceptible change to the show as it moves from NBC to Peacock.”“IOW,” he wrote, “the show has not been canceled, and/or ‘picked up’ by Peacock.

This is a big difference from the sad demise of ABC’s [‘One Life to Live’] and [‘All My Children’]. All of your favorite characters will remain on the show for the foreseeable future.

In fact, the prospect of ‘Days’ remaining in production for the long term just increased as a result of this move. Without Peacock, ‘Days’ might have been numbered on the Network.”NBCUniversal Television and Streaming chairman, Mark Lazarus, announced Wednesday that the 57-year-old daytime drama (aka, soap opera) was leaving NBC for its streaming service Peacock starting Sept.

12, which would benefit both Peacock and NBC. “With a large percentage of the ‘Days of Our Lives’ audience already watching digitally, this move enables us to build the show’s loyal fanbase on streaming while simultaneously bolstering the network daytime offering with an urgent, live programming opportunity for partners and consumers,” he said in a statement.Long-time viewers of the show, however, saw the shift as a downgrade of sorts and, in addition, have expressed their anger and disappointment that “Days” will only be available in the tier that the audience has to pay for – meaning, ya gotta subscribe to Peacock.“I understand Peoples’ sour reaction to being asked for money to remain viewers, but let’s look at the positives,” McKinsey began. “The monthly subscription includes access to every show DOOL has ever aired, (as I understand it).