Days of Our Lives

Days of Our Lives is a popular American television show on the NBC television network. It is one hour long and is broadcast during the day. Betty and Ted Corday made the show in 1965. Two companies, Corday Productions and Universal Television make Days of Our Lives. In November 2015, the show celebrated 50 years on TV. It is currently in its 59th season with 14,855 episodes (as of May 3, 2024). They began filming the show in HD in 2010.

Days of Our Lives
Also known as	Days DOOL
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Ted Corday Betty Corday[1]
Written by	Ron Carlivati
Directed by	Herb Stein Phil Sogard Grant Johnson Steven Williford
Starring	Present cast Past cast
Theme music composer	Charles Albertine Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	14,430[2]
Production
Executive producers	Ken Corday Janet Spellman-Drucker
Producer	See below
Production location	The Burbank Studios (Burbank, California)
Running time	30 minutes (1965–1975) 60 minutes (1975–present)
Production companies	Corday Productions Screen Gems (1965–1974) Columbia Pictures Television (1974–2001) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 8, 1965 (1965-11-08) – September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Network	Peacock
Release	September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12) – present (present)
Related
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas

Days of Our Lives takes place in the city of Salem. The main families on the show are the Bradys, the DiMeras and the Hortons. Many good and bad things happened to the Brady family and the Horton family. One character named "Stefano DiMera" does some of the bad things that happen to characters on this show.

Characters

• Stefano DiMera is the head of the DiMera family. He is the villain in Salem and has done many bad deeds to the Brady family, mainly Marlena.^[3][4]
• Maggie Simmons Horton^[5] has been played by actress Suzanne Rogers since August 20, 1973.^[6] Maggie was created by scriptwriter William J. Bell, and executive producer Betty Corday.
• Marlena Evans, mother of DJ, Sami, Eric and Belle. She has been taken over by the Devil twice and everyone thought she was a serial killer in 2004.
• Sami Brady, daughter of Roman and Marlena Brady. She has a twin brother Eric, and her half sister is Carrie. She is the mother of Will, Allie, Johnny and Sydney, and she believed that Grace as she had been swapped at birth.

Couples

Here is a list of some of the main couples on the show:^[7]

• John and Marlena Black
• Bo and Hope Brady
• Abe and Lexie Carver
• Stefano and Kate DiMera
• Jack and Jennifer Devereux
• Austin and Carrie Reed (Austin is Kate's son, Carrie is Roman's daughter)
• EJ DiMera and Nicole Walker
• Ciara Brady and Ben Weston

References

1. "'Days of Our Lives' Matriarch Frances Reid Has Died". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Television Distribution. February 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
2. Fairman, Michael (September 9, 2022). "Days of our Lives Airs Last Episode of Its Historic Run on NBC; Heads Exclusively to Peacock Monday". michaelfairmantv.com. United States. Retrieved September 9, 2022. Friday marks the final airdate of Days of our Lives run on network television. For almost 57 years, and for 14,430 episodes.
3. "Who's Who in Salem - Stefano DiMera". soapcentral.com.
4. "Watch Days of our Lives Streaming (TV Series) | Peacock".
5. "Watch Days of our Lives Streaming (TV Series) | Peacock".
6. Soap Opera Digest, Suzanne Rogers: Sometimes Nice Girls Finish First, by Barbara DeNalte (1984)
7. "Cast and Credits". soapcentral.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-11.