# End of an era NBC’s long-running soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ moving exclusively to Peacock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073 "2022-08-04T04:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/21 "2022-08-05T00:17:59Z")
Who has “died” the most number of times on that show? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/22 "2022-08-05T00:19:55Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > As much fun as it is to watch, it’s certainly not worth paying for since I’m not interested in any other content on Peacock. Apparently the show only has one more year on their current contract with NBC so this looks like they are just putting it out to pasture. It does seem like it’s a way for NBC to honor the show’s contract, while still freeing up the space on their broadcast schedule. I agree with whoever upthread who suggested that there are probably a lot of older DOOL fans who aren’t technologically sophisticated enough to easily follow the show over to Peacock; NBC might well be counting on that, and to being able to point to low viewership on the streaming service as a reason to not renew it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/23 "2022-08-05T00:22:18Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > On Days of Our Lives, the late, great Peggy McCay played Caroline Brady, who begat Roman, who begat Samantha, who begat Will, who begat Arianna. Wasn’t Arianna also the great-great-granddaughter of matriarch Alice Horton? Alice was also around long enough to interact with Arianna. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/24 "2022-08-05T00:23:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Who has “died” the most number of times on that show? That would be the villain Stefano DiMera, with 14 listed on his Wikipedia [fake death timeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_DiMera#Fake_death_timeline). ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/25 "2022-08-05T00:25:36Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Wasn’t Arianna also the great-great-granddaughter of matriarch Alice Horton? Alice was also around long enough to interact with Arianna. No, Alice died in 2010 (last seen onscreen in 2007). Arianna wasn’t born until 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/26 "2022-08-05T00:29:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just out of curiosity, does _General Hospital_ still have anything to do with a hospital? Did it stop being about a hospital? I have no idea. I thought it still was. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/27 "2022-08-05T00:39:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did it stop being about a hospital? I have no idea. I thought it still was. I’ve never really watched it, but when the “[Luke and Laura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_and_Laura)” characters were hugely popular in the 1980s, it appears that the show’s storylines moved away from the hospital, in favor of action-adventure plotlines. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/28 "2022-08-05T00:50:35Z")
Ahh, I was thinking of Claire Brady, born in 2005, first shown in 2006. Which means both Caroline and Alice lived to see their great-great-grandchildren. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/29 "2022-08-05T00:53:30Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Anyway, the news made me sad. As much fun as it is to watch, it’s certainly not worth paying for since I’m not interested in any other content on Peacock. Apparently the show only has one more year on their current contract with NBC so this looks like they are just putting it out to pasture. Oh, well, it entertained me off and on for over 50 years. Can’t ask for much more than that from a TV show. If it helps, there is a free ad-supported tier for Peacock, though I don’t know if this show will be available on that tier. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/30 "2022-08-05T00:55:30Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > That would be the villain Stefano DiMera, with 14 listed on his Wikipedia [fake death timeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_DiMera#Fake_death_timeline). Of the current cast, eight have been dead at least once. Jack Deveraux has been dead four times. And the last time he died, his organs were donated. Still, he returned. Jake DiMera was killed last week and Dr. Rolf is going to use his heart to bring back his dead twin who we discovered has been kept “alive” for four years since he died and his wife donated his heart. As a character once noted “doesn’t anyone stay dead around here?”. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/31 "2022-08-05T01:04:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > If it helps, there is a free ad-supported tier for Peacock, though I don’t know if this show will be available on that tier. Unfortunately, DOOL will only be available on the premium platform. They already have a “Beyond Salem” series there. That must be getting a fair number of subscribers for them to think this is a good move. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/32 "2022-08-05T01:42:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did it stop being about a hospital? I have no idea. I thought it still was. I haven’t the faintest idea; I’ve never watched _General Hospital_. But considering how long it’s been on, five days a week for several decades, I’m sure they’ve gone through lots of writers, directors, showrunners, and everything else. Over the course of all those changes, I was just wondering if it still had anything to do with a hospital anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/33 "2022-08-08T02:13:04Z")
Days aired their first special on Peacock last year, so there’s a chance that a good chunk of their older viewers already got a crash course in streaming. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/34 "2022-08-08T12:33:20Z")
They’ll never actually take the hospital out of the equation. Soaps squeeze a lot of drama out of characters getting sick. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073/35 "2022-08-08T13:38:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Kids grow up fast on soaps, … Does anyone know a cite that might have examples of this, Check out the Wikipedia article: [Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera_rapid_aging_syndrome). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073.md?page=1)