Who has “died” the most number of times on that show?
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.
Wasn’t Arianna also the great-great-granddaughter of matriarch Alice Horton? Alice was also around long enough to interact with Arianna.
That would be the villain Stefano DiMera, with 14 listed on his Wikipedia fake death timeline.
No, Alice died in 2010 (last seen onscreen in 2007). Arianna wasn’t born until 2013.
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” 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.
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.
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.
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?”.
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.
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.
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.
They’ll never actually take the hospital out of the equation. Soaps squeeze a lot of drama out of characters getting sick.
Check out the Wikipedia article: Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome.