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One of the longest-running soaps, Days of Our Lives, is currently in its 59th season and has been renewed for another season to air by September 2025. That means the show is slated for 60 seasons as of now.
The soap was hosted by NBC from its debut until September 2022. Thereafter, it moved to Peacock, its streaming partner, where it is aired currently. For the uninitiated, Days of Our Lives is a daily soap that premiered on NBC in 1965. Also called DOOL, the show is set in Salem, a fictional city in Illinois.
Until 1975, the soap had 30-minute episodes. However, the format was later changed to one-hour shows to cater to audience demands. In the first few decades, the show was lauded for its storyline, which addressed uncomfortable social issues. It was known to have high-profile celebrities among its fans.
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Days of Our Lives: The soap is slated for 60 seasons
As mentioned before, Days of Our Lives is currently airing its 59th season and has already been renewed for another season slated for 2025. On December 17, 2020, the show officially celebrated airing its 14000th episode. As of July 26, 2024, the soap presented the 14915th episode on Peacock.
It has received many awards, including Daytime Emmy, People's Choice, GLAAD Media, Prism Awards, and many more. Initially a highly-rated soap, the popularity of Days of Our Lives started dwindling in the 1990s.
With numerous reboots and cast and crew changes, the soap has been seeing an average of yearly to two-year renewals for the last two decades. Despite having legal issues with the co-producers, Sony Pictures Television and NBC continued with the soap for years.
In 2023, the two production houses reached some kind of agreement, and the soap received a renewal for two more seasons. That would take the soap to its 60th season anniversary. Turns and twists in the storyline, along with cast changes, are expected.
Days of Our Lives: Brief information on the soap
Days of Our Lives originated to present stories of upper and middle-class families in a small-town America. Initially, the story revolved around the Kiriakis family, the Bradys, the Hortons, and the DiMera family in Salem. However, over the years, the storyline has included many more characters who interact with these families.
The soap started with contemporary storylines about real-life America and dealt with social issues. In the 1990s, it even covered supernatural story arcs, making it very popular with young and female audiences.
Days of Our Lives has had some spinoffs, such as A Very Salem Christmas and Beyond Salem. It has also been parodied on Friends, The Simpsons, The Puzzle Place, and on SCTV, Nickelodeon, 5FM, and more.
Days of Our Lives: The recent story arcs in the soap
Fiona, Xander's mother, dropped in at Xander's wedding ceremony after Alex and Theresa exchanged their vows. Fiona revealed that Victor's son Alexander, mentioned in the letter, was, in reality, Xander and not Alex, as assumed. She also forced Theresa to accept her role in this mix-up.
While Brady felt miserable about Theresa marrying Alex, Stefan and Gabi tried to resolve their misunderstanding. On the other hand, Kristen asked Ava to get Gabi to work with her. At the hospital, Gabi, Jada, and Kayla were caring for Rafe, who had been in a coma.
While Xander and Alex tried to process their change of position with different people in society, Xander approached EJ and asked him to issue a warrant against Theresa for kidnapping Victoria.
EJ and Eric had a tussle over Nicole's divorce. With EJ refusing to divorce Nicole and threatening to reveal Eric's truth in front of Holly, Eric suggested they leave for Paris. However, Holly refused to accompany them when Nicole informed her about leaving Salem. Maggie offered to take the girl in.
Instead of boarding her flight out of Salem, Theresa returned to Kiriakis's mansion and declared she would take responsibility for her actions. While neither Brady nor Alex believed her, she requested Maggie take her to the police.
Watch out for more unfolding drama on Days of Our Lives on weekdays on Peacock.
