'Days of Our Lives' renewed for two more seasons

Supreet Bhatia — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:38:41 +0000

Right after Alison Sweeney announced her exit from NBC”s long-standing show, Days of Our Lives announced its renewal for two more seasons. NBC has booked Days till September 2016 as the network announced the extension of the soap opera for another two years. NBC will be celebrating the show’s 50^th anniversary next year in November 2015 and the channel is thrilled to take its longest-running show Days of Our lives past its 50^th season

Only yesterday night, Alison Sweeney, who has played the character of Sami Brady for more than 20 years, made an announcement on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she will be quitting the show later this Spel pa spelautomater bidrar 100 % till omsattningskravet. year. The President of NBC Entertainment, Jennifer Salke said on this occasion that Days of Our Lives, being an ultimate favorite for the daytime fans, the network will be happy to complete 50 seasons of the Days. Well, that’s quite ambitious! She further mentioned that the show has an increased number of female viewers every year and it’s only due to the efforts and perseverance of the producers, cast, writers and the crew to retain the freshness in every episode with the amazing art of storytelling.

The Senior Executive-VP programming of Sony Pictures Television, Steve Kent also said that Days has won the Emmy award for outstanding daytime drama show and has always been successful in delivering the legacy of quality storytelling, something this show has always been known for. Well, we have to agree with Steve there.

It’s amazing to have a look at the journey of this epic drama, which was premiered in the year 1965 as a half-hour show. As of now, Ken Corday is the executive producer of the daytime show, which is produced by Corday Productions Inc., in association with Sony Pictures TV.

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Alison Sweeney to exit ‘Days of Our Lives’ after 21 years

Supreet Bhatia — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:30:07 +0000

Sami Brady is calling it quits on the long-running soap opera of NBC, Days of Our Lives! The actress playing this character, Alison Sweeney has announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that this is her last year on the show. Sweeney has been playing this character for the past 21 years, since she was a 16 year old girl. Sweeney said on the show that she is 37 and for the past 21 years she has not been able to take a break of more than two weeks. She further said on the show that she loves everything about Days of Our Lives; her character Sami, Salem, her job, daytime and her fans.

Sweeney will be seen making this big announcement tonight on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the reason she gives is that as her kids are getting old, she now wants to be with them and will enjoy her last year at the NBC’s longest-running show Days of Our Lives.

The date for Sweeney’s exit from the show has not been officially decided yet, she feels that her character, who has seen numerous ups and downs in the two decades on the show, she truly deserves an epic farewell. “(She) probably deserves some sort of very twisted, like Breaking Bad ending,” she says. “Sami has certainly caused her fair share of drama over the last 21 years.”

The Biggest Loser host has won the Daytime Emmy for her character Sami on the show for the category of America’s favorite villain. Well, we sure are going to miss her!

Here, watch what Sweeney had to say on The Ellen DeGeneres Show:

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