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Topic Started: Jan 30 2012, 07:34 AM (26,010 Views)
LuvingLumi
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!

jderoche5
Jan 31 2012, 09:26 PM
This is directly from Drake as someone had talked to him before he flew back to La La Land.

"NBC Super Bowl Promo" that will air Sunday. DRAKE said "He & Deidre will be on the Top Raiser, on the Left" in the promo that they taped with Cast from "30 Rock", "Today Show" and "SNL" and the promo is about the NBC brotherhood of shows etc....
It's actually nice to see that NBC included Days in this, a daytime show no less. It actually makes it seem that they are actually invested enough in the show.
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Matt
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I remember when the networks would do their big Fall Preview campaigns and would always include the soaps (and Saturday morning cartoons!) in at least one of the big all-show montages. I specifically remember an NBC one from the late 80s with Days, AW, & Santa Barbara worked in (of course, blink & you missed them). The last time I remember a network doing one of these all-show Fall Campaigns was a few years ago when ABC did their FABULOUS campaign to Earth, Wind, & Fire's "September" that give good face time to all the ABC soaps.
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Jake & Marley ~ Jarley <333

jderoche5
Jan 31 2012, 09:26 PM
This is directly from Drake as someone had talked to him before he flew back to La La Land.

"NBC Super Bowl Promo" that will air Sunday. DRAKE said "He & Deidre will be on the Top Raiser, on the Left" in the promo that they taped with Cast from "30 Rock", "Today Show" and "SNL" and the promo is about the NBC brotherhood of shows etc....
TFP! :) Sounds good! I like how NBC chose to do this special promo by using one morning show, one daytime show, one primetime show and one late-night show as a way to represent their entire daily lineup. I know it's not saying much for DAYS since it is NBC's only daytime show, but it's still cool that they were included.

As for NBC choosing Drake and Deidre to represent DAYS, it does make the most sense to me. They are two of the longest running cast members and probably are the most recognizable as the face of DAYS to the general audience who doesn't necessarily follow this show on a daily basis. They were used when they were promoting "DAYS 2.0", not surprised they were chosen to do this, too.

Very cool! Hopefully someone will post it online because I really want to see it now. :D
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CynthiaHaskins1


I am sorry to say this but nbc made a mistake by making drake hogestyn and deidre hall to represent at the super bowl.when it should have been peter reckell and kristian alfonso to represent at the super bowl.
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Matt
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I don't know why the show didn't use Caroline & Henderson. After all, it's a proven fact that the largest & fastest growing demographic is the senior demo. Likewise, it's often stated that daytime's core audience is growing older. The show should serious start trying to appeal to this demo because they often have the largest cache of disposible income. I'm certain that a Henderson & Caroline focused SuperBowl promo would draw in tons of new, wealthy viewers and would cause the show's ratings to skyrocket!
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Feb 1 2012, 11:49 AM
I don't know why the show didn't use Caroline & Henderson. After all, it's a proven fact that the largest & fastest growing demographic is the senior demo. Likewise, it's often stated that daytime's core audience is growing older. The show should serious start trying to appeal to this demo because they often have the largest cache of disposible income. I'm certain that a Henderson & Caroline focused SuperBowl promo would draw in tons of new, wealthy viewers and would cause the show's ratings to skyrocket!
Finally Henderline is getting some of the praise they deserve. ;)

Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well. Yea, people who love soaps are usually drawn to the vets, but idk if that applies to the people who watch nighttime soaps, not realizing that they are soaps, like Revenge.

There are likely some former Days fans out there who aren't aware that jarlena is back, so I think they're a better choice than KA/PR.
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Ellie


six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
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Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
Frankly if I were to list the high level celebs currently on TV, Dher wouldn't be on it. I'm always surprised when non Days fans know who she is. That's not a slam on her, but I don't think she's anywhere near as recognizable as Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin. No one on the show is, which is why I'd try to show its appeal across several demographics without really worrying about the level of fame of the people being used to promote the show.
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six
Feb 1 2012, 12:20 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
Frankly if I were to list the high level celebs currently on TV, Dher wouldn't be on it. I'm always surprised when non Days fans know who she is. That's not a slam on her, but I don't think she's anywhere near as recognizable as Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin. No one on the show is, which is why I'd try to show its appeal across several demographics without really worrying about the level of fame of the people being used to promote the show.
Ok - we'll just have to disagree on that. Obviously she's not as famous as Tina Fey (who is??) but I've been with her in public and many many people stop, point to her and know who she is. The only other person on Days I'd say is as visible is Ali Sweeney, and then maybe Kristian coming in 3rd. But back to my original point, I still don't think any of the younger couples even approach whatever level the 3 women I just listed are, so I can't see why Days would think of sending them to something like this.
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six
Feb 1 2012, 12:20 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
Frankly if I were to list the high level celebs currently on TV, Dher wouldn't be on it. I'm always surprised when non Days fans know who she is. That's not a slam on her, but I don't think she's anywhere near as recognizable as Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin. No one on the show is, which is why I'd try to show its appeal across several demographics without really worrying about the level of fame of the people being used to promote the show.
For something like this, I think level of fame is important. It's probably going to be pretty brief and Deidre is one of the few people the show has that automatically makes non fans think " Days of Our Lives.". The other two recognizable people the show currently has are more recognizable for other things. The show hasn't had anyone recognizable in a younger demographic for a long time. If it were a promo that was more about storylines, I'd agree about representing demographics. But for what I think this is, I think being recognizable trumps that.
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Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:26 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:20 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
Frankly if I were to list the high level celebs currently on TV, Dher wouldn't be on it. I'm always surprised when non Days fans know who she is. That's not a slam on her, but I don't think she's anywhere near as recognizable as Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin. No one on the show is, which is why I'd try to show its appeal across several demographics without really worrying about the level of fame of the people being used to promote the show.
Ok - we'll just have to disagree on that. Obviously she's not as famous as Tina Fey (who is??) but I've been with her in public and many many people stop, point to her and know who she is. The only other person on Days I'd say is as visible is Ali Sweeney, and then maybe Kristian coming in 3rd. But back to my original point, I still don't think any of the younger couples even approach whatever level the 3 women I just listed are, so I can't see why Days would think of sending them to something like this.
Probably because you and I are talking about totally different uses of the word "younger" lol. I was actually thinking AS would be the choice for the younger woman, then grabbing one of the guys she gets paired up with, or yes, even Eric. Actually, my first choice for the best match up would have been NB and JKJ, or one of the versions of shelle would have been perfect to show off a younger attractive couple, but obviously they're not on the show. AS is more of a current recognizable face; she pops up everywhere recently and would have been a good choice regardless. I know a certain set of people are sick of her, but I think that's just a segment of people who already watch Days, not potential new viewers.
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LuvingLumi
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!

Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
No but I would think AS would be, simply because of TBL thing. Don't you think she is a more recognizable face than let's say Drake is?
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LuvingLumi
Feb 1 2012, 12:33 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
No but I would think AS would be, simply because of TBL thing. Don't you think she is a more recognizable face than let's say Drake is?
That may be, but if they merely show her without having something "Days-ish" accompanying her, will viewers immediately think "Days of our Lives" or will they think she's representing "Biggest Loser"? If they show Deidre & Drake, you know they're representing Days without them even having to say it.
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LuvingLumi
Feb 1 2012, 12:33 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:12 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:00 PM
Seriously though, if I were putting this together, I would have sent the DH's and chosen a younger on screen couple to go as well.
Deidre tweeted pics of herself with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Clearly this was a high-level celeb thing. Do you really think Abigail or Melanie would have been a good choice? Eric Martsolf?
No but I would think AS would be, simply because of TBL thing. Don't you think she is a more recognizable face than let's say Drake is?
Not for Days, though. If they want someone from Dats they're not going to use someone recognizable from another show. If people are thinking of the biggest loser and not days, that doesn't help days. I think that's the same reason they wouldn't use Lisa Rinna. It's not just about being recognizable but about being recognizable specifically for Days.
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Ellie


As Lysie was pointing out, Days doesn't use Ali for these things. I think that's because she's the face of TBL in some ways, so if they had her in whatever promo this was, people would immediately think "the Biggest Loser". In other words, Days would not be represented. Also I bet there are contractual issues involved; there have been WAY too many examples of some press she could have done for Days but didn't. I'm sure the myriad endorsements and other shows she does preclude something like this for Days. In short, what I'm trying to say is they don't "own" her like they do Deidre and the rest.

And Six, I agree Nadia is somewhat recognizable but as you're saying, she's not on the show.
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Ellie


LOL! GMTA...we all posted at the same time.
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Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:37 PM
As Lysie was pointing out, Days doesn't use Ali for these things.
She does have that turbo tax commercial where she talks about paternity tests, not using her refund for spin classes. ;) I remember having to watch that commercial for one of those NBC surveys they mail out and answer questions about how it made me feel about Days. And just to clarify in case it's not clear, I do think the DHs should be used, but I don't think they should have been the only representatives.
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Feb 1 2012, 12:43 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:37 PM
As Lysie was pointing out, Days doesn't use Ali for these things.
She does have that turbo tax commercial where she talks about paternity tests, not using her refund for spin classes. ;) I remember having to watch that commercial for one of those NBC surveys they mail out and answer questions about how it made me feel about Days. And just to clarify in case it's not clear, I do think the DHs should be used, but I don't think they should have been the only representatives.
That's fine lol, that's why I said we'll disagree since it's clear we have differing opinions on this. It's probably like a 20 second promo where people look quickly and spot the stars, which is part of my reasoning that it wouldn't make sense to have unrecognizable faces. And then we all started discussing who is recognizable as "Ms. Days". I'm all for promoting the younger people; I think it made a lot of sense to bring them on the book tour. I'm just disagreeing with you about this particular situation. :)
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^ My face watching DAYS

Deidre Hall is definintely well-known...MUCH MUCH more than anyone else on DAYS including Alison Sweeney. People who have never watched DAYS even know who Deidre Hall is...at least in my personal experience they certainly do...especially men...I know many men who have never watched DAYS and know Deidre Hall....all my uncles had celeb crushes on her back in 70's and 80's (and some still do), and I know the only time they have seen DAYS is by passing by and thats all.

IMO Hall is the most well known soap actor in the main stream media after Susan Lucci.
Edited by Mitchapalooza, Feb 1 2012, 12:55 PM.
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Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:49 PM
six
Feb 1 2012, 12:43 PM
Ellie
Feb 1 2012, 12:37 PM
As Lysie was pointing out, Days doesn't use Ali for these things.
She does have that turbo tax commercial where she talks about paternity tests, not using her refund for spin classes. ;) I remember having to watch that commercial for one of those NBC surveys they mail out and answer questions about how it made me feel about Days. And just to clarify in case it's not clear, I do think the DHs should be used, but I don't think they should have been the only representatives.
That's fine lol, that's why I said we'll disagree since it's clear we have differing opinions on this. It's probably like a 20 second promo where people look quickly and spot the stars, which is part of my reasoning that it wouldn't make sense to have unrecognizable faces. And then we all started discussing who is recognizable as "Ms. Days". I'm all for promoting the younger people; I think it made a lot of sense to bring them on the book tour. I'm just disagreeing with you about this particular situation. :)
LOL no I got that. It's just that people keep saying some form of "they need DHer because [reason]" and I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not arguing that they don't need her. :)
Edited by six, Feb 1 2012, 12:59 PM.
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