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Ratings for the Week of Aug 25-29, 2014
Topic Started: Sep 6 2014, 04:16 PM (4,227 Views)
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GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 05:48 PM
daysjahvu
Sep 8 2014, 05:39 PM
james0479
Sep 8 2014, 11:58 AM
The ratings are sucking bad...last week I was nervous over a 1.7 just to be greeted with a 1.6 this week! We may actually get new writers if shit doesn't build back up by the end of the year. Of course the end of the year thru March-ish usually is decent for Days. I just wish they could keep that type of momentum all year long as I don't want the show cancelled.

It IS interesting how Alison Sweeney was all over tv recently about her book and her leaving Days but nobody extra seems to be tuning in to see the final months of Ejami and that's, IMO, hysterical
She did it in late May/early June and even if people tuned back in for a day or two, the writing has been a horrific reminder of why most people left in the first place. Inconsistent characters, focus on the great tan one, re-writing what we saw just a couple of days, weeks, months before, etc. Can you imagine watching this Jennifer on screen if you hadn't been watching for the past few years?

You would think the return of Emmy-winning ED, paired with the departure of AS & JS would give the writers some great material to work with. Unfortunately, the result has been very disappointing.
Part of me feels that tptb don't care about exit stories. I can't remember the last really good one. I guess we should be glad they are getting one and not just going off to CA and not coming back like Bo did.
I thought Lexie's was good.
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Sep 8 2014, 06:35 PM
LuvingLumi
Sep 8 2014, 06:25 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 04:24 PM
Just because the show was renewed for 2 years, that doesn't mean they can't be cancelled.

I agree that they didn't get much of a bump from those stories or people showed interest and then tuned out.

I think Days taping so far ahead hurts them. They try to keep things under wraps, but things always get out. It's not like GH where it's only a month or so. Its half a year. In that time if people don't like what they hear is going to happen, they begin to check out. Even if they like the news, they forget about it by the time it comes around or have moved on to something else.

Freddie had tweeted that he was doing some great stuff, but we won't see it until Feb, with the lag. Going off what's happening now, its hard to get excited. Even if they got new writers, again it would take 6 months for their stories to be seen.
The can't be cancelled during the span that they were renewed for. The only thing that can happen is that they might opt not not renew again
Shows are cancelled midseason all the time. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if the markets want out, they can cancel the show. Look at the markets that move moved the show to different time slots.
Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
Edited by trojangal, Sep 8 2014, 11:15 PM.
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concerned
Sep 8 2014, 10:55 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 05:48 PM
daysjahvu
Sep 8 2014, 05:39 PM
james0479
Sep 8 2014, 11:58 AM
The ratings are sucking bad...last week I was nervous over a 1.7 just to be greeted with a 1.6 this week! We may actually get new writers if shit doesn't build back up by the end of the year. Of course the end of the year thru March-ish usually is decent for Days. I just wish they could keep that type of momentum all year long as I don't want the show cancelled.

It IS interesting how Alison Sweeney was all over tv recently about her book and her leaving Days but nobody extra seems to be tuning in to see the final months of Ejami and that's, IMO, hysterical
She did it in late May/early June and even if people tuned back in for a day or two, the writing has been a horrific reminder of why most people left in the first place. Inconsistent characters, focus on the great tan one, re-writing what we saw just a couple of days, weeks, months before, etc. Can you imagine watching this Jennifer on screen if you hadn't been watching for the past few years?

You would think the return of Emmy-winning ED, paired with the departure of AS & JS would give the writers some great material to work with. Unfortunately, the result has been very disappointing.
Part of me feels that tptb don't care about exit stories. I can't remember the last really good one. I guess we should be glad they are getting one and not just going off to CA and not coming back like Bo did.
I thought Lexie's was good.
When was that. Like 2011? There have been a lot of people that have left since then. I was talking more recently.
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trojangal
Sep 8 2014, 11:11 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 06:35 PM
LuvingLumi
Sep 8 2014, 06:25 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 04:24 PM
Just because the show was renewed for 2 years, that doesn't mean they can't be cancelled.

I agree that they didn't get much of a bump from those stories or people showed interest and then tuned out.

I think Days taping so far ahead hurts them. They try to keep things under wraps, but things always get out. It's not like GH where it's only a month or so. Its half a year. In that time if people don't like what they hear is going to happen, they begin to check out. Even if they like the news, they forget about it by the time it comes around or have moved on to something else.

Freddie had tweeted that he was doing some great stuff, but we won't see it until Feb, with the lag. Going off what's happening now, its hard to get excited. Even if they got new writers, again it would take 6 months for their stories to be seen.
The can't be cancelled during the span that they were renewed for. The only thing that can happen is that they might opt not not renew again
Shows are cancelled midseason all the time. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if the markets want out, they can cancel the show. Look at the markets that move moved the show to different time slots.
Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
I don't know if they have to pay out contracts. Remember that contracts protect the show more than the actors. The show is 6 months ahead. My guess is that if they were cancelled today, they would get paid while those shows air. All the actors have different end dates, so they can't really go to the end of each one.

I guess it doesn't matter. I doubt if they will be cancelled. They just need to do better.
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Part of me feels that tptb don't care about exit stories. I can't remember the last really good one. I guess we should be glad they are getting one and not just going off to CA and not coming back like Bo did.
I thought Lexie's was good.
When was that. Like 2011? There have been a lot of people that have left since then. I was talking more recently.
Summer 2012 was the funeral, right after Stefano was "shot" and right before the Olympics break & Daysaster.
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I thought Lexie's was good.
When was that. Like 2011? There have been a lot of people that have left since then. I was talking more recently.
Summer 2012 was the funeral, right after Stefano was "shot" and right before the Olympics break & Daysaster.
Thanks. Was Billie before or after that. That's one that sticks out for me and Cameron,Chad, plus Bo, who I already mentioned. Then you add the ones from this year. The exits have all been lackluster.
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Sep 8 2014, 01:05 AM
Good...I want the show to keep tanking!

DESERVED !
I'll 2nd this. TomSell need to go.
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It seems to me that the natural choice to bring in after JS leaves, is Philip/JKJ. He should take his rightful place as the "gray" leading man & have Shawn D/JC take his place as the flawed hero lead. Weren't the ratings good when these guys got good airtime? I am looking forward to NuChad, but it just makes more sense to me to bring back JKJ whom the audience knows & has already connected with. NuChad vs Philip vs Shawn D would be great. Just keep that toothy PITA far far away from them.
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Sep 9 2014, 01:42 PM
It seems to me that the natural choice to bring in after JS leaves, is Philip/JKJ. He should take his rightful place as the "gray" leading man & have Shawn D/JC take his place as the flawed hero lead. Weren't the ratings good when these guys got good airtime? I am looking forward to NuChad, but it just makes more sense to me to bring back JKJ whom the audience knows & has already connected with. NuChad vs Philip vs Shawn D would be great. Just keep that toothy PITA far far away from them.
If they could get JKJ back they totally should. He is definitely leading man material.
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Sep 8 2014, 05:39 PM

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Part of me feels that tptb don't care about exit stories. I can't remember the last really good one. I guess we should be glad they are getting one and not just going off to CA and not coming back like Bo did.
I thought Lexie's was good.
When was that. Like 2011? There have been a lot of people that have left since then. I was talking more recently.
June 2012.

Nicks and Gabi's was at least dramatic - although from Gabi's side a bit shoved together at the end.

Chad's wasn't too bad either.
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Short of something catastrophic (and by catastrophic I mean an earthquake swallowing L.A. whole, not low ratings), or an historic breach of contract, the show actually cannot be canceled right now. It's currently contracted to run throughout the remainder of the renewal period. NBC is stuck with it until the contract runs out, or unless/until NBC offered to do something like buy the contract out, and even then all parties would likely have to agree.
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It's not really truthful to talk about exit storylines being bad. I think all of the exits recently have been good with front burner material. Kristen's was of course the best since she was front and center, it was explosive, and it provided for months and months of storyline for all of the other residents in Salem that gave the feeling she was never even gone. (Of course she never should have been able to be allowed to trash on the show after she left which was enough for several people to tune out once she was gone, and also because she was carrying the show.) Also, Nick's exit was front burner aswell, as was Gabi's. Bo's was what it was but I can understand it given the way he left. Cameron never should have been on the show in the first place so that's not valid... Chad also even had a big exit storyline considering he was used very little on screen in the first place, in fact in his exit storyline he saw the most action than he had in years. An exit storyline is bad when a person is never mentioned again without any explanation or is said without an on screen goodbye that they moved away (see Cassie Brady (which is still one of the biggest shames that the show has ever made)), the only real exit storyline I could see that was bad recently was John's, since the way he left was just odd. But then again, just like with PR, that's simply what happens with some people who the producers don't like. It wasn't right but that's the way it just simply goes sometimes.
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The truth is Days doesn't give a sh!t about the vets. They rewrite the character of John, and make him disappear out of thin air or put him in a coma. They give Bo a crappy exit. Jack falls down an elevator shaft and dies. Yet for the newbies they write decent exit storylines. This is insulting to the long time Days fans. We ain't stupid. We know the characters better than the writers do. Kill more of the newbies. I'm fine with that. The only exit I liked was Lexie, but TomSell wasn't the writer at that time. I'll be so happy the day TomSell is fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sep 9 2014, 01:42 PM
It seems to me that the natural choice to bring in after JS leaves, is Philip/JKJ. He should take his rightful place as the "gray" leading man & have Shawn D/JC take his place as the flawed hero lead. Weren't the ratings good when these guys got good airtime? I am looking forward to NuChad, but it just makes more sense to me to bring back JKJ whom the audience knows & has already connected with. NuChad vs Philip vs Shawn D would be great. Just keep that toothy PITA far far away from them.
They dabbled with the Phillip/EJ conflict, but then like everything else, they wrecked it. Those two with JKJ & JS portraying them, fighting over a woman or a business deal had win-win written all over & they still couldn't pull it off.
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!

trojangal
Sep 8 2014, 11:11 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 06:35 PM
LuvingLumi
Sep 8 2014, 06:25 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 04:24 PM
Just because the show was renewed for 2 years, that doesn't mean they can't be cancelled.

I agree that they didn't get much of a bump from those stories or people showed interest and then tuned out.

I think Days taping so far ahead hurts them. They try to keep things under wraps, but things always get out. It's not like GH where it's only a month or so. Its half a year. In that time if people don't like what they hear is going to happen, they begin to check out. Even if they like the news, they forget about it by the time it comes around or have moved on to something else.

Freddie had tweeted that he was doing some great stuff, but we won't see it until Feb, with the lag. Going off what's happening now, its hard to get excited. Even if they got new writers, again it would take 6 months for their stories to be seen.
The can't be cancelled during the span that they were renewed for. The only thing that can happen is that they might opt not not renew again
Shows are cancelled midseason all the time. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if the markets want out, they can cancel the show. Look at the markets that move moved the show to different time slots.
Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
It's not the same for daytime. Sure the show can be cancelled but it's not like prime time where the network buys a set number if episodes and if the show tanks they are done after those episodes air. With Days as if now they will get to the 50th as they got a 2 yr renewal, what happens after that is yet to be seen. With Days unlike GH Corday owns the show, with GH the network does and they can choose to cancel the show at any time like they did with Other soaps
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Sep 10 2014, 06:29 AM
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Sep 8 2014, 11:11 PM
GHFan738
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Sep 8 2014, 06:25 PM

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Shows are cancelled midseason all the time. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if the markets want out, they can cancel the show. Look at the markets that move moved the show to different time slots.
Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
It's not the same for daytime. Sure the show can be cancelled but it's not like prime time where the network buys a set number if episodes and if the show tanks they are done after those episodes air. With Days as if now they will get to the 50th as they got a 2 yr renewal, what happens after that is yet to be seen. With Days unlike GH Corday owns the show, with GH the network does and they can choose to cancel the show at any time like they did with Other soaps
I thought that Sony owned Days.
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Sep 10 2014, 06:29 AM
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Sep 8 2014, 11:11 PM
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Sep 8 2014, 06:35 PM
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Sep 8 2014, 06:25 PM

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Shows are cancelled midseason all the time. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if the markets want out, they can cancel the show. Look at the markets that move moved the show to different time slots.
Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
It's not the same for daytime. Sure the show can be cancelled but it's not like prime time where the network buys a set number if episodes and if the show tanks they are done after those episodes air. With Days as if now they will get to the 50th as they got a 2 yr renewal, what happens after that is yet to be seen. With Days unlike GH Corday owns the show, with GH the network does and they can choose to cancel the show at any time like they did with Other soaps
Makes sense !
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GHFan738
Sep 10 2014, 08:13 AM
LuvingLumi
Sep 10 2014, 06:29 AM
trojangal
Sep 8 2014, 11:11 PM
GHFan738
Sep 8 2014, 06:35 PM

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Not sure how it works in Daytime but in Prime time
shows are cancelled mid-season all the time.
They purchase a certain # of episodes & if the the show
really sucks the network cuts their losses .

Like I said not sure how it works with daytime because Days has a
2 year contract. If they decide to terminate the show before the contract is up
I would think the network would still have to pay for the remainder of the actor's contracts wether the episodes air or not.
So it comes down to finding a show to replace the losses they would incur by dumping Days early
It's not the same for daytime. Sure the show can be cancelled but it's not like prime time where the network buys a set number if episodes and if the show tanks they are done after those episodes air. With Days as if now they will get to the 50th as they got a 2 yr renewal, what happens after that is yet to be seen. With Days unlike GH Corday owns the show, with GH the network does and they can choose to cancel the show at any time like they did with Other soaps
I thought that Sony owned Days.
It does for the largest part. Corday owns a part and I think the Bells might also own a small portion of it still. Jason probably has the numbers for the ownership.




Edited by Yoryla, Sep 10 2014, 06:12 PM.
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!

It's my understanding that Corday owns the largest part...
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Oh. Well, I suppose, I might be mistaken.



Edited by Yoryla, Sep 11 2014, 03:57 PM.
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