Uproar Over Days of Our Lives Overhaul Talk Prompts Deidre Hall To Address Fans Directly

We finally get an answer to one of our biggest questions.

From day one of the announcement, there was no shortage of questions from fans days of our lives‘ Switching from NBC to Peacock and what that meant for the series and its future. And whether and how the show could change with the move was at the top of viewers’ minds!

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but days of our lives Filming so far in advance and the switch from NBC to Peacock happened so quickly that we’re not actually going to have any episodes specifically filmed to the the streaming service until sometime after Christmas.

And that just gives viewers more time to ponder what’s to come.

Free from network restrictions and without worrying about daily sensitivities of how far the rails will go days of our lives walk? Will they completely turn the show on its head, taking the sex and swearing to unbearable levels to try and win over nervous new viewers just because they can? Will Salem look more like a modern day equivalent game of Thrones‘ Westeros as viewers in the Midwest love?

Well, aside from the fact that there won’t be any dragons stopping by Salem (err, we hope), it’s generally safe to say that the answer to all of these questions is a resounding “no.” That’s what the actors in particular told the fans.

Deidre Hall (Marlena) recently spoke to The Wrap to address just that.

Just like Marlena, Hall has a knack for putting our minds at ease.

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“Our audience doesn’t change,” the soap’s beloved veterinarian assured viewers, “and we respect who they are and what their sensitivities are. We will not become an overtly sexual or obnoxious language program. We won’t do that; we’re not, and that’s not our audience.”

days of our lives is a soap that always focuses on “multigenerational families” and tells topical, social stories — with a few resurrections, brainwashing, and the occasional serial killer thrown in for good measure. But that’s any soap.

When Greg Rikaart (Leo) and Mary Beth Evans (Kayla) recently spoke to Michael Fairman for his YouTube channel, they echoed that sentiment.

“I feel like they’re already pushing the envelope with some of the dialogue,” Rikaart admitted, and Evans jumped in to clarify: “You can say baby swear words now.”

“Yes, baby swear words,” Rikaart agreed. There won’t be anyone swearing a blue streak, but he added, “I think there might be a little more skin.”

“Oh, not for me,” Evans laughed. “I’ll be all buttoned up!”

But like many shows created solely for streaming, it doesn’t suddenly get dirty. As Hall put it, they don’t morph into an “overtly sexual” soap.

“It’s the same creative team that’s changing,” Rikaart said. They don’t attract new people with new ideas to change the show and push it beyond the bounds of taste. The switch from the episodes filmed for NBC to those filmed for Peacock probably won’t even be that noticeable — although Greg Meng did mention they’d be a little longer now!

Evans agreed.

“It doesn’t feel any different,” she assured fans. “It’s all the same.”

But let’s be honest. Throughout the day story soap operas to have Known for showing a little skin!

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We’ll likely have to wait until around 2023 to find out what’s going to happen, but it sounds like viewers can pretty much rest at night knowing their loved one is dead days of our lives will not make any radical changes.

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