Days Of Our Lives: American daytime soap opera
Days of Our Lives is a popular American television show on the NBC television network.
It is one hour long and is broadcast during the day. Betty and Ted Corday made the show in 1965. Two companies, Corday Productions and Universal Television make Days of Our Lives. In November 2015, the show celebrated 50 years on TV. It is currently in its 59th season with 14,840 episodes (as of February 29, 2024). They began filming the show in HD in 2010.
| Days of Our Lives | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Ted Corday Betty Corday |
| Written by | Ron Carlivati |
| Directed by | Herb Stein Phil Sogard Albert Alarr Grant Johnson Steven Williford |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Charles Albertine, Tommy Boyce, and Bobby Hart |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 14,840 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng |
| Producer | See below |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1965–2010) 60 minutes (2010–present) |
| Production company | Corday Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | November 8, 1965 – present |
| Related | |
| Another World | |
Days of Our Lives takes place in the city of Salem. The main families on the show are the Bradys, the DiMeras and the Hortons. Many good and bad things happened to the Brady family and the Horton family. One character named "Stefano DiMera" does some of the bad things that happen to characters on this show.
Characters
- Stefano DiMera is the head of the DiMera family. He is the villain in Salem and has done many bad deeds to the Brady family, mainly Marlena.
- Maggie Simmons Horton has been played by actress Suzanne Rogers since August 20, 1973. Maggie was created by scriptwriter William J. Bell, and executive producer Betty Corday.
- Marlena Evans, mother of DJ, Sami, Eric and Belle. She has been taken over by the Devil twice and everyone thought she was a serial killer in 2004.
- Sami Brady, daughter of Roman and Marlena Brady. She has a twin brother Eric, and her half sister is Carrie. She is the mother of Will, Allie, Johnny and Sydney, and she believed that Grace as she had been swapped at birth.
Couples
Here is a list of some of the main couples on the show:
- John and Marlena Black
- Bo and Hope Brady
- Abe and Lexie Carver
- Stefano and Kate DiMera
- Jack and Jennifer Devereux
- Austin and Carrie Reed (Austin is Kate's son, Carrie is Roman's daughter)
- EJ DiMera and Nicole Walker
- Ciara Brady and Ben Weston
References
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