Days Renewal

The week of January 4-8, which aired the accident, Daniel’s death, as well as Stefano’s murder, DOOL fell just under 3 million viewers, and that hasn’t been done for a very long time.  I think I read the negotiations will begin in February, but I think a lot of fans expected to find out about the renewal sometime this month.  I just hope February sweeps, which begin on February 4th through March 2nd, will do well and be "must watch" TV for our soap.  Oh well, I’m betting on a renewal…..at least for another year.  I also think DOOL is on a much stricter budget than the other soaps, and that’s pretty much NBC’s call, but there’s always the possibility of cancellation at some point, although I doubt it will happen this time around; the genre is still too popular IMO.  Too many failed daytime talk shows and who wants another hour of The Today Show…..certainly not this fan.  If NBC doesn’t care if it loses millions of viewers who love their soap, it’s just plain suicide for the network.  Nah, the biggest competition soaps have for daytime, IMO, is the game shows and, of course, each other.  Guess it depends on what’s the cheapest to produce.  Maybe that’s why some of these high-paid soap actors are being cut and replaced with cheaper actors or written out altogether, but we’ll see how much the cast grows or shrinks over the next few months.  I think it’s already starting, but NBC has always been the most budget-conscious, more than other networks it seems.

I’ll go down with the ship BUT I wouldn’t cry if it left either  And I HATE saying that b/c I loved loved loved it for so long.  But with Sami gone.  EJ gone.  Stefano gone (well OLD Stefano gone anyway – he’s been dull recently due to his health in real life.)  Vivian gone (again – first time around Vivian.)  It’s all so ho hum lately. 

I half watch most of the time, like it’s on but it doesn’t have my full attention  I miss my old show, my MUST SEE Days.  When the commercials said "Miss a day – miss a lot."  Now it’s like watch a day – pass out from boredom.  

These teens aren’t doing it for me and too many SL that are boring or I don’t care for.  But i’ll whine about it and watch b/c deep down it’s my show.  But boy does it take a lot of effort to watch a show 5x that you’re kinda "meh" about.