shows have been taped all the way through to August, i.e., the 5 week hiatus; however, we don’t know how much more will be cut before some regularity sets in. It may still be close of 5 months for now, but the networks are really trying hard, I believe, to get closer to other soaps in tape-to-air, and at some point I think it will reach a 3 month point, at least! Actually, they need more than one of these hiatuses to even things out, but I don’t imagine the actors would like it that much. I’m sure a lot of what’s already been taped is being cut from week to week. If anyone reads spoilers, you would see where things that were supposed to happen never did because the scenes were cut.