Days Of Our Lives Director On Why The Big Move To Peacock Can Save The Long-Running Soap

The soap world is still reeling from the fact that Days of Our Lives will be ending its run on NBC in December, just to move over to the network’s streaming platform, Peacock.

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While many fans are up in arms about the fact that they will now have to pay 4.99 a month for Peacock in order to watch their favorite soap, it is better than the alternative, which would be NBC canceling the show altogether.

DAYS has been given a new lease on life by moving to a streaming platform, as that is also the future of television as more and more people give up cable, satellite, and broadcast channels.

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DOOL director Scott McKinsey, who previously directed Days of Our Lives, and is the son of soap opera legend Beverlee McKinsey, took to Facebook this past weekend to explain what moving to Peacock really means. And it doesn’t necessarily mean a death knell for the soap, as it did when Passions moved to DirecTV and All My Children and One Life to Live got new life online after ABC already canceled them.

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“The show has not been canceled, and/or ‘picked up’ by Peacock. This is a big difference from the sad demise of ABC’s [One Life to Live] and [All My Children],” McKinsey wrote. “All of your favorite characters will remain on the show for the foreseeable future. In fact, the prospect of ‘Days’ remaining in production for the long term just increased as a result of this move. Without Peacock, Days might have been numbered on the Network.”

McKinsey also explained the benefits on streaming over broadcast TV. “I understand peoples’ sour reaction to being asked for money to remain viewers, but let’s look at the positives,” McKinsey wrote. “The monthly subscription includes access to every show DOOL has ever aired, (as I understand it). It allows you to watch a new episode anywhere you have internet access. So you don’t have to view it on your DVR at home, (or lose the episode because your DVR is full, or because the network preempted it for a car chase!)”

Stay tuned to Days of Our Lives weekdays now and start streaming it in September to keep the show alive.