“Days of Our Lives” is celebrating its 50th birthday today (November 8, 2015) In celebration of the popular soap’s birthday we decided to compose 10 things you need to know about “DOOL.”
Enjoy the list and make sure to head over to twitter, RIGHT HERE and wish Days of Our Lives a very Happy Birthday!
- The first episode of “Days of Our Lives” aired November 8, 1965.
- As of Friday November 6, 2015 12,713 episodes have aired.
- Dr. Mike Horton has been replaced 14 times on “Days of Our Lives” making him the most replaced actor.
- When Days of Our Lives aired, it was only a 30 minute daytime show. It expanded to 60 minutes in 1975.
- When “DOOL” first aired the cast only had 7 characters.
- Julie Williams is the only cast member to appear on Days of Our Lives in all 6 decades.
- Days of Our Lives is NBC’s longest running daytime drama produced by a single family: The Cordays.
- The “DOOL” supernatural story lines made the daytime soap the most-watched daytime soap among young and middle-aged women. The fans love the storylines and the critics hate them.
- Stefano is nicknamed The Phoenix because he always rises from the ashes. He has died several tragic deaths.
- Six years before she was cast as Sami Brady, Alison Sweeney made her Salem debut as another character.
Happy Birthday Days Of Our Lives!
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Annemarie LeBlancAnnemarie - is a former University Professeur and the Owner/Editor of The MLRP Media Group which represents a family of 7 leading edge blogs, which together encompass the full range of entertainment, pop culture, travel, parenting and lifestyle reporting. Annemarie love Soaps and is an avid fan of General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. She has been watching soaps for as long as she can remember.
