"DAYS" TO AIR FIRST-EVER "CLASSIC" EPISODE ON NBC ON FRIDAY
11/23/12!
Set your
DVRs and skip Black Friday! We will be flashing back to June 24, 1997, and an
episode in which Susan was revealed to be impersonating Kristen
(think
flying false teeth courtesy of Laura Horton!) and John desperately searched to
find the real Kristen - and Marlena - in the secret room. Don't miss
it!
Episode #
8067
Original Air Date: Tuesday, June 24,
1997
Head Writer: James E. Reilly
Dialogue
Writer: Dorothy Ann Purser
Directed by: Roger W.
Inman
Cast:
Victor
Alfieri (Franco)
Kristian Alfonso (Hope)
Krista Allen (Billie)
Matt
Battaglia (J.L.)
Jaime Lyn Bauer (Laura)
Tanya Boyd (Celeste)
Stephanie
Cameron (Jennifer)
Christie Clark (Carrie)
John Clarke (Mickey)
Roark
Critchlow (Mike)
Eileen Davidson (Kristen & Susan)
Ivan G'Vera
(Ivan)
Deidre Hall (Marlena)
Drake Hogestyn (John)
Renee Jones
(Lexie)
Joseph Mascolo (Stefano)
Peggy McCay (Caroline)
Frank Parker
(Shawn)
Peter Reckell (Bo)
James Reynolds (Abe)
Suzanne Rogers
(Maggie)
Louise Sorel (Vivian)
Reed Rudy (Max)
Andrew Colucci (Agent
Dean)
Tony DeLan (Cop # 1 U/5)
Kimberly Kline (Cop # 2
U/5)
Full Scene-By-Scene: Follow
along and see if any scenes get edited out!
TEASER
ACT:
T-A: Park (Franco)
T-B: Park (Hope, Xs)
Intercut: Newly
Created Flashback: Park (Hope, Bo)
T-C: Pier/Rome (Billie)
FLASHBACK
(Billie, Max, Dean)
T-D: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL)
Intercut: Pier/Rome (Max,
Dean)
T-E: DiMera Mansion Garden (Susan, Maggie, John, Abe, Celeste, Lexie,
Shawn, Caroline, Carrie, Mickey)
FLASHBACK (John, Susan, Laura, Jennifer,
Mike)
T-F: DiMera Mansion Ext. Front Door (Laura, Jennifer, Mike)
T-G:
DiMera Mansion Living Room (Stefano, Vivian, Ivan)
T-H: DiMera Mansion Secret
Room (Kristen, Marlena)
ACT ONE:
1-A: DiMera Mansion
Garden (Celeste, Lexie)
1-B: DiMera Mansion Living Room (Stefano, Vivian,
Ivan)
1-C: DiMera Mansion Garden (John, Abe, Maggie, Mickey, Carrie, Celeste,
Lexie, Shawn, Caroline, Susan)
1-D: DiMera Mansion Secret Room (Kristen,
Marlena)
1-E: DiMera Mansion Ext. Front Door (Laura, Jennifer,
Mike)
ACT TWO:
2-A: DiMera Mansion Garden (Carrie,
John, Maggie, Mickey, Shawn, Caroline, Susan, Laura)
2-B: Park (Hope, Franco,
Xs)
2-C: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL)
ACT THREE:
3-A:
Franco's Salem Inn Room (Franco, Hope)
3-B: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL, Dean,
Billie)
3-C: DiMera Mansion Secret Room (Kristen, Marlena)
Intercut:
Marlena's Dream: DiMera Mansion Secret Room (Marlena, John)
3-D: DiMera
Mansion Garden (Laura, Susan, John, Vivian, Ivan, Stefano, Mickey, Maggie,
Shawn, Caroline, Carrie, Lexie, Celeste, Abe, Mike, Jennifer)
ACT
FOUR:
4-A: Franco's Salem Inn Bathroom (Hope)
Intercut: Hope's
Dream: Franco's Salem Inn Bathroom (Hope, Bo)
4-B: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL, Dean,
Billie)
4-C: DiMera Mansion Garden (Laura, Susan, John, Vivian, Ivan, Mickey,
Maggie, Shawn, Caroline, Carrie, Lexie, Celeste, Abe, Mike, Jennifer)
4-D:
DiMera Mansion Bedroom Corridor (Stefano, Cop # 1)
ACT
FIVE:
5-A: DiMera Mansion Bedroom Corridor (Stefano, Cop #
1)
5-B: DiMera Mansion Secret Room (Kristen, Marlena)
5-C: DiMera Mansion
Garden (Laura, Susan, John, Vivian, Ivan, Mickey, Maggie, Shawn, Caroline,
Carrie, Lexie, Celeste, Abe, Mike, Jennifer)
ACT
SIX:
6-A: Franco's Salem Inn Room & Bathroom (Hope,
Franco)
FLASHBACK (Hope, Bo)
6-B: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL, Dean, Billie,
Max)
6-C: DiMera Mansion Garden (Laura, Susan, John, Vivian, Ivan, Mickey,
Maggie, Shawn, Caroline, Carrie, Lexie, Celeste, Abe, Mike, Jennifer)
6-D:
DiMera Mansion Secret Room (Kristen, Marlena)
ACT
SEVEN:
7-A: Franco's Salem Inn Room & Corridor (Franco,
Hope)
7-B: Pier/Rome (Bo, JL, Dean, Billie, Max)
7-C: DiMera Mansion
Living Room (Caroline, Maggie, Susan)
7-D: DiMera Mansion Garden (Laura,
Mickey, Mike, Jennifer, Carrie, Celeste, Lexie)
7-E: DiMera Mansion Bedroom
& Corridor (Stefano, Abe, Cop # 2)
Intercut: DiMera Mansion Garden (Cop #
1)
7-F: DiMera Mansion Wine Cellar (John, Vivian, Ivan)
Intercut: DiMera
Mansion Secret Room (Kristen, Marlena)
Nielsen Ratings Info:
The week of June 23-June 27,
1997 is the highest-rated week "Days" has had since 1989.
Week of June
23-June 27, 1997: Households
1. The Young and the Restless
(CBS)...7.2 rating/23 share
2. Days of Our Lives
(NBC)...6.9/23
3. All My Children (ABC)...5.1/17
4. The Bold and
the Beautiful (CBS)...4.7/16
*. General Hospital (ABC)...4.7/16
6. As the
World Turns (CBS)...4.1/15
*. Guiding Light (CBS)...4.1/14
8. One Life to
Live (ABC)...4.0/14
9. Another World (NBC)...3.3/12
10. Port Charles
(ABC)...2.6/09
11. Sunset Beach (NBC)...2.0/08
Week
of June 23-June 27, 1997: Women 18-49 Demo:
1. Days of Our Lives
(NBC)...5.3/32
2. All My Children (ABC)...4.1/26
3. The Young and
the Restless (CBS)...3.9/28
4. General Hospital (ABC)...3.7/25
5. One Life
to Live (ABC)...3.0/21
6. Guiding Light (CBS)...2.5/17
7. The Bold and the
Beautiful (CBS)...2.4/15
8. As the World Turns (CBS)...2.3/15
9. Another
World (NBC)...2.2/15
10. Port Charles (ABC)...1.7/12
11. Sunset Beach
(NBC)...1.2/10
Get all caught up with what was
happening on "Days" back in June 1997.
Soap Opera
Digest cover, July 1, 1997
Soap Opera Digest, July 1, 1997
"D-Days" by Stephanie
Sloane and Alan Carter
Soap Opera Digest, July 1, 1997
"Days of Our Lives"
Recap
Soap Opera Digest, July 8, 1997
"Days of Our Lives"
Recap
Soap Opera Weekly, July 1, 1997 cover
Soap Opera Weekly, July 1, 1997
The
News
Soap Opera Weekly, July 1, 1997
Sneak Peeks
Soap Opera Magazine, July 1, 1997 cover
Soap Opera Magazine, July 1, 1997
"Speak Now"
by Lorraine Zenka
Soap Opera Magazine, July 1, 1997
NBC Backstage News by
Anne Marie Allocca & Lorraine Zenka
Soap Opera Digest, July 1, 1997
"Roman Holiday" by
Stephanie Sloane
Soap Opera Magazine, June 17, 1997
"Days! Days! deja vu"
by Lorraine Zenka
Episode # 8067:
Original Timings for June 24,
1997 Broadcast:
TEASER ACT (7:25)
OPENING TITLE
(:32)
ACT ONE (4:15)
ACT TWO (3:29)
ACT THREE (7:13)
HOURGLASS
INSERT (:14)
ACT FOUR (3:54)
ACT FIVE (3:48)
ACT SIX (3:32)
ACT
SEVEN (5:23)
END CREDITS (:30)
PRODUCTION LOGO TAG (:3)
END TAG
(:5)
COMMERCIAL/PROMO CONTENT:
POSITION # 1: 2:30
POSITION # 2:
3:00
POSITION # 3: 2:00
POSITION # 4: 2:24
POSITION # 5:
3:03
POSITION # 6: 2:30
POSITION # 7: 2:30
TOTAL ACTS CONTENT:
38:59
TITLE/HOURGLASS/CREDITS/LOGO/END TAG: 1:24
"DAYS" CONTENT TOTAL:
40:23
COMMERCIAL/PROMO CONTENT TOTAL: 17:57
CURRENT TIMINGS FOR 2012
EPISODES:
TOTAL ACTS CONTENT:
36:22
TITLE/CREDITS/LOGOS: :52
"DAYS" CONTENT TOTAL:
37:14
COMMERCIAL/PROMO CONTENT TOTAL: 21:12
1997 VS. 2012...WHICH TIMINGS WILL WIN OUT ON
FRIDAY 11/23???
36:22 nowadays for each episode vs. 38:59
(not including the "extras" of title/credits/etc)... Will NBC let "Days" air an
extra 2 minutes, 37 seconds on Friday 11/23.
That's a lot of commercials
lost. Or will NBC edit out around 2 minutes 30 seconds so "Days"
airs its normal amount of commercials??