Here is a look at the breakdown of what makes up each
episode of "Days of Our Lives" for the 58 minutes, 20 seconds that it is on
each day. As you can see below, if you are watching live, it's best to
take a quick break after act four (3:32 break) and act six (3:02
break).
EPISODE BREAKDOWN
ACT TEASER
Opening
Title.....................:17
ACT ONE
Commercial
Position # 1...2:03
ACT TWO
Commercial
Position # 2...2:03
NBC
Promo.........................:30
ACT THREE
Podbuster (Trivia
Segment)..:15
Commercial
Position # 3....2:03
ACT FOUR
Commercial
Position # 4...2:03
Hour Glass
Insert................:12
Local
Station Break..........1:27
ACT FIVE
Commercial
Position # 5...2:03
ACT SIX
Commercial
Position # 6...2:32
NBC
Promo.........................:30
ACT SEVEN
Commercial
Position # 7...2:03
ACT EIGHT
Next
Episode Preview.........:20
Credits.................................:30
Corday/Sony
Logos.............:05
TOTALS
New Episode
content.......................39 minutes, 24 seconds
Commercial
content.........................17 minutes, 17
seconds
Title/Insert/Preview/Credits/Logos.......1
minute, 39 seconds
COMBINED
TOTAL............................58 minutes, 20
seconds