This is NBC's longest running soap opera. The record was previously held by "Another World" (1964), which was cancelled in 1999.
The Walton's Mary Jackson was the original Alice Horton in the unaired pilot. The role was then assumed by Frances Reid for the TV broadcast who has played her since the show's TV debut.
In July of 2001, Daytime NBC (with soaps Days of Our Lives & Passions) became the first network to broadcast with Spanish closed-captioning.
The show is taped on sets 2 and 4 at NBC Studios
Started out as a 30 minute show in 1965 then became an hour show in 1975
MacDonald Carey's voice over in the opening title was kept as a tribute to the actor after he died.
The state that they're in is never mentioned
Drake Hogestyn was hired in 1986 to take over the role of "Roman Brady" after Wayne Northrop left the series after a falling out with the show's writers. Several years later Northrop approached the producers of the show about him returning to the series, which created a problem because Hogestyn had quickly became one of the show's most popular actors. In order to keep Hogestyn on the show while allowing Northrop to return to the series as Roman, a storyline was crafted that revealed that Hogestyn's Roman was actually a mercenary named John Black who had been brainwashed into thinking he was Roman Brady as punishment for betraying his employer Stefano Dimera. This allowed Hogestyn to continue on the show while allowing Wayne Northrop to resume his previous role.
The show celebrated its 10,000th episode on Monday, 21 February 2005. The episode began with a special introduction by Frances Reid (Alice Horton) as she reflected on the first days filming (nearly 40 years ago!), with a short clip from the very first episode. At the show's close, Frances returned stating that she felt that Sami's trials and tribulations were just beginning and to join the show tomorrow as they began their second 10,000 shows.
In 1991 Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans Black) was lured back to Days of Our Lives with the promise that she could serve as executive producer of a DAYS spin-off called "Manhattan Lives". Initial hopes were to begin airing in 1994 if Another World wasn't renewed. In the end "Another World" (1964) was renewed and the spin-off never came to be.
相關評論
在Friends劇中，Joey的事業一直和肥皂劇Days of Our Lives緊密相關。他在演出了這部肥皂劇以後，開始有了自己的影迷。雖然中間“死”了一次，但第二次出演，現在竟然有獎項提名他了(雖然是Sopie獎).那么,Days of Our Lives究竟是一部什麼樣的片子呢。
Days of Our Lives並不是虛構出來的，這是美國最著名的肥皂劇集之一。自1965年開播以來，至今仍大受歡迎。在電影《律政俏佳人》裡面，女主角就有一句台詞說“昨天的Days of Our Lives你看了嗎”，影片把每天收看DOOL當作區分時尚女性和"哈佛女生"的標誌之一。巧的是,Friends中的時尚女性代表Rachel也是個肥皂劇迷，看看她在718和819中的表現就知道了。
在715中客串的蘇珊薩蘭登從來沒有在DOOL中出現過，這純粹是虛構，但另外一個嘉賓可不是。在第718集，Joey獲得了Sopie的提名，雖然沒有得獎，但是最後順走了同劇組的最佳女配角獎。客串那個被偷走獎的女演員的Alison Sweeney就是Days of Our Lives劇組目前的主要演員，至今已經出演了9年。但她在Friends中扮演的人並不是她自己，而是叫Jessica Ashley。
在718中提名的其他肥皂劇，如General Hospital、Young and the Restless也都是真實的。另外還有一部All My Children也是在一直播放的，在219中,Gunther聲稱自己出演過這個片子，但比瑞摩瑞醫生還倒霉--死於雪崩。
