History Trivia / DaysOfOurLives

** The producers have confirmed that Doug Williams will have a funeral later in 2024, after the passing of Bill Hayes in January.

** Casey Moss, who has played JJ Deveraux since 2013, has performed at least a half-dozen times since his run on the show began. In real life, he is the lead singer and founder of the band Eyes of One.
** Then there's Thia Megia, who played Haley Chen from 2017 to 2020, who was a top-11 finalist on ''Series/AmericanIdol'' in 2011; Megia was, at 15 at the time she was on the show, the youngest ''Idol'' contestant to reach the live performance episodes[[note]](the tenth season that year saw ''Idol'' lower its minimum age of eligibility to 15)[[/note]]. Incidentally, both times Haley sang on the show were in duets with JJ.

** Kyle Lowder as Brady Black and Rex Brady. Like the Josh Taylor/Wayne Northrup situation above, when he was brought back to the show in 2018, Lowder's former role of Brady had already been played by Eric Martsolf since 2008 (shortly after Martsolf ended his run as Fox Crane on the then-recently-cancelled-''again'' former NBC soap ''Series/{{Passions}}''). Lowder's characterization of Rex received a lukewarm response from viewers and was written out in August 2019, but was brought back for a guest stint in December 2021.

** Dr. Tom Horton died offscreen about 3 months after Macdonald Carey passed away in 1994, and about 5 months after his last appearance. His wife Alice Horton died after Frances Reid did in 2010, but her last appearance on the show had been Christmas 2007.

* BannedInChina: For Utah viewers, ''Days of Our Lives'' basically became ''Nights of Our Lives'' in 2011, when Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL-TV began delaying the show to ''1:05am''! The reason for busting the series to a timeslot that basically required most fans to either DVR it or watch it online was reportedly because the [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} LDS Church]], which is morally opposed to [[Main/HeteronormativeCrusader homosexuality]] and owns KSL parent company Bonneville International, objected to the gay relationship storyline involving Will Horton and Sonny Kiriakis. Oddly or maybe because of how it has previously dealt with such shows, KSL elected to punt the show to overnights rather than pass it over to [[Creator/TheCW CW]] affiliate KUCW or [[Creator/MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV]] affiliate KMYU[[note]](which, ironically, are respectively co-owned with competing Creator/{{ABC}} affiliate KTVX and Creator/{{CBS}} affiliate KUTV)[[/note]], both of which have been used in the past by NBC to act as a dumping ground for shows with subject matter that LDS ownership deems [[MoralGuardians objectionable]] (as it did with short-runner primetime shows like ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'', ''The Book of Daniel'' and ''Series/TheNewNormal'') or scheduling conflicts (as it did with ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1995[[note]]when it first became an NBC affiliate[[/note]] to 2013, when it started airing ''SNL'' after moving a long-running local sports discussion show from the former's standard slot), where it could have been able to keep its daytime slot. Other reasons have been suggested for the demotion (including affording the show protection from breaking news preemptions by putting it in a more DVR-friendly timeslot, and opportunities for higher ad revenue by putting local or syndicated programs in its normal daytime slot).

* BannedInChina: For Utah viewers, ''Days of Our Lives'' basically became ''Nights of Our Lives'' in 2011, when Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL-TV began delaying the show to ''1:05am''! The reason for busting the series to a timeslot that basically required most fans to either DVR it or watch it online was reportedly because the [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} LDS Church]], which is morally opposed to [[Main/HeteronormativeCrusader homosexuality]] and owns KSL parent company Bonneville International, objected to the gay relationship storyline involving Will Horton and Sonny Kiriakis. Oddly or maybe because of how it has previously dealt with such shows, KSL elected to punt the show to overnights rather than pass it over to [[Creator/TheCW CW]] affiliate KUCW or [[Creator/MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV]] affiliate KMYU[[note]](which, ironically, are respectively co-owned with competing Creator/{{ABC}} affiliate KTVX and Creator/{{CBS}} affiliate KUTV)[[/note]], both of which have been used in the past by NBC to act as a dumping ground for shows with subject matter that LDS ownership deems [[MoralGuardians objectionable]] (as it did with short-runner primetime shows like ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'', ''The Book of Daniel'' and ''Series/TheNewNormal'', as well as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1995--when it first became an NBC affiliate--until they started airing it in 2013), where it could have been able to keep its daytime slot.

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2020 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between runs on both mediums (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}, following the end of their network runs).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2020 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}, following the end of their network runs).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}, following the end of their network runs).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption in-between (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}, following the end of their network runs).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between their broadcast and streaming runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}, following the end of their network runs).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between their broadcast and streaming runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between their move from ABC to Creator/{{Hulu}}).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between their broadcast and streaming runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between the end of their ABC runs and the start of their short-lived Creator/{{Hulu}} revivals).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between their broadcast and streaming runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between the end of their Creators/{{ABC}} runs and the start of their short-lived Creator/{{Hulu}} revivals).

* ChannelHop: NBC decided to replace ''Days'' on its daytime schedule with the afternoon newscast ''NBC News Daily'' (produced by and simulcast on the NBC News Now streaming network) in September 2022 after its 57th season; thereafter, first-run episodes were released exclusively on its co-owned Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service, which had been the show's primary streaming home since its May 2021 launch.[[note]]For the remainder of its NBC run, episodes were released hours after their original broadcast, usually in the early evening (mirroring its release schedule on NBC's website and apps); they shifted to an early morning release schedule upon becoming a Peacock exclusive.[[/note]] With this, it became only the third soap to switch from broadcast to streaming, and the first to do so with no interruption between their broadcast and streaming runs (''Series/AllMyChildren'' and ''Series/OneLifeToLife'' had gaps of 18 and 14½ months, respectively, between the end of their Creators/{{ABC}} runs and the start of their short-lived Creator/{{Hulu}} revivals).

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In 2019, Days took one of the biggest risks in daytime ever with a TimeSkip and a week with very important flashbacks needed for fans to understand what in the world was going on. This same week half the episodes were pre-empted[[note]]Technically, delayed to late night on most NBC stations, while continuing to be available on NBC’s website and mobile platforms.[[/note]] due to live news coverage of American political drama, the Donald Trump impeachment hearings. Trump’s impeachment trial in late January 2020 caused similar issues with another week of episodes tied to flashbacks (in that case, relating to Adrienne’s death and a baby switch involving Kristen’s carried-to-term daughter and Sarah’s miscarried daughter).
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actors playing twins Allie Horton and Johnny [=DiMera=], Lindsay Arnold[[note]]Not to be confused with the professional dancer from ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''[[/note]] (who joined the show in 2020) and Carson Boatman (who joined the show in 2021), are jaw-droppingly similar in resemblance (down to their strong similarities in facial structure, especially their cheekbones and jawlines). Considering they portray fraternal twins on the show (and the casting department could have easily cast actors to play Allie and Johnny that each resemble one of their respective parents[[note]]Both were conceived by different fathers: Johnny by E.J. [=DiMera=] (played by James Scott from 2006–2014, and by Dan Farrugiel since 2021), and Allie by Lucas Horton (Bryan Datillo)[[/note]]), the fact that both Arnold and Boatman also pretty strongly resemble Alison Sweeney (whose character, Sami Brady, is their characters’ mother) likely contributed to them landing the roles.

** Josh Taylor as Chris Kositchek and Roman Brady. Oddly enough, his role on fellow NBC series ''[[Series/TheHoganFamily Valerie]]'' was not initially responsible for Taylor leaving his role as Kositchek, as he remained on ''Days'' while working on other series projects during the 1980s (including the short-lived ''Riker'' in 1981); his ''Days'' departure in 1987 came after his ''Valerie'' role of Michael Hogan was expanded amid a {{Retool}} (as ''Valerie's Family/The Hogan Family'') caused by Valerie Harper's firing from the series amid financial and production disputes with the show's producers. Taylor returned to ''Days'' as Roman in 1997.

** Dr. Tom Horton died offscreen about 3 months after Macdonald Carey passed away in 1994.

** The DreamSequence with Calliope as a CourtJester mentioned below in ShortLivedBigImpact was originally conceived and pitched by Creator/ArleenSorkin herself (inspired by ''Film/ThePrincessBride'').

* ShortLivedBigImpact: A comical 1987 DreamSequence had a medieval theme, including Calliope Jones as a CourtJester. Since it was just a one-off scene, it was quickly forgotten in the show's universe. However, Calliope's portrayer Creator/ArleenSorkin showed the scene to Creator/PaulDini, who was pondering the concept for a female sidekick for The Joker on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and he created ComicBook/HarleyQuinn for Sorkin to voice based on her performance in that sequence, spawning one of Franchise/TheDCU's most beloved characters.

* ActorInspiredElement: Bill Hayes says that his one request when Doug was "killed" in the Salem Stalker storyline, which the producers ended up granting him, was that Doug would at least get a chance to fight back before being offed (and his doing so led to the first reveal of the Stalker's identity).

* ActorInspiredElement: Bill Hayes says that his one request when Doug was "killed" in the Salem Stalker storyline, which the producers ended up granting him, was that Doug would at least get a chance to fight back before being offed.

** John Aniston played Dr. Eric Richards from 1969 to 1970, before returning as Victor Kiriakis in 1985.

* AffectionateParody: On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey Tribbiani plays brain surgeon Dr. Drake Ramoray in a slightly-more ridiculous version of ''Days of Our Lives''. Because of its in-canon portrayal, many non-American ''Friends'' fans -- regardless of whether the actual soap is aired on a regional broadcaster -- likely wound up thinking ''Days of Our Lives'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional soap opera poking fun at the genre]], rather than an exaggerated depiction of [[AluminumChristmasTrees a real show!]] In a case of geographical license, the in-universe ''Days'' takes place within the sitcom's New York City setting. (The only soap opera among the four aired by NBC during ''Friends''' 10-season run that was taped in New York was ''Series/AnotherWorld'', which ended its 35-year run in June 1999, shortly after the conclusion of the sitcom’s fifth season; ''Days'', ''Series/SunsetBeach'' and ''AW'' replacement ''Series/{{Passions}}'' were all filmed at NBC Studios[[note]](renamed The Burbank Studios after NBC’s 2014 sale of the facility to Worthe Real Estate Group)[[/note]] in Burbank, California.) Several ''Days'' cast members including Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady), Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady), Roark Critchlow (Mike Horton), Kyle Lowder (then-Brady Black) and Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) guest-starred on ''Friends'' over the two stints in which Joey worked on the show in-universe; the notable exception was John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis), whose daughter Creator/JenniferAniston played Rachel Green on ''Friends'', presumably to avoid a CelebrityParadox situation.

** Kyle Lowder as Brady Black and Rex Brady. Like the Josh Taylor/Wayne Northrup situation above, when he was brought back to the show in 2018, Lowder's former role of Brady had already been played by Eric Martsolf since 2008 (shortly after Martsolf ended his run as Fox Crane on the then-recently-cancelled-''again'' former NBC soap ''Series/{{Passions}}''). Lowder's characterization of Rex received a lukewarm response from viewers and was written out in August 2019, but was brought back for a guest stint in December 2021.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actors playing twins Allie Horton and Johnny [=DiMera=], Lindsay Arnold[[note]]Not to be confused with the [[NamesTheSame professional dancer]] from ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''[[/note]] (who joined the show in 2020) and Carson Boatman (who joined the show in 2021), are jaw-droppingly similar in resemblance (down to their strong similarities in facial structure, especially their cheekbones and jawlines). Considering they portray fraternal twins on the show (and the casting department could have easily cast actors to play Allie and Johnny that each resemble one of their respective parents[[note]]Both were conceived by different fathers: Johnny by E.J. [=DiMera=] (played by James Scott from 2006–2014, and by Dan Farrugiel since 2021), and Allie by Lucas Horton (Bryan Datillo)[[/note]]), the fact that both Arnold and Boatman also pretty strongly resemble Alison Sweeney (whose character, Sami Brady, is their characters’ mother) likely contributed to them landing the roles.