Days of Our Lives

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daytime drama soap opera television series

Days of Our Lives is a long-running American daytime soap opera that premiered in 1965 and follows the intertwined lives, romances, and dramas of families in the fictional town of Salem.

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instanceOf daytime drama ⓘ
soap opera ⓘ
television series ⓘ
awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
broadcastSchedule weekday daytime ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Allan Chase ⓘ
Betty Corday ⓘ
Irna Phillips ⓘ
Ted Corday ⓘ
executiveProducer Ken Corday ⓘ
firstAired 1965-11-08 ⓘ
format serial drama ⓘ
genre family drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
soap opera ⓘ
hasLongRunningStatus one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world ⓘ
hasStoryElement dramatic plot twists ⓘ
intertwined family relationships ⓘ
multi-generational family sagas ⓘ
romantic storylines ⓘ
hasTagline “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” ⓘ
laterBroadcastAs 60-minute episodes ⓘ
mainSettingType fictional Midwestern town ⓘ
notableCharacter Bo Brady ⓘ
Hope Williams Brady ⓘ
John Black ⓘ
Marlena Evans ⓘ
Stefano DiMera ⓘ
Victor Kiriakis ⓘ
notableFamily Brady family ⓘ
DiMera family ⓘ
Horton family ⓘ
Kiriakis family ⓘ
openingTheme “(What Are the Days of Our Lives)” ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastAs 30-minute episodes ⓘ
originallyProducedFor American daytime television ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat color ⓘ
productionCompany Corday Productions ⓘ
Sony Pictures Television Studios ⓘ
surface form: Sony Pictures Television
setInFictionalLocation Salem ⓘ
targetAudience daytime television viewers ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Bobby Hart ⓘ
Charles Albertine ⓘ
Tommy Boyce ⓘ
typicalRuntimePerEpisode 60 minutes ⓘ

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NBC Studios, Burbank → associatedWith → Days of Our Lives ⓘ
Susan Flannery → knownFor → Days of Our Lives ⓘ
Ralph Waite → notableWork → Days of Our Lives ⓘ
Susan Flannery → notableWork → Days of Our Lives ⓘ