Days of Our Lives' Post-Writers Strike Episodes Are Finally Starting to Air: What We Learned About What's to Come!
01.06.2024 - 00:41
/ justjared.com
Days of Our Lives is about to pick up speed! After months of some slow-burn storylines, head writer Ron Carlivati returns in the May 31st episode.
More similar to serialized dramas, Days’ shooting schedule makes it so episodes are written several months before their air date.
This schedule caused some hiccups for the writing team when the Writers Guild of America went on strike last summer. Ron had episodes written through November 2023, but NBC produced 120 episodes in his absence due to a legal loophole known as Financial Core. Some writers, or “Fee Paying Non-Members” were allowed to work during the strike.
“To the credit of the show, I think what they tried to do was move things slowly in the hopes that the strike would end and respect where my storylines were,” Ron told TV Insider. “Unfortunately, the strike dragged on, so I understand that the show needed to make story decisions. From January to May, those were not my stories. I had nothing to do with those.”
Ron began working again in late September 2023. Fans will finally see where he takes their favorite characters after a confusing several months.
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Ron teased that his first episode back will feature some winks to the audience. He wanted it to be very evident there was a change of power behind the scenes, while giving the audience a laugh.
Ron was not able to oversee some storylines during his time on strike:
- Nicole’s secret about the father of her child is starting to come out
- The murder of Li Shin, and finding his killer
- Gabi getting out of prison, which Ron said was his plan all along
“I was able to pick up the story, so, look for some twists and turns and a new Gabi getting out of jail to shake things up,” he said. “I