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Peacock is putting more sand in the hourglass, renewing Days of Our Lives for Season 61, TVLine has learned.

After more than five decades on NBC, the soap migrated over to Peacock in 2022, where it regularly appears on the streamer’s list of the 10 most-watched titles. The show will hit another milestone on Dec. 2 when it airs its 15,000th episode.

Tragedy hit the Days family in September when long-time cast member Drake Hogestyn (aka John Black) died at 70 years old, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The show also recently lost Bill Hayes (Doug Williams), who died in Jan. 2024 at the age of 98, and John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis), who passed in Nov. 2022 at age 89. Aniston’s character received an on-screen farewell in Sept. 2023, while Hayes’ character will be honored by the people of Salem next month.

The show has also seen a bit of of behind-the-scenes upheaval as of late. Popular cast member Brandon Barash appeared in his final episode as Stefan DiMera earlier this week, after revealing that he’d been let go from the show, and Arianne Zucker — who alleged that former executive producer Albert Alarr sexually harassed her and several other female employees — ended her two-decade run as Nicole Walker this summer. Emily O’Brien, who played both Gwen Rizczech and Theresa Donovan 2.0, also confirmed her exit in August.

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