Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera

by Maureen Russell

On November 8, 1965, Days of Our Lives debuted on NBC. The show overcame a rocky beginning to become one of the best-loved and longest running soap operas on daytime television. For 30 years, the story of the show's Horton family has been closely followed by a dedicated audience. Through extensive research, including the first-ever examination of the show's archives, and interviews with cast members, writers, producers and production personnel, the show's history is told here. This reference work provides a complete cast list from the show's debut through 1994, as well as the most comprehensive storyline of the show ever available. Also included are family trees of the show's characters, tracing the often confusing relationships involved in thirty years of developing roles.

273 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1995

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the author gets deep into the story lines of early seasons, they rather skim over later ones, which I found a little disappointing - since I picked it up to find out more about the Dimeras. The early stuff was fascinating though, so it was a pretty interesting book.

[Nisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info on how the soap was created and a typical day on set.

[Delia Bates · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting book. I was impressed on all the back stories of the family that started the soap opera.