that since Day’s is the only soap on NBC and the story lines have been going into the tank (with the exception of the baby switch (which went on far too long) that as some of you out there have predicted it may well be the demise of the show. At first, I said to myself "Oh, no – that couldn’t ever happen" However, I am finding out from you all out there that the end of the show could just very well could happen. Especially, since as you said – high costs and lower ratings – I’m even going to try and give the writers a break and not rail at what they do to our characters (you know THAT is difficult! 
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I think I would go into withdrawl (like an addict almost) if Day’s was to be cancelled like Passions, General Hospital, and the others that have been taken off the air. I went "ho-hum" when those shows did get canceled because I didn’t watch those shows and it didn’t effect/affect my show (to the fans of those shows – I apologize – now I know how you felt).
Great information on Passions SW thanks! I did catch the first five minutes of the show once or twice but the thing always with the supernatural turned me off – (yet I was enthralled when Marlena was possessed – but perhaps that was because I had years invested in her character already).