'Days of Our Lives' entire cast laid off, but NBC says show isn't cancelled

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'Days of Our Lives' entire cast laid off, but NBC says show isn't cancelled
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In what several castmembers have called a cost-cutting measure to bring the show's airdate closer to its tape date, NBC's lone soap's future seems cloudy as producers release the entire cast from their contracts.

It's possible that the actors will be brought back in once the deal is inked and asked to reup under different terms, but all depends on landing another year. This seems to be an almost certain prospect, according to sources reporting to"The show shoots months and months in advance and they've gotten so far ahead that the cast was prepared ages ago for the fact that they would all be put on hiatus until closer to pick-up time, for scheduling reasons," the source says.

The show has undergone multiple attention-grabbing changes—from, under the pen of pop-camp writer James E. Reilly, creator of the infamous, the soap's central heroine was possessed by the devil and became a serial killer within the span of three years, to the development of web series for its characters to bring the show to a younger, more digital age.

The cast of the NBC soap opera"Days of Our Lives" have been released from their contracts, but the show hasn't been cancelled.On Monday, the show pulled one more attention-grabbing—and controversial among fans—plot twist by sending one of its heroines, Jennifer Horton Deveraux, into a coma. The show then brought her and the audience one year into the future, where several startling plot twists have occurred while Jennifer was sleeping.

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