Mass Cast Firings Over At 'Days Of Our Lives!' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-11-2012, 09:41 AM

There’s another mass exodus underway at Days of Our Lives: According to reports, the NBC soap has axed four castmembers.

Per Soap Opera Digest (which first broke the news), Days staples Matthew Ashford (Jack), Patrick Muldoon (Austin) and Christie Clark (Carrie), as well as three-time Daytime Emmy winner Sarah Brown (Madison), have been handed pink slips.

The cast cuts come on the heels of last week’s backstage shakeup, which found head writers Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr. ousted in favor of former Days scribes Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell. All My Children‘s Lorraine Broderick rounds out the new writing team.

Days engineered a revival of sorts last fall, bringing back beloved favorites like Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn in addition to the aforementioned Ashford, Muldoon and Clark. The soap also introduced Brown’s new gal about town, who blended in seamlessly with the show’s major players, including Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Alison Sweeney (Sami).

http://tvline.com/2012/04/10/days-of...tthew-ashford/

comedyfreak · 04-11-2012, 01:13 PM

They're screwing themselves over royally.

catlover79 · 04-11-2012, 03:34 PM

YIKES.

-STEFFY- · 04-11-2012, 03:39 PM

I don't care for any of those characters anyway...especially the "Jack" character. I never liked him.

Schmoopie · 04-14-2012, 08:23 AM

I love Matthew Ashford and I admire him for putting up with being fired and rehired by Days so many times. It has to get annoying but he takes it all in stride. Plus he's an extremely nice guy and I'm honored to have met him!

UMFaninMD · 04-14-2012, 11:37 AM

I quit watching the show several years ago but I still keep up with it on some message boards and the returns of Austin and Carrie and the introduction of Madison wasn't well-received. As for Jack, the show hasn't known what to do with him for years, being reluctant to realize he was a darker character before he married Jennifer. DOOL always tries to re-invent itself every few years with new writers and new storylines and I wonder how many times they'll be able to do it.

04-11-2012, 09:41 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Mass Cast Firings Over At 'Days Of Our Lives!' There’s another mass exodus underway at Days of Our Lives: According to reports, the NBC soap has axed four castmembers. Per Soap Opera Digest (which first broke the news), Days staples Matthew Ashford (Jack), Patrick Muldoon (Austin) and Christie Clark (Carrie), as well as three-time Daytime Emmy winner Sarah Brown (Madison), have been handed pink slips. The cast cuts come on the heels of last week’s backstage shakeup, which found head writers Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr. ousted in favor of former Days scribes Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell. All My Children‘s Lorraine Broderick rounds out the new writing team. Days engineered a revival of sorts last fall, bringing back beloved favorites like Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn in addition to the aforementioned Ashford, Muldoon and Clark. The soap also introduced Brown’s new gal about town, who blended in seamlessly with the show’s major players, including Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Alison Sweeney (Sami). http://tvline.com/2012/04/10/days-of...tthew-ashford/
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-STEFFY- Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 18, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 14,580	I don't care for any of those characters anyway...especially the "Jack" character. I never liked him.

04-14-2012, 11:37 AM	#6
UMFaninMD I love a mystery Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,287	I quit watching the show several years ago but I still keep up with it on some message boards and the returns of Austin and Carrie and the introduction of Madison wasn't well-received. As for Jack, the show hasn't known what to do with him for years, being reluctant to realize he was a darker character before he married Jennifer. DOOL always tries to re-invent itself every few years with new writers and new storylines and I wonder how many times they'll be able to do it.