More than 260 one-hour episodes of Days of our Lives are produced each year, with more than 11,000 episodes produced in total.

Days of our Lives is the longest-running scripted show in NBC history.

Days of our Lives was the first daytime drama to air in color.

It was the 2002 Winner of the Special Fan “Emmy” for Favorite Couple – Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso – and for Favorite Villain – Alison Sweeney.

Days of our Lives won the People’s Choice Award in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003 for Favorite Daytime Dramatic Television Series.

In 1974, Macdonald Carey won the first Best Actor in Daytime Drama Emmy - For a Series.

Sheri Anderson is a former head writer for Days of our Lives and is widely credited for co-creating some of the most memorable storylines and supercouples on American daytime television, including Luke and Laura, Bo and Hope, John and Marlena, Patch and Kayla, Shane and Kimberly, and Tony and Anna.

Ken Corday was only a teenager when his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, first created NBC’s daytime drama Days of our Lives in 1965. A year after the show’s inception, Ted passed away, and it was up to Betty to carry on the show.

Prior to taking over Days of our Lives as executive producer in 1985, Ken worked on the show for almost ten years, first as a composer, then as assistant producer, and finally as producer.

He has received eight nominations for an Emmy Award for Best Daytime Drama. Days of our Lives won the Emmy Award for Best Daytime Drama in 1975, and Ted and Betty Corday received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 1988.