<P> On November 30, 2014, NBC launched a new logo for Days of Our Lives at the 2014 Hollywood Christmas Parade, in celebration of the series' fiftieth anniversary On February 11, 2016, NBC renewed Days of Our Lives for one - year, with the option of an additional year . In January 2017, while discussion the potential of a renewal for the soap, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt stated: "We don't make a decision for another couple months . (...) But I don't think it's over yet ." In February 2017, NBC officially renewed Days of Our Lives for an additional year . Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement: "We feel so privileged to be able to continue the remarkable legacy of Days of our Lives . (...) We thank (exec producer) Ken Corday and his team for their incredible accomplishments and look forward to all the stories from Salem that will continue to unfold ." </P> <P> When Days of Our Lives premiered in 1965, the show revolved around the tragedies and triumphs of the suburban Horton family . Over time, additional families were brought to the show to interact with the Hortons and serve as springboards for more dramatic storylines . Originally led by patriarch Dr. Tom Horton and his wife, homemaker Alice, the Hortons remain a prominent fixture in current continuity . One of the longest - running story lines involved the rape of Mickey Horton's wife Laura by Mickey's brother Bill . Laura confides in her father - in - law Dr. Tom, and the two agree that her husband Mickey should never know . The secret, involving the true parentage of Michael Horton (a product of the rape) and Mickey's subsequent health issues as a result of the revelation, spanned episodes from 1968 to 1975 . This plotline was made even more complex with the presence of Linda Patterson (originally Margaret Mason for many years, later Elaine Princi) who claimed that her daughter Melissa had been fathered by Mickey . When Mickey married the lovely Maggie Simmons (Suzanne Rogers), Linda became even more involved in the story line as the show's main villainess, marrying the wealthy Bob Anderson (Mark Tapscott) and taking over the running of Anderson Manufacturing when he became ill . The story line involving Mickey, Laura and Bill was the first to bring the show to prominence, and put it near the top of the Nielsen daytime ratings . Another love triangle, between lounge singer Doug Williams, Tom and Alice's daughter Addie, and Addie's own daughter, Julie, proved to be very popular around the same time . The storyline culminated in the death of Addie in 1974 and the marriage of Doug and Julie in 1976 . </P> <P> In the early 1980s, the Brady and DiMera families were introduced, and their rivalry quickly cemented their places as core families in Salem beside the Hortons . Around the same time, with the help of head writers Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina, and Leah Laiman, action / adventure story lines and supercouples such as Bo and Hope, Shane and Kimberly, and Patch and Kayla reinvigorated the show, previously focused primarily on the domestic troubles of the Hortons . Since the 1990s, with the introduction of writer James E. Reilly, Days of Our Lives has moved from traditional plots to some supernatural and science - fiction - themed stories, in conjunction with the rivalry of good vs. evil, in a Hatfield / McCoy feud style the Bradys versus the DiMeras . Under the tenure of Reilly, ratings rose to number two, and stayed there until he left in 1999 to start his own creation of Passions . Despite the introduction of new head writer Hogan Sheffer in 2006, ratings failed to revive, which led the show's producers to hire a few past fan favorites to stop the ratings hemorrhage . </P> <P> In addition to the love triangles of Bill / Laura / Mickey and Addie / Doug / Julie, other memorable storylines include the 1968 story of amnesiac Tom Horton, Jr., who returns from Korea believing he is someone else and then proceeds to romance his younger sister Marie; the 20 - year tragic love triangle when John Black has an affair with Marlena Brady, who is married to Roman; the 1982 "Salem Strangler" (Jake Kositchek, who was nicknamed "Jake the Ripper") who stalks and murders women; the 1984 Gone with the Wind story line in which Hope Williams Brady and Bo Brady hide out on a Southern plantation and dress up as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler (devised to keep viewers tuned in while rival network ABC's soaps were preempted due to the 1984 Summer Olympics); and "The Cruise of Deception" in 1990, when madman Ernesto Toscano invites all his enemies aboard a ship, the S.S. Loretta, and holds them captive . </P>

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