'Days of Our Lives' Will Be Renewed for Season 56, Show Executive Says Despite 'Indefinite Hiatus' Report

Days of Our Liveswill live to see another day!

“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 (aka renewal) time, for scheduling reasons,” the source said.

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“The show will almost definitely get renewed and this was not news to literally anyone on the show, nor is anyone truly concerned,” the source added.

The news of the renewal comes one day after the announcement ofa new digital series, titledLast Blast Reunion.

The digital series will see nine cast members from the 2000 season ofDOOLreunite, including Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady), Martha Madison (Belle Black), Heather Lindell (Jan Spears), Aaron Van Wagner (Jason Welles), Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) and Lindsay Hollistar (Susan Adamson).

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Each episode ofLast Blast Reunionwill be between seven and 10 minutes long, and it will premiere Nov. 29, on The DOOL App. New episodes will be released every Thursday for the following seven weeks.

DOOLhas aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965, making it one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world.

Some ofDOOL’s most memorable cast members include John Aniston, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Suzanne Rogers, Deidre Hall,Eileen Davidson,Alison Sweeney, Bill Hayes and Chrishell Hartley.

Days of Our Livesairs weekdays on NBC (check local listings).

source: people.com