'Days of our Lives' Alum Kyle Lowder Set to Star in Digital Series 'Ladies of the Lake'

Kyle Lowder

In a first of its kind deal, Ken Corday, long-time Executive Producer in Daytime Television, has enlisted Emmy nominated Michael Caruso, to adapt and produce his original novel, Ladies of the Lake, for the digital platform.

The series will be Executive Produced by Michael Caruso (under his company Michael and Barbara Caruso Productions) and Emmy nominated actor Kyle Lowder, who also stars in the series and was instrumental in spearheading the initial concept to bring the soapy page-turner to the small screen.

Two-time Emmy winner Sonia Blangiardo will direct the series.

Ken Corday Speaks Out On Changes at 'Days of our Lives'

Ken Corday

In the newest issue of Soap Opera Digest, Executive Producer Ken Corday opened up about the recent changes at Days of Our Lives. Co-Headwriter Josh Griffith is out, and staff writer Ryan Quan is his replacement. He will be teamed with Dena Higley, who remains with Days

"Josh chose to move on and write his next novel and we decided to promote from within and bring Ryan Quan up," explains Corday. "He and Dena will write the show. I have seen the story they have and am very excited for it to air. The shows from this new regime will not start airing until after the Olympics, in late August. We need to do something big to jump-start the show in August after the Olympic break, which we will do.

Corday really appreciates the impact Griffith had at DAYS, "I wrote him a two-page letter just thanking him for basically pulling us out of the bubbling pot. The show was about to go over the edge, into the abyss, and he and Dena together pulled us out and made the anniversary show in November a big show and made a lot of story from that. They did it right. They turned the show around. The audience for the show grew 50 percent in the demographic and that is huge. For any show to do that over a year is pretty big these days. He is to be greatly commended for doing that."

Will there be any changes with the new team in place? "Not major changes," Corday demurs. "Some are developing as we speak."

'Days of our Lives' Searches for Australian Star, Over 200 Have Applied So Far

Russell Queay, John-Paul Jory and Ben Jesinowski are taking part in a Foxtel competition to find an Aussie bloke to get a 13-week role on Days of our Lives. Photo Credit: Chris McKeen

Australia’s most popular daytime series Days of our Lives celebrates its 50th year anniversary on television this year. To mark the occasio, Foxtel's Arena channel and the producers of Days of our Lives, Corday Productions Inc. and distributor, Sony Pictures Television, will scour the country in search of an Australian actor to join the cast of this iconic series.

Arena and Corday Productions Inc. are offering the chance of a lifetime to an established or aspiring young actor to play the role of Finn, a handsome, rugged Australian doctor who arrives in Salem to do his residency, specifically to gain skills as a surgeon, working under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian).

'Days of our Lives' Premiered 49 Years Ago Today (November 8, 1965)

Daytime soap opera Days of our Lives premiered on NBC 49 years ago today (November 8, 1965). Created by Ted and Betty Corday, the show is run by their son, Ken Corday, today.

In the serial's original stories, Tom and Alice Horton (Macdonald Carey and Frances Reid) were almost alone in a house that once brimmed with the activity of five children: twins Tommy and Addie (Patricia Huston), Mickey (John Clarke), Bill (Paul Carr) and Marie (Maree Cheatham). Only Marie, the youngest, remained at home. She was a university student planning her Thanksgiving wedding to Tony Merritt. More than ten years earlier, Tom Jr. had been killed in Korea, but his body had never been recovered. Before shipping out, he had married Kitty, whom he met while in basic training. She bore them a daughter, Sandy.

Corday Productions Developing Original TV Properties with TruLOVE Network

Corday Productions, producers of NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, is partnering with TruLOVE Network, which is owned by BroadLit, Inc., to develop original television properties based on TruLOVE's extensive library of romance stories. TruLOVE is a digital network with a new focus on global romance and programmed to capture the powerful female audience with a wholly owned original library of content developed by an award winning marketing, branding and production management team.

Since Days of our Lives premiered in 1965, Corday Productions has reached historical status having aired over 12,000 episodes on NBC, with no signs of slowing down. Corday says it is dedicated to revitalizing the traditional soap opera to suit current fans and engage new viewers.