DAYS OF OUR LIVES

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In 1993, a computerized version of the visual was made, with completely redone sound effects and rearranged music. In this version the hourglass, now slowly spinning clockwise, starts focus at the bottom-half, overlooking the dawn. As the sun rises, the focus is zoomed out, and the audience sees the entire hourglass and the show's title "flourishes" on to the screen as the music flourishes. While the entire hourglass is revealed, the clouds in the sky change formations. The current version of this theme is about 30 seconds in length, however the full version lasts around 3½ minutes.

A shortened version of this open debuted in 1995 as the show's time period was shortened due to coverage of O.J. Simpson trial (and later for the Martha Stewart trial in 2004). It is still used from time to time when episodes run over the allotted time, most recently during the February 2007 sweeps period. Because of numerous preemptions due to Simpson trial, NBC aired episodes of Days in primetime.

The 1993 opening of Days is the longest used opening among current soap operas, most of which have changed their opening sequences more frequently than Days. What's unusual about Days and NBC's other soap Passions (whose opening has been used since it premiered in 1999) is that they are the only soaps whose current sequences were created in the 1990s. They, like Passions are the only American soaps not to feature their main cast members in the opening sequence.