History of Executive Producers and Head Writers

NOTE: Exact dates are for on air credits

 

Executive Producers

 

1963

Selig J. Seligman

 

1963 - 1976

James Young

 

1976 - 1977

Tom Donovan

 

January 1 1978 - 1987

Gloria Monty

 

1987 - 1988

H. Wesley Kenney

 

1989 - 1990

Joseph Hardy

 

1991 - 1992

Gloria Monty

 

January 28, 1992 - January 22, 2001

Wendy Riche

 

January 23, 2001 - January 31, 2012

Jill Farren Phelps

 

February 1, 2012 - Present

Frank Valentini

 

 

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Head Writers

April 1, 1963 - Late 1963
Theordore and Mathilde Ferro

Late 1963 - 73
Frank and Doris Hursley

1973 - 1975
Jerome and Bridget Dobson

1975
Richard and Suzanne Holland

1976 - 1977
Eileen and Robert Mason Pollack

1977
Irving and Tex Elman

1977
Richard and Suzanne Holland

1977 - 1979
Douglas Marland

1979 - 1981
Pat Falken Smith & Margaret Depriest

1981 - 1983
Robert S. Shaw & Thom Racina

1983
Joyce & John William Corrington

1983 - 1985
Anne Howard Bailey

1985 - 1988
Pat Falken Smith & Norma Monty

1988
Ann Marcus

1989 - 1991
Gene Palumbo

1991 - 1992
Norma Monty

1992 - June 1992
Gene O'Neill & Noreen Tobin (listed first but don't know if they were HWs or not)

June 1992 - 1993
Maralyn Thoma & Bill Levinson

1993 - October 8, 1993
Bill Levinson

October 11, 1993 - November 2, 1995
Claire Labine

November 3, 1995 - March 1, 1996
Claire Labine & Matthew Labine

March 4, 1996 - August 1996
Robert Guza, Jr. & Karen Harris

August 1996 - December 1997
Richard Culliton & Karen Harris

December 1997 - June 6, 1997
Richard Culliton

June 9, 1997 - Mid June, 1997
No Head Writer

Mid June, 1997 - December 5, 1997
Janet Iacobuzio & Christopher Whitesell

December 8, 1997 - February 2, 2001
Robert Guza, Jr.

February 5, 2001 - April 27, 2001
Michele Val Jean and Elizabeth Korte (Co-Head Writer)

April 30, 2001 - June 12, 2002
Megan McTavish

June 13, 2002 - March 10, 2006
Robert Guza, Jr. & Charles Pratt, Jr.

March 13, 2006 - January 3, 2008
Robert Guza, Jr.

January 4, 2008 - March 14, 2008
Garin Wolf (Interim Head Writer)

March 17, 2008 - July 25, 2011
Robert Guza Jr

July 26, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Garin Wolf

January 6, 2012 - February 20, 2012
Garin Wolf & Shelly Altman

February 21, 2012 - October 5, 2015
Ron Carlivati

October 7, 2015 - October 6, 2017
Shelly Altman & Jean Passanante

October 9, 2017 - October 28, 2019
Shelly Altman & Chris Van Etten

October 29, 2019 - July 24, 2023
Chris Van Etten & Daniel James O'Connor

July 25, 2023 - December 15, 2023
No Writers Listed

December 18, 2023 - March 14, 2024
Chris Van Etten & Daniel James O'Connor

March 15, 2024 - August 6, 2024
Elizabeth Korte & Patrick Mulcahey

 

August 7, 2024 - Present
Elizabeth Korte & Chris Van Etten