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The Best & Worst Head Writers & Executive Producers Of American Daytime Dramas

Guiding Light

BEST HW: Douglas Marland; Pamela Long

BEST EP: Allen Porter

WORST HW: David Kreizman

WORST EP: Ellen Wheeler

As The World Turns

BEST HW: Douglas Marland

BEST EP: Laurence Caso

WORST HW: Stephen Black & Henry Stern

WORST EP: John Valente

General Hospital

BEST HW: Claire Labine

BEST EP: Wendy Riche; Gloria Monty

WORST HW: Richard & Susan Holland

WORST EP: Tom Donovan

Days Of Our Lives

BEST HW: William J. Bell

BEST EP: Betty Corday

WORST HW: Tom Langan

WORST EP: Ken Corday

One Life To Live

BEST HW: Agnes Nixon

BEST EP: Linda Gottlieb

WORST HW: Dena Higley

WORST EP: Frank Valentini; Jill Farren Phelps

All My Children

BEST HW: Agnes Nixon

BEST EP: Agnes Nixon; Felicia Minei Behr

WORST HW: Jean Passanante

WORST EP: Julie Hanan Carruthers

Search For Tomorrow

BEST HW: ??

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

Another World

BEST HW: Harding Lemay

BEST EP: Paul Rauch

WORST HW: Jean Passanante

WORST EP: Jill Farren Phelps

The Young And The Restless

BEST HW: William J. Bell

BEST EP: William J. Bell

WORST HW: John F. Smith

WORST EP: John F. Smith

The Edge Of Night

BEST HW: ??

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

Love Of Life

BEST HW: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

The Secret Storm

BEST HW: Roy Winsor

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

The Doctors

BEST HW: Eileen & Robert Mason Pollack

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

The Bold And The Beautiful

BEST HW: William J. Bell

BEST EP: William J. Bell

WORST HW: Bradley Bell

WORST EP: Bradley Bell

Ryan's Hope

BEST HW: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

BEST EP: Claire Labine

WORST HW: Mary Munisteri

WORST EP: Joseph Hardy

Loving

BEST HW: Agnes Nixon

BEST EP: ??

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: ??

Santa Barbara

BEST HW: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

BEST EP: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

WORST HW: ??

WORST EP: Raul Rauch

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DAYS

Best HW: James E. Reilly (90s)

Worst HW: James E. Reilly (2003-2006)

GL

Best HW: Pamela Long

Worst HW: Ellen Weston

Worst EP: John Conboy

ATWT

Best HW: Douglas Marland

Worst HW: Stephen Black & Henry Stern

Worst EP: John Valente

PC

Best HW: Karen Harris

Worst HW: Barbara Esensten & James Harmon Brown

Worst EP: Julie Hanan Carruthers

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Guiding Light:

Best Headwriter of All Time: Douglas Marland

Also:

Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Pamela K. Long

Nancy Curlee

Millee Taggart

Best Executive Producer: Allen Potter

Also:

Robert Calhoun

Jill Farren Phelps (I don't forgive her for Killing off Maureen Bauer, but GL was great under her)

Worst Headwriters:

David Kreizman

Ellen Weston

Sheri Anderson & Joseph D. Manetta

Worst Executive Producer:

Ellen Wheeler (She should stick to acting)

John Conboy

Paul Ranch (Responsible for Cloning,Time Travel,The Santos Family, San Christabal)

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GL-

Best HW-

Douglas Marland

Pam Long

Nancy Curlee

Millie Taggart

Best EP-

Allen Porter

In the minority EP-

John Conboy (he may have chose the worst hack in daytime as a HW and gave the show it's worse opening, but he gave GL a great elegant look that rivaled Y&R in terms of quality production. When it was Taggart and Conboy for those few months before Weston took over GL was a fine piece of work. If we still had John Conboy EP and Millie Taggart as HW the show would be on fire right now IMHO. Although Conboy is part of the reason GL has a jacked up budget.

Worst EP-

Ellen Wheeler- she's not a bad EP either, but I think her creativity as EP is dumbed down by David Kreizman. Get rid of Kreizman, get a capable exceptional HW and I think EW would be fine as EP.

Worst HW-

David Kreizman

Ellen Weston

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Santa Barbara

Best Headwriter:

1. Bridget & Jerome Dobson

2. Anne Howard Bailey

3. Charles Pratt, Jr

Worst Headwriter:

1. Pamela K. Long

Best Executive Producer:

1. Bridget & Jerome Dobson

2. Jill Farren Phelps

Worst Executive Producer:

TIE

Paul Rauch

John Conboy

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GL

Best HW: Pamela K. Long

Best EP: Joe Wilmore

Worst HW: Ellen Weston

Worst EP: John Conboy

ATWT

Best HW: Douglas Marland

Best EP: Robert Calhoun

Worst HW: Stephen Black and Henry Stern

Worst EP: John Valente

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Eh. Mary Ryan Munisteri's headwriting period may not have been the show's best moment, but Pat Falken Smith was 1000 times worse. I know she was popular at DAYS and GH, but she was god-awful at RH. The show went from having one of its finest years in 1983 to a big pile of crap in 1984.

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Best GL Headwriter(s):

Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly, Lorraine Broderick

Doug Marland

Bridget and Jerome Dobson

Richard Culliton and Pam Long

Best Executive Producer:

Allen Potter and Robert Calhoun

Worst HW:

David Kreizman

Ellen Weston

Worst EP:

Ellen Wheeler

John Conboy

Michael Laibson

Paul Rauch

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