A tribute to the show. Sigh cant believe the ending is almost here.

Executive producers

• 1956–1965: Ted Corday
• 1965–1971: Mary Harris
• 1971–1973: Fred Bartholomew
• 1973–1978: Joe Willmore
• 1978–1980: Joe Rothenberger
• 1980 – Fall 1981: Fred Bartholomew
• Fall 1981 – October 1984: Mary-Ellis Bunim
• October 1984 – October 1988: Robert Calhoun
• October 1988 – May 1995: Laurence Caso
• May 1995 – November 8, 1996: John Valente
• November 11, 1996 – June 4, 1999: Felicia Minei Behr
• June 7, 1999 – present: Christopher Goutman
  Head writers
  
  • 1956–1965: Irna Phillips
  • 1965–1966: Irna Phillips and William J. Bell
  • 1966–1970: Katherine Babecki
  • 1970: Joe Kane and Ralph Ellis
  • 1970: Winnifred Wolfe
  • 1970: Katherine L. Phillips
  • 1971: Winnifred Wolfe and Warren Swanson
  • 1971: Warren Swanson, Elizabeth Tillman and John Boruff
  • 1971–1973: David Lesan and Irna Phillips
  • 1973–1978: Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer
  • 1979: Ralph Ellis and Eugenie Hunt
  • Late 1979: Douglas Marland (13 weeks only before moving to Guiding Light)
  • Late 1979–1981: Bridget and Jerome Dobson
  • 1981: Paul Roberts
  • 1981: Tom King
  • 1981: K.C. Collier
  • 1981: Jean Rouverol & Chuck & Patty Dizenzo & David Cherill & Tom King
  • 1982–1983: Bridget and Jerome Dobson
  • 1983: Caroline Franz and John Saffron
  • Mid 1983–1984: John Saffron
  • 1984 – November 1984: Tom King and Millee Taggart
  • November 1984 – April 1985: Cynthia Benjamin and Susan Bedsow Horgan
  • April 1985 – November 1985: Susan Bedsow Horgan
  • November 1985 – April 1993: Douglas Marland (died) (Robert Calhoun during 1988 WGA Strike)
  • April 1993 – January 1995: Juliet Law Packer and Richard Backus
  • January 1995: Juliet Law Packer and Garin Wolf and Richard Culliton
  • January 1995 – January 1996: Richard Culliton (Fired)
  • February 1996 – late 1996: Stephen Black and Henry Stern (Fired)
  • Late 1996 – May 1997: Stephen Demorest, Mel Brez & Addie Walsh
  • May 1997 – Fall 1997: Jessica Klein
  • Fall 1997: Stephen Demorest, Mel Brez, and Addie Walsh
  • December 1997: Addie Walsh
  • January 1998 – June 1999: Lorraine Broderick and Hal Corley and Addie Walsh (co-headwriters)
  • June 1999 – June 12, 2000: Leah Laiman and Carolyn Culliton (co-headwriter)
  • June 13, 2000 – July 2001: Hogan Sheffer & Carolyn Culliton & Hal Corley & Stephen Demorest (co-headwriters)
  • July 16, 2001 – September 2002:Hogan Sheffer & Jean Passanante & Carolyn Culliton
  • September 2002 – May 2005 Hogan Sheffer & Jean Passanante
  • May 2005 – October 2007: Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman & Christopher Whitesell
  • October 2007 – January 24, 2008: Jean Passanante and Leah Laiman
  • January 25, 2008 – April 17, 2008: Christopher Goutman (2007 WGA Strike)
  • April 18, 2008 – January 2010: Jean Passanante and Leah Laiman
  • January 2010 – March 12, 2010: Jean Passanante and David Kreizman
  • March 15, 2010-Present: Jean Passanante

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  Dan Region (1982–1998)In February 1982, after almost 26 years with ATWT, McCullough was replaced by a much younger announcer, Dan Region. This is after Mary-Ellis Bunim became executive producer. His announcements were much like Dan McCullough's.

  [*]Opening titles--"As the World Turns. This portion brought to you today by..." (although beginning in the 1990s, Procter & Gamble began to decrease their sponsorship of the program for some days of the week, even though they themselves were the producers. So, on such days, Region would only announce the title of the program right before the first commercial break.) During the O.J. Simpson trial, the title sequence was shortened.[*]Mid-program break: "This portion of As the World Turns has been brought to you today by (name and description of sponsor). We'll continue with Part II of As the World Turns in just a moment."[*]Lead-in to second half—either "And now Part II of As the World Turns!", or "And now we continue with Part II of As the World Turns!" (the second half from 1981 forward was, for the most part, not officially sponsored, or if it was, it was not a P&G product.)[*]Lead-in to next-to-last commercial break: eliminated possibly after the show expanded to one hour.[*]Closing credits--"Stay tuned for Search for Tomorrow (February 1982 – March 26, 1982) Capitol (March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987), or Guiding Light (March 23, 1987 to at least the end of the announcer era.) "next on most of these CBS stations.", or "Join us again tomorrow/This is Dan Region, inviting you to join us again Monday for As the World Turns."

  Possibly after the show went into color, or at least by 1972, more than one sponsor was plugged at the opening, midbreak and closing.

  Directors:

  Paul Lammers----My favorite of all time!

  Maria Wagner

  Casey Childs

  Jill Mitwell

  Habib Azar

  Michael Elibaum

  Bob Schwartz

  Dan Hamilton-Also appeared on ATWT as an actor.

  Jennifer Pepperman

  Larry Aurabach(spelling??)

  Larry Carpenter

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  Actors:

  Martha Byrne

  Scott Bryce

  Elizabeth Hubbard

  Colleen Zenk Pinter

  Ellen Dolan

  Hillary Bailey Smith

  Allison Rice Taylor

  Hunt Block

  Cady McClain

  Jon Hensley

  Kathleen Widdoes

  Judson Mills

  Frank Converse

  Victoria Rowell

  Julianne Moore

  Lyndsay Frost

  Benjamin Hendrickson

  Anthony Herrera

  Patricia Bruder

  Kathryn Hays

  Don Hastings

  Helen Wagner

  Mary Kay Adams

  Terry Lester

  Christian Siefert

  Scott Defrietas

  Mark Collier

  Peter Boynton(spelling??)

  Heather Rattray

  Thomas Gibson

  Van Hansis

  Eric Sheffer Stevens

  Finn Carter

  Mary Beth Evans

  Can anyone add to this list of actors, directors ..etc??</H3></H3>

Maura West and Michael Park

Edited May 14, 201015 yr by AS THE WORLD TURNS

Adding to the list of actors:

Brian Bloom

Lisa Brown

Larry Bryggman

Margaret Colin

Justin Deas

William Fichtner

Henderson Forsythe

Eileen Fulton

Andrew Kavovit

Ming-Na (Wen)

Rosemary Prinz

Frank Runyeon

Meg Ryan

Mark Rydell

John Wesley Shipp

Gillian Spencer

Steven Weber

Edited May 14, 201015 yr by Khan

If you want a list of actors, just copy the IMDB list.

Yeah, but we shouldn't "honor" every ATWT actor, past and present. Just the ones who made a real impact, I think.

Is that the list from Wikipedia where they only chose a small selection?

Shawn Christain

Mark Pinter

Tom Eplin

Lesli Kay

Farley Granger

John O'Reilly

Hugo Napier

Jacqueline Schultz

Henderson Forsythe

Linda Dano

Edited May 14, 201015 yr by P.J.

That list of headwriters puzzles me as Irna did not leave the show until late 69/early 70.

I have seen that list in various places and wonder why it is never questioned. I would imagine Katherine Babecki was a co writer who replaced Bill Bell when he left to write Days.

Also,it is odd to see Katherine Phillips (irna's daughter) listed as headwriter in 1970.At this time she was headwriter of A World Apart,which debuted in March. I doubt she would have been involved with ATWT at this time,although I have read she was involved in ATWT prior to this date.

Does anyone have more info?

That list of headwriters puzzles me as Irna did not leave the show until late 69/early 70.

I have seen that list in various places and wonder why it is never questioned. I would imagine Katherine Babecki was a co writer who replaced Bill Bell when he left to write Days.

Also,it is odd to see Katherine Phillips (irna's daughter) listed as headwriter in 1970.At this time she was headwriter of A World Apart,which debuted in March. I doubt she would have been involved with ATWT at this time,although I have read she was involved in ATWT prior to this date.

Does anyone have more info?

I wasn't watching ATWT in 1970 (too young!), but I kind of understand your question.

I wonder if Irna was doing consulting type of work behind the scene while her daughter's name got the credit as the HW. Based on what I recall from reading Christopher Schemering's account, wasn't this time-frame when Irna got upset at the "quad" of Dan, Paul, Elizabeth and Susan, which led to the killing off of Paul Stewart and Liz Talbot?

Marie Masters

Santos Ortega

James Douglas

Barbara Rodell

Judith Chapman

Jane House

Barbara Berjer

Ethel Remey

William Johnstone

Don McLaughlin

Kelley Menighan Hensley

Tamara Tunie

Ellen Dolan

Hillary B. Smith

Scott Holmes

Gregg Marx

Ruth Warrick

Frances Reid

Victoria Whyndham