2025: The Directors and Writers Thread

[VelekaCarruthers]

sure!

[VelekaCarruthers]

Dan O'Connor's first script aired today on Days. But does he last past Ron's final 3 months?

And...it was not a great script but with the focus on bad actor Javi and Body & Soul, the cards were stacked against Dan turning in a good script.

Edited January 22 by VelekaCarruthers

[JAS0N47]

I stopped by to post about Dan, but I see Veleka has posted already. Joanna was back on staff as of 1/14, but so far none of the freelancers have made it to the staff.

[VelekaCarruthers]

Days Script Writer Update
As of today's episode (didn't see yesterday's credits) both Megan Titus and Dan O'Connor listed in alpha contract order.  Today's script by Isaac Tackman, the show's writers' assistant.

Joanna Cohen
Kirk Doering
Chris Dunn (who will be gone as he's now at BTG)
David Kreizman
Henry Newman
Dan O'Connor
Megan Titus
and
Isaac Francis Tackman
 

[JAS0N47]

Megan wrote yesterday's, so she and Dan were contract as of yesterday ,1/23/25.

[VelekaCarruthers]

Thanks. Interesting that Megan's Linkedin has her starting the script writer position in June 2024 but this week's episodes were shot (according to your prod. schedule) the week of May 20 which means she wrote these scripts in April likely. Dan was interviewed in mid April at the writer's guild awards and mentioned that he was with Days at that point. His name in the credits makes sense this week given the tape date and probable writing date of his episode (April writing/May shooting). 

[VelekaCarruthers]

Marin Gazzaniga back listed as script editor in Monday's US episode. Script by Madeleine Phillips.

[Toups]

Thanks @VelekaCarruthers and @JAS0N47

 

B&B

- Catherine Sedwick first listed as Director on January 23

She's been an Associate Director since at least 1989 and his been with the show since the beginning.   John Sedwick, I'm guessing her father (?), used to be a director for the show. 

[VelekaCarruthers]

John Sedwick was a phenomenal daytime director whose daughters, Cathy and Joanne, have long histories with the soaps as well. His wife, Margaret, played Dr Sedwick on Guiding Light for years (recurring). John started out as a Dark Shadows assistant director and Dan Curtis quickly promoted him as Director (along with ground breaking Lela Swift). He directed over 250 DS episodes before leaving.  Some of the most memorable DS episodes were his! He was nominated 4 times as EDGE director. He left Edge about 6 months before cancellation and took a director position at Santa Barbara (filmed in CA). He then directed at Generations, B&B and Loving before retiring.  He died in 2008.  His Edge-directed episodes were also amazing and distinct.  

[JAS0N47]

Here's an article on the family:

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[Contessa Donatella]

I wondered if JoAnne were a part!!!

 

[JAS0N47]

For those who know the writer from other shows, is the new Days writer spelled Dan O'Conner or Dan O'Connor?

When he is on the alphabetical list in the credits, it's spelled O'Conner. For the two episodes he has actually written, they have spelled it O'Connor.

So which is correct?

 

[Contessa Donatella]

It's O. Dan O'Connor.

[janea4old]

Yes there is no "e" in his name.

Fyi, Here is Dan O'Connor telling @Errol at the June 7, 2024 Emmys that he had been recently hired at DAYS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkdOPP4Lm3U

[JAS0N47]

Thanks to you both for the response!