2025: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

Apparently what I saw was from some other outlet. Maybe CBS? Is this Michael dude shown in Errol's article?

[cassadine1991]

Like Sally Sussman or Peter Brash or Tom Langan?

[VelekaCarruthers]

I would think Sheri Anderson would have been rehired since she went FICORE during the writers' strike and likely worked on Days for that five months. We already know that Rick Draughon was rehired as a breakdown writer.

[Contessa Donatella]

1st thought Sheri Anderson 

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toes crossed, also

[Toups]

Oh right, Rick is back.  So that's one, and let's say he replaced Jeanne on the BDW team.  So now they need two to replace Ryan Quan and Jamey.  I don't think we know for sure if Sheri was a writer during the last strike. 

[Contessa Donatella]

I thought we knew. But, we do know that she declared FiCore status immediately before or just after the vote to strike was taken.

Edited March 5 by Contessa Donatella

[VelekaCarruthers]

Understood about Sheri. Would be odd for her to claim fi core and not work on a soap, particularly Days where she has been hired/rehired many times since the 70s. I know she worked for Pat Falken Smith on GH in 79-81 but was never rehired. I doubt Valentini had her on the strike staff.  We shall see. I wonder if Dan O'Connor and Katie Schock were let go from Day too. Both are Ron's pets from OLTL and GH.  

So here's what we know:

Written by 
Jean Marie Ford
and 
Paula Cwikly

Outlines
Rick Draughon
Katie Schock *but for how long?
? maybe Sheri Anderson

Script Editor 
Fran Myers

Scripts
David Kreizman (his linkedin profile shows him as still employed at Days)
Joanna Cohen
Megan Titus
Kirk Doering
Henry Newman
Dan O'Connor

I could see one of the script writer being moved to outline writer (Kirk Doering or Dan) and writers' assistant Isaac Tackman becoming a contract script writer.  I also wonder about Lisa Connor who recently wrote 7 or 8 freelance scripts at Y&R (and has worked at both Y&R and Days) and Anne Schoettle (who had a recent, odd stint as script editor at GH for about 100 episodes) and her husband is a director at Days. She was a former co-head with Leah Laiman as well as script writer and outline writer. 
 

 

[Toups]

Ah yes, Anne Schoettle is a good guess!  Maybe DAYS offered her a job as a BDW and GH let her out after her first cycle ended.

[Contessa Donatella]

Just saw this.

https://x.com/Jamey_Giddens/status/1897001015498727478
Post Jamey_Giddens @Jamey_Giddens
My #DAYS episodes will continue to air into early 2026, so I'll be showing both shows plenty of love on social media until, well, forever! Grateful for my time in Salem, and so excited to join my friend @MicheleValJean  at her red-hot new sudser! #BeyondTheGates

[VelekaCarruthers]

Also, Fran Myers is 74 who is likely to retire at some point.  Sheri Anderson would make a great script editor as she knows the show so well but Sheri is 76 so ....But here's a great interview with Sheri. Interesting facts about GH/Luke/Laura rape story that I didn't know. I always attributed the story to Pat Smith. 

https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/sheri-anderson-thomas-talks-distinguished-career-in-daytime-tv/article/573258

Edited March 5 by VelekaCarruthers

[cassadine1991]

Today’s Beyond The Gates (March 5, 2025):

Teresa Zimmerman wrote the Breakdown; Jazmen Darnell Brown wrote the script

Edited March 6 by cassadine1991

[Chris B]

Brown did an excellent job with his first script. This is a good example of why you should give young talent a chance. I found the dialogue to be so natural and all of the slang felt very current on on brand for each character.

[Taoboi]

Speak on it! I had completely forgotten about him on staff and was looking forward to his first script since the videos posting in the BTG Thread about working as a writer in L. A. Just done rewatching and I loved it. It flowed perfectly for me and yes, his dialogue worked for me. A very good example for letting young talent into the writing house. 

[BetterForgotten]

[VelekaCarruthers]

Odd choice to use past tense to describe his writing position at BTG.