2025: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

Great, that is who you need to talk to!

[VelekaCarruthers]

Ryan Quan first listed as outline writer at GH 3/25

[JAS0N47]

RON CARLIVATI TO END RUN IN THIRD PLACE ALL-TIME FOR "DAYS" HEAD WRITERS...

 Ron Carlivati ends his "Days" run with Episode # 15101, airing April 22, marking his 1,969th episode as head writer, just 100 episodes shy of Jim Reilly's 2nd place of 2,069 episodes and 242 episodes shy of all-time leader William J. Bell at 2,211 episodes.

 

1. William J. Bell (2211 episodes)

2. James E. Reilly (2069 episodes)

3. Ron Carlivati (1969 episodes)

[Chris B]

This is amazing when you think of the impact all three writers had on the show. Bill Bell's time on the show was pretty universally loved and JER while controversial, was an important part of turning the show around in the 90s. It's amazing to think Ron had roughly the same amount of time and didn't have nearly the impact either of those writers had.

[AbcNbc247]

So, Ron’s last day is the 22nd, not the 23rd?

[Contessa Donatella]

I think about Bill Bell saying he thought the sex between Bill & Laura was consensual that awful night & I think OH SH*T ... 

I think about JER & yes I get it about the ratings but still & all the time was so divisive &  polarizing. 

Finally, left with Carlivati to think about how his tenure was just as notable but in totally a negative way. 

The last thing I think is @JAS0N47how is it that we've thought all this time that his last day was the 23rd & now we learn it's really the 22nd? Can this be explained?

[JAS0N47]

Stephanie Sloane's column said the new writers debut April 23, so that's the date I used. If I have to adjust the data and the date changes by a day, then at least it's an easy fix.

 

Edited April 14 by JAS0N47

[Liberty City]

No, this is what it says:

❝ Episodes from the new head writing team of Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford will start airing on April 24, 2025. ❞

⏤ Days of Our Lives in 2025: Fan Favorite Returns, Recastings, New Writers & More (January 1, 2025)

[JAS0N47]

That looks like it was posted January 1. I was going with the more recent print edition of this article by Stephanie, which was just published, so looks like she has adjusted the date to April 23 as the new start date:

Admin edit: Please don’t post image of new articles. 

Edited April 14 by Toups

[glfaninnyc]

Dan was listed with both the breakdown and script writers again today.

[Toups]

Glad Carlivati didn't beat Reilly.  LOL.  Thanks, Jason.

 

 

Thank you!

[VelekaCarruthers]

Dan O'Connor listed in breakdown writer title card and script writer title card (but today's script written by Joanna Cohen and directed by Drucker).

[Toups]

Thanks.

[JAS0N47]

When I was updating the writer pages today, I see my math was bad by 1. So Carlivati did 1970 episodes as of today, 99 less than Reilly. If he does one more day tomorrow (since there have been conflicting dates of 4/22 and 4/23), then it will be 1971 episodes in total.

Here's the updated staff bios page with the new head writers: https://www.jason47.com/days/staffbios.html

[JAS0N47]

Checked with the publicist today and she said his last episode is tomorrow and they start 4/24, so that puts him at 1971 episodes.