@VelekaCarruthers Thanks! That's a lot of contract SWs to be listed all at once. Let's see who gets cut.

Kirk Doering hasn't been in the credits this week so that may be one down.

2 hours ago, glfaninnyc said:

Kirk Doering hasn't been in the credits this week so that may be one down.

Thanks. Makes sense. Giddens will be next to go from the credits thank goddess.

And so it continues.

According to whoever is updating Days IMDB writers, Simone Hawthorne was listed as breakdown writer for one episode 12/25.

"DAYS" DIRECTOR & SCRIPT WRITER CHART: 2002-2025:

"Days of Our Lives" Directors: Episode Rankings: 2002-2025 (total of 6,071 episodes):
1. Albert Alarr...1268
2. Herb Stein...751
3. Grant A. Johnson...578
4. Noel Maxam...558
5. Phil Sogard...497
6. Scott McKinsey...495.5
7. Steven Williford...441
8. Sonia Blangiardo Goins...431
9. Roger W. Inman...271
10. David Shaughnessy...187
11. Angela Tessinari...179.5
12. Randy J. Robbins...103
13. Jim Baffico...82
14. Janet Spellman-Drucker...63
15. Kathryn Foster...43
16. Roy B. Steinberg...34
17. Stephen Wyman...18
18. Mike Denney...16
*. Mary Madeiras...16
*. Alison Sweeney...16
21. Deveney Kelly...10
22. Christopher Goutman...3
*. Andrew Lee...3
*. Karen Wilkens...3
25. Jill Ackles...2
26. Peter Brinckerhoff...1
*. Phideaux Xavier...1

Note: Scott McKinsey & Angela Tessinari were co-credited for 1 episode.

"Days of Our Lives" Script Writers: Episode Rankings: 2002-2025 (total of 6,071 episodes):
1. Richard Culliton...645
2. Carolyn Culliton...615
3. David Kreizman...424
4. David Cherrill...331
5. Joanna Cohen...316
6. Jeanne Marie Grunwell Ford...297
7. Rebecca McCarty...243
8. Jodie Scholz...242
9. John S. Newman...237
10. Sofia Landon Geier...222
11. Melissa Salmons...183
12. Bruce Neckels...177
13. Cydney Kelley...152
14. Janet Iacobuzio...121
15. Michael Slade...118
16. Susan Kirshenbaum...98
17. Kirk Doering...88
18. Gillian Spencer...84
19. Katherine Schock...80
20. Henry Newman...79
21. David A. Levinson...76
22. Lisa Connor...69
23. Jane Atkins...67
24. Dena Higley...56
25. Renee Godelia...55
26. Mark Christopher Higley...53
27. Ryan Quan...50
28. Bettina F. Bradbury...48
29. Mike Cohen...43
30. Dan O'Connor...41
31. Christopher Dunn...40
32. Judith Donato...38
33. Randy Holland...36
34. Dave Ryan...35
35. Lacey Dyer...33
36. Sonja Alarr...31
*. Edwin Klein...31
*. Roger Schroeder...31
39. Cheryl Davis...30
40. Peter T. Rich...28
41. Megan Titus...20
42. Isaac Francis Tackman...19
43. Jazmen Darnell Brown...18
* . Linda Poindexter-Brown...18
45. Meg Kelly...17
46. Zak Berkman...15
47. Nancy Williams Watt...14
48. Sheri Anderson...11
49. Danielle Paige...10
*. Anne M. Schoettle...10
*. Tyler Topits...10
52. Lisa Seidman...9
53. Kate Culliton...8
*. Rick Draughon...8
55. Victor Gialanella...7
56. Clem Egan...6
*. Maura Penders...6
58. Jim Baffico...5
*. Andrea Archer Compton...5
*. Lynn Martin...5
*. Skyy Sandifer...5
62. Dorell Anthony...4
*. Simone Hawthorne...4
*. Christian Streaty...4
*. Anne Toole...4
66. Richard J. Allen...3
*. Jacqueline Frazier...3
*. Courtney Kirkpatrick...3
*. Meredith Post...3
*. Michelle Poteet Lisanti...3
*. Fran Myers...3
72. K0la B00f...2
*. M.D. Clark...2
*. Annamarie Davidson...2
*. Jamey Giddens...2
*. Alex Hadad...2
*. Sarah Jenkins...2
*. Carole A. Mendelsohn...2
79. Alexandra Bleckner...1
*. Erika Moore...1
*. Stefanie Novik...1
*. Kate Simon...1
*. William Sutphin...1
*. Allison Wait...1
**. Writers' Strike...190

Note: Dena Higley & Mark Higley were co-credited for 39 episodes; Richard J. Allen & Courtney Kirkpatrick were co-credited for 3 episodes.

Edited December 31, 2025Dec 31 by JAS0N47

Thanks @JAS0N47

On 12/23/2025 at 8:46 AM, glfaninnyc said:

Kirk Doering hasn't been in the credits this week so that may be one down.

Anyone know his last episode? Last episode in the credits, not last episode as the credited script writer for a particular episode.

On 12/30/2025 at 7:51 PM, VelekaCarruthers said:

According to whoever is updating Days IMDB writers, Simone Hawthorne was listed as breakdown writer for one episode 12/25.

Is this true?

@JAS0N47 Do you know the answers?