Less than a year since joining “Beyond the Gates” as a breakdown writer, Emmy Award winner Ron Carlivati has exited the daytime drama series, Soap Opera Network has learned.

According to sources, Carlivati decided to exit the soap opera just as the show began writing work on Season 2, which premieres early next year on CBS.

This marks the second major change among the show’s writing team following the exit of Robert Guza Jr. as co-head writer earlier this year. In Guza’s case, Tracey Thomson (“The Young and the Restless,” “Secrets of Sulphur Springs”) was brought in as his successor, both as co-head writer and executive producer, one of eight.

In her role, Thomson works alongside series showrunner, executive producer, creator, and head writer Michele Val Jean in crafting the show’s long-term story.

Another writer exiting the daytime drama series is Christopher Dunn, who joined the series in August 2024 as a breakdown writer. His previous writing work includes “Santa Barbara,” “Sunset Beach,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “Days of our Lives” and “The Young and the Restless.” It’s understood it was Dunn’s decision to exit.

Elsewhere, scriptwriter Lynn Martin concluded her stint at the soap in June, according to LinkedIn. Similarly, while script writer Jazmen Darnell Brown also indicated on LinkedIn that he had concluded his run at the soap opera as well, he recently updated his page, revealing he’s back for Season 2.

At press time, it was unknown if Carlivati’s decision to leave “Beyond the Gates” meant he would be joining a different soap opera as either head writer or breakdown writer, or if he simply just wanted a break from daytime. He previously served as head writer of “One Life to Live,” “General Hospital” and “Days of our Lives.”

Receiving nine Daytime Emmy nominations throughout his career as a writer on soaps, Carlivati won the prestigious award in 2008 for “One Life to Live” and in 2018 for “Days of our Lives.”

Under his guidance, “Days of our Lives” also won the Writers Guild Award for Daytime Drama for four consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024). He previously won the award in 2015 and 2017 for his work on “General Hospital.”

With writing work for “Beyond the Gates” 4-6 months ahead of taping, don’t expect to see changes on-screen until at least early 2026. In the case of Guza, his name should remain in the credits through fall 2025.

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Less than a year since joining “Beyond the Gates” as a breakdown writer, Emmy Award winner Ron Carlivati has exited the daytime drama series, Soap Opera Network has learned.

According to sources, Carlivati decided to exit the soap opera just as the show began writing work on Season 2, which premieres early next year on CBS.

This marks the second major change among the show’s writing team following the exit of Robert Guza Jr. as co-head writer earlier this year. In Guza’s case, Tracey Thomson (“The Young and the Restless,” “Secrets of Sulphur Springs”) was brought in as his successor, both as co-head writer and executive producer, one of eight.

In her role, Thomson works alongside series showrunner, executive producer, creator, and head writer Michele Val Jean in crafting the show’s long-term story.

Another writer exiting the daytime drama series is Christopher Dunn, who joined the series in August 2024 as a breakdown writer. His previous writing work includes “Santa Barbara,” “Sunset Beach,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “Days of our Lives” and “The Young and the Restless.” It’s understood it was Dunn’s decision to exit.

Elsewhere, scriptwriter Lynn Martin concluded her stint at the soap in June, according to LinkedIn. Similarly, while script writer Jazmen Darnell Brown also indicated on LinkedIn that he had concluded his run at the soap opera as well, he recently updated his page, revealing he’s back for Season 2.

At press time, it was unknown if Carlivati’s decision to leave “Beyond the Gates” meant he would be joining a different soap opera as either head writer or breakdown writer, or if he simply just wanted a break from daytime. He previously served as head writer of “One Life to Live,” “General Hospital” and “Days of our Lives.”

Receiving nine Daytime Emmy nominations throughout his career as a writer on soaps, Carlivati won the prestigious award in 2008 for “One Life to Live” and in 2018 for “Days of our Lives.”

Under his guidance, “Days of our Lives” also won the Writers Guild Award for Daytime Drama for four consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024). He previously won the award in 2015 and 2017 for his work on “General Hospital.”

With writing work for “Beyond the Gates” 4-6 months ahead of taping, don’t expect to see changes on-screen until at least early 2026. In the case of Guza, his name should remain in the credits through fall 2025.

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https://x.com/MicheleValJean/status/1945977814228013074

So grateful to have had @carlivatiron in the writers room to help launch #BeyondTheGates. We send him off with love and gratitude and wish him all the best in whatever comes next. Love you, Ron! And thank you from my heart.https://t.co/h1hUzzlNrh

— Michele Val Jean (@MicheleValJean) July 17, 2025

What will they do without Carl Ivati?

I hope he does well as his other project. 

BYE!!! Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out!!! This is the best possible news; his breakdowns were some of the worst in the bunch. Christopher Dunn had some decent breakdowns, and I enjoyed Lynn Martin as a scriptwriter, so I'm sad to see them both go.

However, the best news?!?! JAZMEN DARNELL BROWN IS STICKING AROUND!! The best possible outcome we could have asked for!!! He has the best scripts, so I'm glad he won't be exiting ahead of the second season.

Now, if only Jamey could go with the "writer", and we would be all-set.

33 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

What will they do without Carl Ivati?

I hope he does well as his other project. 

There’s already rumors flying on Reddit 😑 I actually came to back to see if the site was up to see if this was legit. 

1 minute ago, soapfan770 said:

There’s already rumors flying on Reddit 😑 I actually came to back to see if the site was up to see if this was legit. 

If he goes to Y&R or B&B I won't be bothered at present...but if he is already back at GH or DAYS...

To be fair he may be out of soaps. If he wants to do a lot of bad, dated gay material elsewhere, he certainly can't do any worse than Ryan Murphy. He probably missed that boat by a few years given our current climate.

I would not be shocked if Corday rehired him just as that show began to allegedly improve, lol. That's classic Corday. I would not be super shocked if he mended fences with Frank, either.

Y&R under Carlivati would be uniquely bizarre.

Good riddance! He had no business being a writer on BTG.

He's set to create a late night soap opera replacing Colbert.

 

Kidding...

I'm curious to see who they opt to replace the departing writers with.  Some new blood, or other veteran script writers/breakdown writers.

I was so relieved when I saw this yesterday. I was never comfortable with him at BTG. Whatever he ends up doing maybe I will luck out & not watch it. 

Not surprised by this, because honestly I never thought his ego would allow him to write for a soap and have him not be at the head. 

As for “other projects”… maybe we’ll be getting that LGBTQ+ themed soap with him as the showrunner after all 😂😂😂

As for BTG, hopefully his bitch follows him out the door. 

10 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Good riddance! He had no business being a writer on BTG.

Fixed!   😉