This is a list of executive producers and head writers for the soap opera Days of Our Lives .
Duration | Name |
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November 8, 1965 – August 2, 1966 [1] | Ted Corday |
August 3, 1966 – April 19, 1977 | Betty Corday |
April 20, 1977 – January 18, 1980 | Betty Corday and H. Wesley Kenney |
January 21, 1980 – May 9, 1986 | Betty Corday and Al Rabin |
May 12, 1986 – December 31, 1987 | Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
January 4, 1988 – March 6, 1989 | Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
March 7 – December 1989 | Ken Corday and Shelley Curtis |
December 1989 – April 20, 1992 | Ken Corday and Al Rabin |
April 21, 1992 – March 28, 2002 | Ken Corday and Tom Langan |
March 29, 2002 – August 29, 2007 | Ken Corday and Stephen Wyman |
August 30, 2007 – September 16, 2008 | Ken Corday and Edward J. Scott |
September 17, 2008 – September 2, 2011 | Ken Corday and Gary Tomlin |
September 6, 2011 – January 27, 2012 | Ken Corday, Noel Maxam and Greg Meng |
January 30, 2012 – July 31, 2015 | Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng |
August 3, 2015 – September 7, 2020 | Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng |
September 8, 2020 – January 26, 2024 | Ken Corday and Albert Alarr 3 |
January 29, 2024 – present | Ken Corday and Janet Spellman-Drucker |
Duration | Name |
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November 8 – December 31, 1965 [2] | Peggy Phillips and Kenneth Rosen |
January 3 – July 4, 1966 | Peggy Phillips |
July 5, 1966 – May 6, 1975 | William J. Bell |
May 7, 1975 – April 19, 1977 | Pat Falken Smith |
April 20, 1977 – February 26, 1979 | Ann Marcus |
February 27, 1979 – March 14, 1980 | Elizabeth Harrower |
March 17 – April 18, 1980 | Ruth Brooks Flippen |
April 21 – October 9, 1980 | Nina Laemmle |
October 10 – 17, 1980 | Michelle Poteet Lisanti |
October 20, 1980 – October 20, 1981 | Gary Tomlin and Michelle Poteet Lisanti |
October 21, 1981 – April 16, 1982 | Pat Falken Smith |
April 19, 1982 – September 21, 1984 | Margaret DePriest and Sheri Anderson |
September 24 – October 25, 1984 | Margaret DePriest, Sheri Anderson, and Thom Racina |
October 26 – November 30, 1984 | Sheri Anderson and Thom Racina |
December 3, 1984 – November 10, 1986 | Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina, Leah Laiman |
November 11 – 18, 1986 | Thom Racina and Leah Laiman |
November 19, 1986 – March 16, 1989 | Leah Laiman 1 2 |
March 17, 1989 – January 19, 1990 | Anne Howard Bailey 1 2 |
January 22, 1990 – June 18, 1991 | Richard J. Allen and Anne Schoettle 1 |
June 19, 1991 – January 30, 1992 | Gene Palumbo 1 |
January 31 – June 12, 1992 | Richard J. Allen and Beth Milstein 1 |
June 12 – July 9, 1992 | Sheri Anderson 1 |
July 10 – August 6, 1992 | Sheri Anderson and Gene Palumbo 1 |
August 7 – December 18, 1992 | Sheri Anderson 1 |
December 21, 1992 – April 28, 1993 | Sheri Anderson and James E. Reilly 1 |
April 29, 1993 – November 20, 1997 | James E. Reilly 1 |
November 21, 1997 – January 5, 1998 | James E. Reilly and Sally Sussman Morina 1 |
January 8, 1998 – October 14, 1999 | Sally Sussman Morina |
October 15 – November 10, 1999 | Lorraine Broderick |
November 11, 1999 – March 28, 2002 | Tom Langan |
March 29, 2002 – March 6, 2003 | Peter Brash and Paula Cwikly |
March 7 – August 8, 2003 | Dena Higley |
August 11 – 15, 2003 | Dena Higley and James E. Reilly |
August 18, 2003 – August 9, 2006 | James E. Reilly |
August 10 – October 4, 2006 | Beth Milstein |
October 5, 2006 – January 24, 2008 | Hogan Sheffer and Meg Kelly |
January 25 – April 22, 2008 | None listed |
April 23 – June 30, 2008 | Dena Higley and Victor Gialanella |
July 1 – October 10, 2008 | Dena Higley and Rick Draughon |
October 13, 2008 – June 13, 2011 | Dena Higley and Christopher Whitesell |
June 14 – August 25, 2011 | Dena Higley |
August 26, 2011 – August 16, 2012 | Marlene Clark Poulter and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr. |
August 17, 2012 – August 18, 2015 | Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell |
August 19, 2015 – February 19, 2016 | Josh Griffith and Dena Higley |
February 22 – September 2, 2016 | Josh Griffith, Dena Higley and Beth Milstein |
September 6, 2016 – July 18, 2017 | Dena Higley and Ryan Quan |
July 19, 2017 – December 1, 2023 [3] | Ron Carlivati |
December 4, 2023 – May 30, 2024 | None listed |
May 31, 2024 – April 23, 2025 | Ron Carlivati |
April 24, 2025 – TBA | Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford |
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Theresa Donovan is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network. Introduced in September 1990, she was portrayed by several child actors until the character left the series in 1992, with further guest appearances in both 1996 and 1997. The character was reintroduced to the series in July 2013, under the portrayal of actress Jen Lilley, best known for her portrayal of Maxie Jones on General Hospital, and departed in November 2016. Lilley reprised the role in May 2018 for a three-month stint, departing again in July. Lilley briefly returned to the role in September 2023, with Emily O'Brien assuming the role in the following month.
Lani Price is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, played by Sal Stowers. On September 25, 2015, Lani was introduced by co-head writers Josh Griffith and Dena Higley as a rookie police officer, who is revealed to be the daughter of long-running character, Mayor Abe Carver. While Lani is quickly promoted to detective, the character struggles to find a place on the canvas and is abruptly written out on June 9, 2016, after Stowers was released from her contract. Lani was reintroduced on December 19, 2016, and Stowers became a series regular again a year later.
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