Ron Carlivati Out at Days! (Read 669 times)

[André DiMera]

Source: www.soapoperadigest.com/content/ron-carlivati-exits-days-of-our-lives-as-head-writer/

Ron Carlivati, who has served as head writer of Days of Our Lives for seven years, is exiting the show, effective immediately. Deadline was the first to report the news.

Carlivati will be succeeded at the helm of the show’s writing team by Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford, the show confirms. Both women have had long ties to daytime. Cwikly was on the writing teams at As The World Turns, Sunset Beach and Young and Restless, and has previously served as both an associate head writer and head writer at DAYS. Ford has been serving as a breakdown writer at DAYS, where she began her soap career as a writer’s assistant in 1992, and also worked on the writing teams of ATWT and One Life To Live.

Carlivati was appointed to the head wirter role at DAYS back in January 2017, with his material first hitting the air that July. Prior to penning DAYS, he served on the writing team of OLTL and as its final head writer before it went off the air in 2012. He then moved to General Hospital, serving as head writer from 2012-15. He won Daytime Emmys for his writing work in 2008 and 2018.

In a statement provided to Soap Opera Digest, the show wrote, “Days of our Lives is announcing today that Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford will become the daytime drama’s new head writers beginning immediately. As part of the change, head writer Ron Carlivati will be departing the show after seven years. Episodes written by him Carlivati will air through April 2025 due to the show’s unique tape to air schedule.”

In the statement, DAYS’s executive producer, Ken Corday, said, “We look forward to approaching our 60th Anniversary next year with Paula and Jeanne Marie at the helm and fresh, exciting stories that we know the fans will embrace. We wish Ron nothing but the best and thank him for his dedication and the respect he has shown to me, the cast, and the show’s legacy.”

[carolineleg]

deadline.com/2024/07/days-of-our-lives-head-writer-carlivati-departing-soap-1236015656/

Jeanne Ford has been a breakdown writer at days for years

[mikey]

Thank goodness. We just need something fresh. The show has been caught in this merry-go-round of the same tricks and stunts for several years now.

[mae00]

I'm not sad about him leaving. it seems like it's getting tougher and tougher to watch because of the same old predictable storylines.

Regardless of the history with the show or other soaps that Paula and Jeanne have, I really hope they break the cycle of ridiculousness that the show has been on.

[doolfan4life]

I’m delighted to hear this
Hopefully his successors will fix the mess he’s made

[Kpatch]

Yes! We've endured years and years of horrible and/or repetitive storylines, out of character behavior, and had to put up with pushing his favorites like Emily O'Brien to the forefront. Maybe now we can get compelling stories and realistic characterizations.

It's never nice to be fired, especially so publicly. I hope he finds a job in his chosen profession elsewhere.

Thanks for the info André DiMera  and carolineleg.

[kathyj]

Oh goody, new writers for people to complain about.

[carolineleg]

Paula was head writer 20 years ago and wrote some great stuff like the Lexie/Hope baby swap. I'm just glad Ron's childish writing is going to be a thing of the past. Pity they can't fix this Connie fiasco

[sevenna92]

Wow, I never thought that this day would ever come. Thank God he's going to be gone. Too bad he's done so much damage to so many characters over the years and I don't even know how the new headwriters are going to fix it. Hopefully this is a sign that Days is finally turning a corner.

[carolineleg]

It's a good sign for renewal. They wouldn't bother if the show was circling the drain

I will not miss masks, Leo as a self insert or Dr Rolf nonsense

[carolineleg]

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[ProudTVJunkie]

Ron addresses his exit from Days...

www.tvinsider.com/1144655/days-of-our-lives-ron-carlivati-leaving-head-writer-response/?utm_source=TV+Insider%3A+Breaking+News&utm_campaign=d4d024d69a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_07_19_08_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_170fcbb83f-d4d024d69a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

[mikey]

I will mostly be glad to break this cycle of forced inside jokes and nonstop doppelgänger-type stories, whether it's lookalikes, magical masks, DID, Body & Soul, whatever.

[Kpatch]

Maybe we'll get Emmy-worthy stories now.

[horizon]

I am taking a wait and see approach. Who the hell knows if the new head writers will improve things.

But this is rather big news but alas Ron's supervision runs for close to another year so heck that is a long time from now in Soap Opera time.