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It looks like Days of Our Lives is going through another major shakeup as headwriter Ron Carlivati has left the sudser, with veteran writers Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford taking over handwriting duties — effective immediately.

The Peacock soap released a statement saying that, “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 will air through April 2025 due to the show’s unique tape to air schedule.”

Executive producer Ken Corday and Carlivati recently celebrated the show’s 15,000th episode.

Cwikly, as Days of Our Lives shares, “has a long tenure in daytime television.” She’s written for The Young and The Restless, As The World Turns, Sunset Beach, “and was with Days of our Lives as both an associate and head writer in the early 2000s. Jeanne Marie Ford is currently on the writing team as a breakdown writer and also has a long history writing for Days, having started her career as a writer’s assistant in 1992.”

In addition to Days of Our Lives, she’s also worked as a writer for As The World Turns and One Life To Live. In other words, both writers have a long history in daytime across all three major networks.