New DAYS Head Writer Ron Carlivati Outlines His Vision For Salem.
July 19 marks the first DAYS episode of new Head Writer Ron Carlivati. The Emmy winning scribe, who previously helmed ONE LIFE TO LIVE and GENERAL HOSPITAL, talks to Digest exclusively about his big plans for Salem — and its future.
Soap Opera Digest: When you were approached about the job, what were your initial thoughts?
Ron Carlivati: Well, obviously I was excited at the prospect of jumping back into soaps after having had a little bit of a break, but it was pretty daunting because DAYS OF OUR LIVES was a show I didn’t grow up on. I watched GENERAL HOSPITAL in 1978 when I was 10 years old. And then shortly after that, ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, so writing for those shows was easy in the sense that, I know what Monica was doing in 1978, and I knew what Viki was doing. So with DAYS, it was the first show where I had to dig in and learn about it and learn the history. Of course, I feel like as a soap fan, even if it’s a show you don’t watch, you know a little bit about it just by osmosis. You know who John and Marlena and Patch and Kayla and Bo and Hope and Stefano are, but there’s over 50 years of history there and to really learn the relationships, that was the sort of scary part.
Digest: Where did you even start?
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