Head Writers and Executive Producers
| Head writer(s) | Years | Executive producers |
|---|---|---|
| Irna Phillips | 1937–1952 | David Lesan, Joe Ainley, Carl Waster |
| 1952–1956 | David Lesan, Joe Ainley | |
| Television | ||
| Irna Phillips | 1952–1958 | Lucy Ferri Rittenberg |
| Agnes Nixon | 1958–1966 | |
| David Lesan, Julian Funt, Theordore Ferro, Mathilde Ferro, John Boruff, James Lipton and Gabrielle Upton | 1966–1968 | |
| Irna Phillips | 1968–1969 | |
| Robert Soderberg and Edith Sommer | 1969–1973 | |
| James Gentile, Robert Cenedella and James Lipton | 1973–1975 | |
| Allen M. Potter | ||
| Bridget and Jerome Dobson | 1975–1979 | |
| Douglas Marland | 1979–1982 | |
| Pat Falken Smith | 1982 | |
| Gail Kobe | ||
| L. Virginia Browne, Gene Palumbo | 1982-1983 | |
| Carolyn Culliton | 1983 | |
| Pamela K. Long and Richard Culliton | 1983–1984 | |
| Pamela K. Long and Jeff Ryder | 1984–1986 | |
| Jeff Ryder | February 1986 – September 1986 | |
| Mary Ryan Munisteri & Ellen Barrett | September 1986 – November 1986 | |
| Joe Willmore | ||
| October 1986 – December 1986 | Joseph D. Manetta | |
| December 1986 – early 1987 | Joseph D. Manetta and Sheri Anderson | |
| Pamela K. Long | 1987–1990 | |
| Robert Calhoun | ||
| Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly, and Nancy Curlee | 1990–1991 | |
| Stephen Demorest, James E. Reilly, Nancy Curlee, and Lorraine Broderick | 1991–1992 | |
| Jill Farren Phelps | ||
| Stephen Demorest, Nancy Curlee, and Lorraine Broderick | 1992–1993 | |
| Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest | 1993 | |
| Stephen Demorest, Patrick Mulcahey, Nancy Williams Watt, Millee Taggert, and Sheri Anderson | 1994 | |
| Stephen Demorest | 1995 | |
| Douglas Anderson | 1995 | |
| Michael Laibson | ||
| Megan McTavish | 1995–1996 | |
| Michael Conforti, Victor Miller and Nancy Williams Watt | October 1996 - April 1997 | |
| James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten | April 1997–2000 | |
| Paul Rauch | ||
| Claire Labine | 2000–2001 | |
| Lloyd Gold and Christopher Dunn | July 2001 - November 2002 | |
| Millee Taggert and Carolyn Culliton | November 2002 - September 12, 2003 | |
| John Conboy | ||
| Ellen Weston and Donna Swajeski | September 2003 – July 5, 2004 | |
| Ellen Wheeler | ||
| David Kreizman and Donna Swajeskii | July 6, 2004 - February 29, 2008 | |
| No Head Writer Listed | March 3, 2008 - April 11, 2008 | |
| David Kreizman and Donna Swajeski | April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008 | |
| David Kreizman, Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, and Jill Lorie Hurst | August 22, 2008 - September 18, 2009 | |
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