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The Powers That Be
Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer, original head writers and executive producers
Head Writers
Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer. July 7, 1975 - May 1981.
(In 1975 with Nancy Ford, Mary Ryan Munisteri, Alan Leicht, and Liz Coe.)
(In 1976 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Alan Leicht, Liz Coe, Rees Behrendt, Suzanne Grossmann, and Judith Pinsker.)
(In 1977 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Alan Leicht, Judith Pinsker, Thomas Babe, David Trainer, Peter Parnell, Elizabeth Levin, Jeffrey Lane, and Susan Seeger Cavrell.)
(In 1978 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker, Alan Leicht, Jeffrey Lane, Marisa Gioffre, Arthur Giron, James Raftrey, Robin Hirst, and Mary Gamsu.)
(In 1979 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker, Jeffrey Lane, Jonathan Bolt, and Jerome Max.)
(In 1980 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker, Jeffrey Lane.)

1977

Writer's Strike. May 1981 - September 1981.

Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer. September 1981 - Spring 1982.
(In 1981 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Rory Metcalf, Daniel C. Bredemann, A. Eric Lane, and Harold Apter.)
(In 1982 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Rory Metcalf, Daniel C. Bredemann, A. Eric Lane, and Harold Apter.)

Claire Labine. Spring 1982 - June 1982.
(In 1982 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Rory Metcalf, A. Eric Lane, and Harold Apter.)

Mary Ryan Munisteri. June 1982 - January 1983.
(In 1982 with Roger Crews, Eugene Price, and Trent Jones.)
(In 1983 with Roger Crews, Eugene Price, and Trent Jones.)

Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer. January 1983 - November 1983.
(In 1983 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Judith Pinsker, Nancy Ford, Trent Jones, and B.K. Perlman.)

Pat Falken Smith. November 1983 - March 1985.
(In 1983 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, Nancy Ford, Kathleen Palladino, B.K. Perlman, and Judith Pinsker.)
(In 1984 with Mary Ryan Munisteri, James E. Reilly, Peter Brash, Nancy Ford, Mardee Kravit, Martha Nochimson, Kathleen Palladino, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, Judith Pinsker, Betsy Tooker, and Paul Vincent.)
(In 1985 with Peter Brash, Mardee Kravit, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, and Betsy Tooker.)

1984

Tom King & Millee Taggart. March 1985 - February 1987.
(In 1985 with Dorothy Ann Purser, Peter Brash, Elizabeth Harrower, Mardee Kravit, Joe LeSueur, Eleanor Mancusi, Joe Orazi, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, Betsy Tooker, and Erik Wiklund.)
(In 1986 with Dorothy Ann Purser, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Mardee Kravit, Steve Lehrman, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, and Erik Wiklund.)
(In 1987 with Dorothy Ann Purser, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, Eleanor Mancusi, and B.K. Perlman.)

1985

Claire Labine & Eleanor Mancusi. February 1987 - March 1988.
(In 1987 with David Appell, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, B.K. Perlman, Louise Shaffer, and Will Taylor.)
(In 1988 with David Appell, Rocco Bufano, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, Rocco Bufano, and Louise Shaffer.)

1987

Writer's Strike. March 1988 - September 1988.
(Claire Labine and Matthew Labine credited throughout strike)

Claire Labine & Matthew Labine. September 1988 - January 13, 1989.
(In 1988 with Paul Balido, Rocco Bufano, William Burritt, Eleanor Mancusi, and Louise Shaffer.)
(In 1989 with Paul Balido, Rocco Bufano, William Burritt, Eleanor Mancusi, and Louise Shaffer.)

Executive Producers
Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer. July 7, 1975 - Spring 1982.

No executive producer credited. Spring 1982 - April 1983.

Joseph Hardy. April 1983 - Summer 1988.

Felicia Minei Behr. Summer 1988 - January 13, 1989.

Producers
George Lefferts. July 7, 1975 - October 1975.

Robert Costello. October 1975 - August 1978.

Ellen Barrett. August 1978 - April 1983.

Felicia Minei Behr. April 1983 - Summer 1988.

Nancy Horwich. Summer 1988 - January 1989.

Note: In summer 1988, the position of executive producer was eliminated. Felicia Minei Behr continued to be billed as producer, while Nancy Horwich was billed as coordinate producer. However, the positioning of the credits was changed: Nancy Horwich was now listed after Behr, whereas she was previously credited (as associate producer) after the writers, directors, and technical directors. Therefore, Behr was more than likely acting executive producer while Horwich was acting producer (the position of coordinating producer was completely new). Joseph Hardy, executive producer from 1983 to 1988, became executive producer of another ABC soap, Loving. He later produced both General Hospital and Knots Landing.

Closing, Christmas 1988
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