Santa Barbara (TV Series) - Crew History

Crew History

During the first three years of the show, the main crew of SB stayed the same, with the Dobsons taking on a double duty as both head writers and executive producers. Jeffrey Hayden served as co-executive producer during the first year, and Mary-Ellis Bunim took over after him. In 1987, after the Dobsons were abruptly fired, the show's associate head writer Charles Pratt, Jr. received head writing status and Anne Howard Bailey joined him as the co-head writer until 1989, when Sheri Anderson took over that duty.

Jill Farren Phelps took over as the executive producer and kept the position until 1990, when she was replaced by John Conboy. There was, however, a short transition period where both Phelps and Conboy were credited as Executive Producer. In 1990, Pratt was fired and replaced by another associate writer, Maralyn Thoma but her tenure, along with was cut short the following year, when the Dobsons finally settled in court and returned to the series. Shortly before the Dobsons return, Conboy was let go and Paul Rauch was brought on as Executive Producer in an ill-advised last-ditch attempt at saving the floundering soap. However, they left their head writing duties a year later, in 1992, when writer Pam Long was hired as the final head writer of the show. Long's introduction of new characters only pushed the series to its cancellation.

Executive Producers

Head Writers