Jean Dadario Burke

Jean Dadario Burke is an American television soap opera producer and director, most notably of the daytime television show ''All My Children''.SARAH KERSHAW, February 22, 1997, The New York Times
12 Characters in Search of a Soap Opera, Again
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Jean Dadario Burke, executive producer, said the soap needed more time..."Lisa Leigh Parney and M.S. Mason, JULY 7, 2000, Christian Science Monitor

Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Our ideas come from real life, says Jean Dadario Burke ... uncover some of the myths about AIDS... dispel them."..."Veronica Byrd, October 15, 2001, Vol. 56 No. 16, People Magazine

Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...At the end of her sophomore year she landed a job as a White House intern. Then executive producer Jean Dadario Burke gave her the part of Bianca, and she decided to drop out of school—at least for the moment. "..."Michael Starr, December 6, 2001, New York Post
STARR REPORT
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...“We are thrilled to welcome Montel to ‘All My Children,’ ” says show EP Jean Dadario Burke. “..."Michael Starr, May 22, 2001, New York Post
STARR Report
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Knight also wants to thank “AMC” EP Jean Dadario Burke and head writer Jean Passanante for winning his Emmy...."Dan J. Kroll, March 15, 2001, Soap Central News
Becca to be "phased out"
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...According to AMC executive producer, Jean Dadario Burke, Becca Tyree's days in Pine Valley are numbered. ..." During her career in daytime television, Burke won many Daytime Emmy Awards, primarily as executive producer for that show.Awards and Winners
Jean Dadario Burke
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....Jean Dadario Burke is an American television New York City-based soap opera producer and director..."Richard Katz, MAY 18, 1998, Variety Magazine
Oprah, Rosey share Emmy
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....“All My Children” — Francesca James, executive producer; Jean Dadario-Burke, senior producer; Heidi Adam, supervising producer; Ginger Smith, coordinating producer (ABC)..."MARCH 11, 1999, Variety Staff, Variety Magazine
Daytime Emmy Nominees List 1
, Retrieved August 16, 2015, "..“All My Children” — Jean Dadario Burke, Francesca James, executive producers; Michael Laibson, senior producer; Heidi Adam, Ginger Smith, supervising producers (ABC)..." She is credited with saving many characters from the canceled soap opera ''Loving'' and transporting them to its sequel show, '' The City'', by radically reworking the storyline, changing the setting to New York City, eliminating half of the cast, and bringing in the star Morgan Fairchild.MICHAEL RIEDEL, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 31, 1996,
TOUGH LIFE IN THE CITY DEMANDING DIVAS AND ACTORS WHO SCREW UP .. TO SAY NOTHING OF GREEDY EXTRAS - HEY IT'S ALL IN A DAYS WORK!
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...A 25-year veteran of daytime television, Burke has been charged by ABC television with snatching "The City," the network's low-rated soap opera, from oblivion. ..."November 05, 1995, ROBERT RORKE, Los Angeles Times
'The City' Is a Killer : MORGAN FAIRCHILD TAKES 'LOVING' FROM SMALL-TOWN CORINTH TO DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Jean Dadario Burke... get radical... elimination of half the cast... relocate the show to New York City..." She was part of a team that ultimately took the characters of ''Loving'' away from a "stilted upper-middle-class" orientation.JOHN J. O'CONNOR, November 13, 1995, The New York Times

Retrieved August 16, 2015, "....The transformation of "Loving" ... Jean Dadario Burke, the executive producer, ... away from the stilted upper-middle-class living room image that still prevails today. .." She was instrumental in the careers of many daytime actors, including Josh Duhamel.Alexis Tereszcuk, July 28, 2011, RadarOnline
Josh Duhamel: ‘All My Children Was The First Time I Ever Felt Accepted’
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...amount of education that I got from that show ... I will always be grateful to people like ... Jean Dadario Burke.”..."

Burke was born in The Bronx, and started her career as a production secretary on the show ''Search for Tomorrow''. She held numerous jobs in the soap opera industry, doing casting, directing, and writing, and sometimes working on several shows concurrently. She was a casting assistant at ''All My Children'', was promoted to technical director, then later to director and senior producer, and finally to executive producer from 1998 to 2003.06 August 2003, Linda Marshall-Smith, Soapdom Magazine,
AMC's Jean Dadario Burke Out; Julie Hanan Carruthers IN
Retrieved August 16, 2015, "...Julie Hanan Carruthers has been named executive producer of ABC Daytime's popular drama, "All My Children," ... replaces outgoing executive producer Jean Dadario Burke...." She was a director at '' Another World'' from 1988 to 1990. She was executive producer from 1995 to 1997 of the show '' The City''. From 1994 to 1995, she was executive producer of the daytime show ''Loving''. She was a director and associate producer of ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1988-1989.

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Soap opera producers
American television directors
Television producers from New York City
American women television producers
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21st-century American women