Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television

soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...

writer.

Life

She was born in 1962. In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The experienced soap writers recruited included Iacobuzion,

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, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and

Jean Passanante Jean Passanante (born June 26, 1953) is an American television screenwriter, best known for her work in daytime soap operas. Passanante got her start as an actress doing bit parts in the 1980s, including the John Sayles' films '' Return of the S ...

Positions held

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'' * Associate head writer: 1993–1994 (hired by

Megan McTavish Megan McTavish (born April 2, 1949, Elgin, Illinois) is an United States, American television actress and soap opera writer. McTavish is best known for several head writing stints on ''All My Children''. Early career Before becoming a writer, Mc ...

), 2001–2003 * Script writer: 2000–2001 '' Another World'' * Associate head writer: 1994–1995 * Script writer: 1989–1992 (hired by Donna M. Swajeski) ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other so ...

'' * Associate head writer: 1996; June 9, 2010 – September 17, 2010 * Script writer: October 5, 2009 – June 8, 2010 ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

'' * Script writer: March 21, 2011 – February 15, 2012; August 17, 2012 – August 5, 2015 ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...

'' * Breakdown writer: January 17, 2012 – February 21, 2012, December 4, 2015 – July 12, 2016 * Co-head writer: May 1997 – December 5, 1997 * Associate head writer: 1997, 1998 *Script Writer: July 12, 2016 – December 1, 2016 ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

'' * Script editor: May 15–25, 2009 * Associate head writer: February 24, 2005 – February 22, 2008; May 2, 2008 – August 17, 2009; September 16–17, 2009 '' Sunset Beach'' * Script writer: 1998–1999

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NA ...

* Win, 2012, Best Writing, ''Days of Our Lives'' * Win, 2008, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Nomination, 2006, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Nomination, 2001–2004, Best Writing, ''All My Children'' * Nomination, 1997 & 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Nomination, 1996, Best Writing, ''Another World''

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

* Nomination, 2009, Best Writing, "One Life to Live" * Nomination, 2005, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Win, 2000, 2001, 2003, Best Writing, ''All My Children'' * Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Win, 1997, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Nomination, 1994 & 1995, Best Writing, ''Another World'' * Nomination, 1993, Best Writing, ''All My Children''

Head writer tenures

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iacobuzio, Janet Iacobuzio, Janet 1962 births Living people Writers Guild of America Award winners American women soap opera writers 21st-century American women