sentences:  Conboy was hired as executive producer of the NBC Daytime soap opera "Santa Barbara" in 1990; however, the show's ratings did not improve, and he was let go in 1991.In December 2002, after nearly a decade of not working in daytime, Conboy was hired as executive producer of "Guiding Light", succeeding longtime executive producer Paul Rauch, who stepped down the month prior and interim executive Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin.One-year later, Conboy reportedly walked out of his role as executive producer as "Guiding Light" following several disputes with the serial's producers Procter & Gamble, however, he later returned.