sentences:  Many of them helped make the 50th anniversary a success during the aforementioned transitional absence of the contracted actors brought over from "One Life to Live".On July 24, 2015, ABC announced their decision to replace Carlivati as head-writer of "General Hospital" with Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante.On January 23, 2017, Carlivati was announced as the newly appointed head writer for "Days of Our Lives", replacing former co-head writers Dena Higley and Ryan Quan.