Thom Racina has joined the writing team of ONE LIFE TO LIVE as co-head writer along with head writer Susan Bedsow Horgan.In his career Racina authored over 150 books and written 4,000 broadcast hours of television.
Racina's TV credits include writing for SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (1980), GENERAL HOSPITAL (1981-1984), DAYS OF OUR LIVES (1984-1986), ANOTHER WORLD (1986-1988), GENERATIONS (1988-1991) and SANTA BARBARA (1991-1992), besides writing for the much-acclaimed nighttime series, FAMILY (1978-1979). As a writer for the soaps, he received five Emmy nominations (for DAYS OF OUR LIVES and GENERAL HOSPITAL), one specifically for "Luke & Laura's Wedding on" GH- the single highest-rated episode in daytime history (30 million people tuned in). He also worked in Hamburg and Toronto writing FAMILY PASSIONS (1993-1994), a Canadian/German production.
Of his years writing for TV, he says on his web site, "It was a treadmill, but so much fun to play God."
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- Thom Racina Interview Archive
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