Quick Facts
Biography
John Conboy is an American soap opera producer.
Career
Conboy is best known for bringing glamorous production values to a show soon after he is hired, such as adding elaborate sets, dimming the lighting, hiring beautiful young actors, and using unique camera angles. These things broke ground on soap operas in the 1970s when Conboy was executive producer of The Young and the Restless.
In 1982 Conboy left The Young and the Restless and became executive producer of the newly created CBS soap opera Capitol. He served as the show's executive producer until the series was cancelled in 1987.
During the last few years of Capitol, he created Casino which was set in Las Vegas. It was not picked up.
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 1992.
After being out of daytime television for a decade, Conboy was hired as executive producer of the longest-running program in broadcast history, Guiding Light, in late 2002. The show's ratings continued to drop, though, and after a little over a year, Conboy was fired in early 2004.
Positions held
Capitol
- Executive Producer (1982–1987)
Guiding Light
- Executive Producer (December 26, 2002 – March 15, 2004)
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
- Producer (1970–1973)
Santa Barbara
- Executive Producer (July 1991 – December 1991)
The Young and the Restless
- Executive Producer (March 26, 1973 – February 1982)
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak: "The Other Woman"
After Hours: From Janice, John, Mary and Michael, with Love
After Hours: Singin', Swingin' and All That Jazz
The Solitary Man (directed by John Llewellyn Moxey & written by Jim Byrnes)
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
Wins
- (1990; Outstanding Drama Series; Santa Barbara)
- (1975 & 1983; Outstanding Drama Series; The Young and the Restless)
- (1974; Outstanding Drama Special)
Nominations
- (1990; Outstanding Drama Series; Santa Barbara)
- (1975–1976, 1978–1979, 1983; Outstanding Drama Series; The Young and the Restless)
Executive Producing Tenure
| Preceded by none | Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless (with William J. Bell) March 26, 1973 – February 1982 | Succeeded by William J. Bell H. Wesley Kenney |
| Preceded by none | Executive Producer of Capitol March 29, 1982 – March 20, 1987 | Succeeded by Show canceled |
| Preceded by Jill Farren Phelps | Executive Producer of Santa Barbara (with Jill Farren Phelps: March – August 1990) March 1990 – June 1991 | Succeeded by Paul Rauch Bridget and Jerome Dobson |
| Preceded by Paul Rauch | Executive Producer of Guiding Light December 26, 2002 – March 15, 2004 | Succeeded by Ellen Wheeler |