Ken Corday
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Ken Corday is an American
television soap opera
producer
and music composer. He is the son of the late Ted
(the co-creator of Days of our Lives
) and Betty Corday
. His production company Corday Productions owns 1% of The Young and the Restless
.
Corday served as a producer of Days of our Lives from 1982 to 1985, when he attained the title of Executive Producer, which he holds to this day. He also composes the music for the series.
Corday won the Daytime Emmy Award
for Music Direction and Composition For a Drama Series in 1990 and 1997, and was nominated in the same category in 2006 and 2007. He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. He won the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Television Daytime Drama for his work on the series.
United States
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television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and music composer. He is the son of the late Ted
Ted Corday
Theodore "Ted" Corday was a producer, director and creator of many American serials.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Corday graduated from the University of Alberta and studied law before moving to the United States in 1934...
(the co-creator of Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
) and Betty Corday
Betty Corday
Betty Corday was a broadway dramatic actress and long-time American television producer. She co-created and executive produced the long running NBC drama "Days of our Lives from 1966 until her death in 1987.Becoming executive producer after the death of her husband, Ted Corday Betty Corday (née...
. His production company Corday Productions owns 1% of The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
.
Corday served as a producer of Days of our Lives from 1982 to 1985, when he attained the title of Executive Producer, which he holds to this day. He also composes the music for the series.
Corday won the Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
for Music Direction and Composition For a Drama Series in 1990 and 1997, and was nominated in the same category in 2006 and 2007. He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. He won the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Television Daytime Drama for his work on the series.