The thing about Carlivati .............he is NOT the head writer........and the show's suits have to be well aware of what happened with him on Days.
He is a writer, and that means he might be doing dialog for various scenes, not that he is inventing and writing storyline. Let's keep our cool and see what more info will come out.
Don't misunderstand.......I did not care for him at all, and was happy Days got smart and he was gone. Perhaps the problem was Days gave him more responsibility, than he was able to handle. And thus things got way out of hand.
Right now, he is back down to the "starting" phase........(a big demotion) ....so let's be patient and see what comes.