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James Harmon Brown And Barbara Esensten
James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten are American television writers, primarily working on soap operas. The duo worked together for over 20 years, starting on the prime-time serial ''Dynasty''. Together, they created the soap opera '' The City'', a spinoff of '' Loving''. On November 14, 2012, Esensten died at the age of 75. Controversy Brown and Esensten tended to drift towards supernatural and science fiction elements in the shows they were hired for. When the two wrote for ''Guiding Light'' during the later part of the 1990s, the show's primary heroine, Reva Shayne, was cloned, and when the duo would later write for ''Port Charles'', vampires were introduced, along with other supernatural creatures. Because of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Brown and Esensten went financial core within the guild, allowing them to write for ''All My Children'' because of financial strains brought on by the strike. Megan McTavish, the writer they replaced at ''All My Children'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Operas
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by ''Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albert M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daytime Emmy Awards
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June. History The first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1972, when '' The Doctors'' and ''General Hospital'' were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year, ''The Doctors'' won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. In addition, the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was given to Mary Fickett from ''All My Children''. A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Charles Pratt Jr
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Frons
Brian Scott Frons (born June 15, 1956) is an American television executive and the former president of ABC Daytime. Education Frons earned a master’s degree from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1978. CBS and NBC Brian Frons first worked at CBS Daytime from 1978 to 1983. He left CBS in 1983 to join NBC Daytime, where he stayed during the rest of the 1980s as vice president. In 1986, he canceled ''Search for Tomorrow'' which was at the time the longest running soap opera in television, but also the lowest-rated program among the 14 daytime soap operas on the air that year.https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/arts/nbc-drops-35-year-old-soap-opera.html Paid New York Times article Waggett (1997). "Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings". ''Soap Opera Encyclopedia''. pp. 626-628. Frons gained media attention in 1989 when he made a guest appearance in an episode of '' Santa Barbara'', playing the role of God in a dream of character Mason Capwell (Lane Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Hanan Carruthers
Julie Hanan Carruthers (born January 30, 1960 in Sarasota, Florida. ) is an American soap opera producer and writer. Positions held '' All My Children'' * Executive Producer (October 27, 2003 - September 23, 2011) '' General Hospital'' *Senior Supervising Producer (June 1997 - December 1999) *Supervising Producer (February 1996 - June 1997) *Producer (February 1994 - February 1996) ''Port Charles'' *Executive Producer (December 27, 1999 - October 3, 2003) *Senior Supervising Producer (June 1, 1997 - December 24, 1999) '' Santa Barbara'' *Producer (1986-1990) *Editor (1984-1986) *Associate Director (1984-1986) *Production Assistant (1984) Awards and nominations Hanan Carruthers has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bloom (television Executive)
Barbara Bloom is an American television executive and writer best known for her work in daytime television. Career Barbara got her start at Grey Entertainment and Media as a Copywriter and Account Executive, working on the ABC Television account, creating print, radio and television advertising for ABC. In 1992, Bloom was hired by ABC to be the associate director of Advertising for their Daytime division. Later that year she was promoted to Director of Advertising and Promotion where she worked closely with Marla Provencio. Under Pat Fili-Krushel's leadership as President of ABC Daytime, Bloom's role expanded to include Programming Executive on the Daytime Drama '' One Life to Live''. In 1994, Bloom relocated to Los Angeles as Vice President Daytime Programming West Coast. In this capacity she was responsible for '' General Hospital,'' initiating and overseeing the GH companion book, NYTIMES best seller ''Robin’s Diary''. Bloom and ''General Hospital'' Producer Wendy Riche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Harris (writer)
Karen Harris is an American television writer for the ABC Daytime serial ''General Hospital''. Career During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, she chose not to accept Financial Core status. She wrote television pilots for Spelling Television and Universal Pictures (1979-1987), and worked at Sony Pictures Television, Lorimar Television (1988–1989) and Columbia Pictures (1989–1990; '' A Peaceable Kingdom''). While at Universal, Harris was a Writer-Producer-Supervising Producer-Executive Producer on ''The Incredible Hulk''. * ''Simon & Simon'' * '' Shannon'' * ''Knight Rider'' * '' Street Hawk'' * '' The Human Factor'' * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' * '' Scene of the Crime'' * '' Island Sons '' * ''Baby Brokers'' * Creator/EP/co-writer pilot: '' Deadline: Madrid'' * '' Satisfaction Guaranteed''–Pilot * ''American Beauty''–Pilot Reaction to Wolf's promotion: Karen Harris on her Facebook page: ''Oh, please. (lol) I have a new lease on life, Jami. But I walke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Labine
Claire Vaughn Labine (née Wood; June 28, 1934 – November 11, 2016) was an American soap opera writer and producer. nytimes.com, November 15, 2016. 1990s In 1993, Labine returned to daytime as head writer of ABC's ''''. She brought the show much critical acclaim, and won her seventh for Outstanding Writing for her work on the show. She chose to depart the show in early 1996. During this time, she created a proposed ''General Hospital''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Williams Watt
Nancy Williams Watt is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 9, 1948, to Associated Press editor Edward Williams and newswoman Sheila O'Brien Williams Barnes. Positions held '' All My Children'' *Secretary to Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Jack Wood, Lorraine Broderick, Caroline Franz et al. (1979–1981) '' Days of Our Lives'' *Script Writer (April 2, 2012 – July 27, 2012) *Associate Head Writer (September 13, 2011 – March 30, 2012) ''Search for Tomorrow'' *Script Writer/Breakdown Writer (1983–1985) ''Passions'' (hired by James E. Reilly) *Script Writer (1999 – September 2007) '' Guiding Light'' *Script Writer/Outline Writer (1986–1993) *Co-Head Writer (1994 – November 1994) *Script Editor/Associate Headwriter (1993–1999) Awards and nominations She has been nominated for nine Daytime Emmy awards in the category Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team from 1989 to 2003, and won three times, twice for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Miller (writer)
Victor Brooke Miller (born May 14, 1940) is an American writer for film and television. He is best known for his screenplay of the original '' Friday the 13th'' film, the popularity of which spawned a long series of sequels. Miller was not involved with any of the sequels, though he remains credited for creating the characters of Jason Voorhees, his mother Pamela, and the heroine Alice Hardy. He has also written for several daytime television series, for which he has won three Daytime Emmy Awards. His television work includes ''Guiding Light'', ''One Life to Live'', '' Another World'', and ''All My Children''. Much of his tenure of several shows has been working under head writer Megan McTavish. Early life Miller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of John Dabney and Barbara Leovy Miller. He attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, and Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, where he says he took every creative writing course offered. Beginning in 1962, he worked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Conforti
Michael Conforti is an American television writer on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. He played Jeremy Rhodes on ''Edge of Night'', and Wally Bacon on '' Guiding Light''. Conforti later became a writer for the soap opera '' Guiding Light''. He became a co-head writer for '' All My Children'' and '' Guiding Light''. Conforti is currently a breakdown writer for the television show ''The Young and the Restless''. Positions held '' All My Children'' (hired by Angela Shapiro) * Co-head writer: May 2001 – June 2001 '' General Hospital'' (hired by Megan McTavish) *Breakdown writer (July 2001 – January 3, 2008; March 17, 2008 – October 8, 2008; March 5, 2009 – April 30, 2012) *Script writer (March 24, 2008 – February 26, 2009) *Writer (January 29, 2008 – March 14, 2008) '' General Hospital: Night Shift'' *Script writer: July 12, 2007 – October 4, 2007 '' Guiding Light'' *Breakdown writer: 1994 – October 1996, April 1997 – 1998 *Co-head writer: October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
