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Pamela K. Long
Pamela K. Long is an American writer and executive producer. Long won several Emmys for her work on CBS soap opera '' Guiding Light'' from 1983 to 1990. She was also writer and executive producer on the NBC film ''Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors''. Career Before writing and acting, Long won the title of Miss Alabama in 1974 and competed for the title of Miss America 1975. At the time, she was attending the University of North Alabama, and was involved in the Phi Mu sorority. After graduation, she moved to New York City and landed the role of Ashley Linden on ''Texas'' from 1981 to 1982. She began writing scripts for the show while she was still part of the cast, and in 1982, Long was named head writer of ''Texas''. The show began to improve in quality, but the ratings in the U.S. remained low.Grunwald, D: "Who Shot Texas", pages 23–27. ''TV Guide'' (Canadian edition), March 5, 1983. However, in Canada, ''Texas'' topped the daytime ratings charts for many weeks. The last e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. With 72 years of radio and television runs, ''Guiding Light'' is the longest running soap opera, ahead of '' General Hospital'', and is the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program '' Grand Ole Opry'' (first broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program ''The Daily Service'' (1928), the CBS religious program ''Music and the Spoken Word'' (1929), and the Norwegian children's radio program ''Lørdagsbarnetimen'' (1924–2010) have been on the air longer. When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend John R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Hammer
Jay Hammer (born November 16, 1944) is an American actor best known for his run as freelancer journalist Fletcher Reade who falls in love with Dr. Claire Ramsey on CBS Daytime's ''Guiding Light'' from March 1984 until March 1998. He returned briefly in the spring of 1999, and again made an appearance as the show ended in 2009. He had a notable role as Allan Willis during the 1978–1979 season of ''The Jeffersons''. His character on ''The Jeffersons'' was the son of mixed-race couple Tom and Helen Willis (Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker). Other appearances include roles in '' The Blue Knight'', ''Kojak'', ''Mannix'', '' Sons and Daughters'', ''Emergency!'', and ''Adam-12''. His theater credits include off-Broadway productions of ''Passing Through from Exotic Places'' and ''Serenading Louie''. He played the role of ranch forehand Max Dekker on ''Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search For Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focused primarily on the character of Joanne, known to the audience as "Jo." Actress Mary Stuart played Jo for the entire run. Broadcast history and production notes ''Search for Tomorrow'' was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon (then known professionally as Agnes Eckhardt) for the series' first 13 weeks and later by Irving Vendig. The program was one of several daytime soap operas produced from the 1950s through the 1980s by Procter & Gamble Productions, the broadcasting arm of the famed household products corporation. Procter & Gamble used the program, as well as the company's other serials, to advertise its products (such as its Joy dishwashing liquid and Spic and Span household cleaner). As ''Search''s ratings inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Culliton
Carolyn Culliton (née DeMoneyIMDbBiography for Carolyn Culliton) is an American daytime radio and television writer. Born in Indiana, she graduated from Northwestern University.TheMemoirGroup.comWho We Are Her husband is fellow daytime serial writer Richard Culliton. Positions held ''All My Children'' *Breakdown Writer: 1992 - 1993 '' Another World'' *Head Writer: November 1994 - August 1995 *Associate Head Writer: 1984 - 1985, 1986–1991, 1998 - June 25, 1999 *Script Writer: 1985, 1998 Culltion's AW Team: November 1994 - August 1995; her writing team consisted of Sharon Epstein, Peter Brash, Elizabeth Page, Sofia Landon Geier, Janet Iacobuzio, Victor Miller, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Craig Carlson, Judith Pinsker, Lorraine Broderick, Mimi Leahey, and Kathleen Kennedy. ''As the World Turns'' *Co-Head Writer: 1999 - 2001 *Associate Head Writer: October 2001 - October 2002, Spring 2004 - August 29, 2004 ''Days of Our Lives'' *Script Editor : 2010–present *Script Writer: Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Tomlin
Gary Tomlin is an American soap opera actor, writer, producer and director. Career Tomlin's career on daytime serials began in 1973 when he was cast on CBS's ''Search for Tomorrow'' as Bruce Carson. He also made a guest appearance on "The Nightwalker" episode of the Waltons (1976). He later appeared as Morgan Simpson on the NBC soap opera ''Another World (TV series), Another World'' in 1979. Both series were produced in New York City by Procter and Gamble Productions. Tomlin served as the co-head writer of NBC's ''Days of Our Lives'', which tapes in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, from 1980 to 1981. He then returned to New York as the head writer for ''Another World'' from 1984 to 1985 (at times sharing the position with others). Tomlin next wrote scripts for the Los Angeles serial ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' (NBC) from 1987 to 1990. At the same time, Tomlin directed episodes of ''Another World'' from 1987 to 1991, later directing on American Broadcasting Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Culliton
Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on soap operas. He has won four Writers Guild of America Awards, including one as a head writer, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University. His wife, Carolyn Culliton, is also a veteran writer for soap operas. Early career Culliton began his television career in the early 1980s writing for NBC Daytime's ''Texas'', and then serving as co-head writer for CBS Daytime's ''Guiding Light'' from 1983–1984. After this, he served as head writer of '' Another World'' from 1984–1985. The characters of Marley Hudson and Wallingford were created during his tenure. He wrote for ''Search for Tomorrow'' under Addie Walsh in 1986. In the late 1980s, Culliton returned to the writing staff of ''Guiding Light''. He was part of the team that won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1990. Culliton then joined the writing staff of '' Santa Barbara''; he was a script writer and story editor when the writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits. In fictional comedy or and drama TV shows, this is generally performed by an executive producer, who is usually also the showrunner. Overview The head writer conceives and outlines the long-term story of a scripted television or radio series. In daytime television, the over-arcing story lines are broken out into daily episodes, which are individually outlined by particular writers, and fleshed out with dialogue by others. In prime time series, individual staff or freelance writers briefed with any long-term story lines generally pitch their episode ideas to the head writer/executive producer. The writer develops their ideas into an outline and a script, which is subsequently edited and revised by the series' entire writing team during the production proces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Vaughan
Susie is a female name that can be a diminutive form of Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, Susannah, Susanna or Susana. Susie may refer to: Songs * "Susie Q" (song), a 1957 song by Dale Hawkins, covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) *"Wake Up Little Susie", by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (1957) *"Susie", a song by Krokus from ''Painkiller'' *"Susie", a song by John Lee Hooker from the album '' Mr. Lucky'' *"Susie", a 2018 track by Toby Fox from ''Deltarune Chapter 1 OST'' from the video game ''Deltarune'' Film and TV * ''Private Secretary'' (TV series), also known as ''Susie'', an American sitcom * ''Susie'' (film), a Malayalam film * ''Susie'' (TV program), an Australian talk show *"The Susie", an episode of ''Seinfeld'' Fictional characters *Susie, one of the murdered children in the media franchise ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' *Susie, a major character in the video game ''Deltarune'' *Susie, part of the Legion, a killer in ''Dead by Daylight'' *Susie (a.k.a. Susanna Patry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Rice (Miss Alabama)
Jane Rice (April 30, 1913 – March 2, 2003) was an American science fiction and horror writer. Her fiction debut was with "The Dream" in the July 1940 issue of ''Unknown'', edited by the legendary sf editor John W. Campbell. During the war she published 10 stories in ''Unknown''. Campbell purchased her first and only novel, ''Lucy'', in 1943, and was holding it in inventory for a future issue when ''Unknown'' suddenly ceased publication late in 1943. Street & Smith held the manuscript for several years but after the war it vanished from their files, and Rice had failed to preserve a carbon copy. Despite efforts to trace it on the part of scholars and editors it has not been located. Her stories in ''Unknown'' were well received. Her slyly sensual werewolf story "The Refugee" from the October 1943 issue was selected by Campbell for his best of anthology ''From Unknown Worlds'' (1946) and it was also anthologized in ''Rivals of Weird Tales'' (1990) and the Library of America's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers Guild Of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility The screen awards are for films that were exhibited theatrically during the preceding calendar year. The television awards are for series that were produced and aired between December 1 and November 30, regardless of how many episodes aired during this time period. Additionally, scripts must be produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or under a collective bargaining agreement in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom. Lifetime achievement awards Each year at the awards, two lifetime achievement awards are presented. One is for screenwriting, and the other is for TV writing: * Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement * Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Categories (As of 2022.) ;Film * Best Adapted Screenplay ... [...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] |
Her Hidden Truth
''Her Hidden Truth'' is a thriller/drama television film starring Kellie Martin, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Ken Howard. It was directed by Dan Lerner and written by Pamela K. Long, who was also one of the film's producers. The film first aired on Sunday, November 12, 1995 on the National Broadcasting Company Network. Plot Young teenager Billie Calhoun is wrongly accused of setting a deadly arson fire that killed her mother and sister. After years in a juvenile detention center, she requests an early release around the age of 18, but it is denied. During the journey back to the center, she escapes the prison van to find the real killer of her mother and sister. Out on her own, she disguises herself and befriends a young cop named Matt Samoni, and together they set out to uncover the truth. Cast * Kellie Martin as Billie Calhoun * Antonio Sabato Jr. as Det. Matt Samoni * Ken Howard as Jack Devereaux * Reed Diamond as Clay Devereaux * Bruce Weitz as Lt. Ricky Levine * Cindy Pickett as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |