John F. Smith is an American

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writer and producer. Smith, formerly a member of

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, left and maintained

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status during the

2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike. The Writers Guild of America ...

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Smith is best known for his stints as head writer of ''

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

'' and ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

''. Prior to Smith's tenure on ''Y&R'', there was a period of widespread audience erosion. When John Smith was producer, ratings increased substantially by over 2 million viewers. Most of the increase occurred in 2004 when Smith co-wrote the show with longtime ''Y&R''

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Kay Alden Priscilla Kay Alden (born October 24, 1946) is an American television writer and the former head writer for the soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. Career Alden began writing for ''The Young and the Restless'' as a script writer in 197 ...

Positions held

'' *Script Writer: January 22, 2008 – present *Breakdown Writer: January 22, 2008 – present *Executive Storyline Consultant: 2002 - 2003 *Associate Head Writer: 1987 - 2002 ''

'' *Co-Executive Producer: 2003- May 12, 2006 * Co-Head Writer: June 2002 - November 2006 *Associate Head Writer: 1986 - June 2002 *Script Writer: 1979 - 1986

Awards and nominations

Smith has been nominated for and won numerous

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, and

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Awards.

Head Writing Tenure

Executive Producing Tenure

References

External links

CBS Daytime: Y&R & B&B
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