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Addie Walsh

Head Writer: 1991 - 1992 (resigned in 1992 after dispute with Executive Producer Haidee Granger)

Christie Clark

Many of the cast members' departures were the result of budget cuts and the employment of Hogan Sheffer to replace James E. Reilly as head writer in July of that year.

Colet Abedi

In addition to working on many television programs for NBC, ABC, Fox, and most of the cable networks she is most known for her work as Head Writer on Fox's MyNetwork TV's telenovela drama serials, Fashion House, which starred Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild, and American Heiress.

Matthew Labine

In spring 1996, Claire Labine was offered the Head Writer role at CBS Daytime's As the World Turns but turned it down because she and Matthew Labine were trying to get Heart And Soul aka Union Place on the air.

Paul Scheuring

His work includes the 2003 film A Man Apart and, more notably, the creation of the television drama Prison Break, for which he was also credited as an executive producer and head writer.

Valerie Ahern

She has written episodes for a number of television series since 1995 including The Young and the Restless (July 27, 2007 - November 29, 2007; April 4, 2008 - July 7, 2008), Clueless, Desperate Housewives, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Drawn Together, The Parent 'Hood, Renovate My Family, Hot Properties, Spyder Games (Head Writer) and The Crew.


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Adventurers Club

Disney's Imagineers led by Head Writer, Show Producer and Show Director, Roger Cox and designer Joe Rohde (who later designed Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park) conceived and created the club.

Amores de mercado

Head writer Basilio Alvarez was replaced by Eric Vonn and the storylines and characters went in a new direction.

Bob Tischler

Tischler joined NBC's Saturday Night Live television program when Dick Ebersol took creative control in 1981 and became head writer of SNL for four seasons, leaving the show in 1985.

Chicago Sketch Fest

In addition to the events, writing workshops were added, including Joe Garden- head writer from the Onion, and John Vorhaus-author of "The Comic Toolbox".

Debra Oswald

She is creator and head writer of the Channel 10 drama series Offspring, for which she won the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award.

Diane Jenkins

Former head writer Maria Arena Bell was heavily criticized for the writing for West; Zap2it said Bell missed an opportunity to focus on Diane's rivalry with Jack.

Ellen Weston

In 2003 John Conboy, executive producer of Guiding Light hired Weston, who worked for him on The Young and the Restless when she played Suzanne Lynch from 1978 to 1980 and Capitol, as the head writer.

Frank Vertosick

Vertosick is also a black belt in tang soo do and was a consultant to the head writer of the TV drama Chicago Hope.

George Reinblatt

He has also been a writer for Rick Mercer's Monday Report, was the head writer for Canada's Walk of Fame in 2006, and has been a writer at Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival, where he has written for the likes of John Cleese, Tina Fey, Kelly Ripa, William Shatner, Howie Mandel, Jason Alexander, Dame Edna, Joan Rivers, George Lopez, Tom Arnold and James Belushi, amongst others.

George Reinholt

He was fired from Another World in 1975 when head writer Harding Lemay wrote him out of the program.

Jamy Ian Swiss

He also served as head writer and associate director for The Virtual Magician starring Marco Tempest, which aired in 45 countries; created, produced and performed in the Discovery Channel documentary, Cracking the Con Games; and has consulted on feature films including The Fantasticks.

John Burgmeier

John Burgmeier (born October 24, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American anime voice actor, ADR script/head writer and the son of voice actress, Linda Young.

Jonathan Llyr

During the show's final year, Llyr also assumed writing duties, after fellow cast member and head writer Denis McGrath left the series.

Josh Griffith

During the strike, he took over as head writer and to do this, he accepted Financial core status with the WGA.

Karen Kilgariff

Karen served as the head writer for The Rosie Show which aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

She was the head writer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show and occasionally appears on screen in sketches and other segments.

Louis M. Heyward

He also wrote material for The Ernie Kovacs Show, eventually becoming head writer for that series.

Megan McTavish

(The show was notable for allowing actors to contribute as writers; its final head writer, Pam Long, had been portraying the front-burner role of Ashley).

Neil Arksey

As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Neil has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads (TV series), River City, Family Affairs and Mile High.

New Age Vaudeville

Throughout its 4-year run, O'Donnell co-produced and wrote while McKenzie co-produced and directed numerous productions starring themselves and actors Megan Cavanagh, Todd Erickson, Bobby McGuire, Peter Neville, Michael Dempsey, Caroline Schless, Lisa Keefe, Tom Purcell (head writer, Colbert Report), and Del Close.

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Walter B. Gibson, co-creator/writer of The Shadow pulp novels, was fired when he asked for a raise in 1946, and then became head writer for the Nick Carter radio series.

Saint Seiya Omega

The creative staff, including character designer Umakoshi and head writer Reiko Yoshida, previously worked under flagship Saint Seiya director Shigeyasu Yamauchi, either on the original Saint Seiya anime adaptation (director Morio Hatano was assistant director of its fifth film), or on his other works, such as Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu and Casshern Sins.

Samantha Strauss

Samantha Strauss is the co-creator and head writer of the award winning 52-part ABC teen drama series Dance Academy.

Sebastian Cluer

Affectionately referred to as their George Martin, Cluer's status on KvS saw him fulfill duties as Director, Series Director, Head Writer and Associate Producer among many other roles.

Selma Diamond

Diamond was reputed to have been the inspiration for the Sally Rogers character on The Dick Van Dyke Show (played by the similarly raspy-voiced Rose Marie), which centered on the head writer for a fictitious, mercurial television comedian.

The B.S. of A. with Brian Sack

TheBlaze never made an announcement of the show's cancellation; instead, host Brian Sack and head writer Jack Helmuth made the announcement via Twitter.

Tom Whedon

In the 1970s, Tom Whedon (along with Stone) worked for the Children's Television Workshop, becoming head writer for the award winning show The Electric Company.

Union Bridge, Maryland

Bill Oakley, former co-executive producer and head writer for The Simpsons and Mission Hill

Wisner Washam

From 1989 to 1992, Washam served as Associate Head Writer (alongside Broderick through 1991, followed by Megan McTavish), with Nixon head writing the show.