Charles Pratt, Jr.

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Charles Pratt, Jr.
Born (1955-01-06) January 6, 1955 (age 69)
Other names <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Charles A. Pratt, Jr.
  • Chuck Pratt
Citizenship American
Occupation television writer, producer, director

Charles Pratt, Jr. (born January 6, 1955[citation needed]) is an American television writer, producer and director. In September 2014, it was revealed that Pratt had been hired as head writer and co-executive producer of The Young and the Restless.[1]

Daytime soap opera positions held

All My Children (hired by Brian Frons)

  • Head Writer: August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010
  • Co-Head Writer (with Lorraine Broderick): February 8 – 15, 2010
  • Consulting Producer: August 20, 2008 – November 2009

General Hospital

Santa Barbara

  • Script Writer: 1985–1986
  • Co-Head Writer (with Anne Howard Bailey): December 1986 – January 1989
  • Head Writer: January 1989 – May 1990

Sunset Beach

  • Created show with Robert Guza, Jr. and Josh Griffith
  • Executive Storyline Consultant: 1997

The Young and the Restless (hired by Jill Farren Phelps)

Other positions held

Beverly Hills, 90210

  • Director: January 28, 1998 – "Rebound"

Cruel Intentions 2

  • Executive Producer: 2000

Desperate Housewives

Gabriel's Fire

  • Executive Storyline Consultant: 1991
  • Writer: 1990-1991; "Postcards from the Faultline", "Belly of the Beast", “Windows”

The Lying Game

  • Executive Producer: 2011–2013
  • Developer

Melrose Place

  • Writer: 1992–1999
  • Executive Producer: Late 1990s
  • Director: 1996–1999
  • Wrote and directed the last episode

Models Inc.

  • Executive Producer: 1994

Pacific Palisades

  • Consultant
  • Director

The Colbys

  • Writer: January 16, 1986 – "The Turning Point"

Titans

  • Head Writer: 2000
  • Executive Producer: 2000

Ugly Betty

  • Consulting Producer: 2007–2010

The Apostles (directed by David McNally)

  • Creator: 2007

Full House

  • "A Pinch for a Pinch" aired on October 26, 1990.

Awards and nominations

Pratt Jr. has been nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys. He won the 1991 Emmy for Outstanding Writing Team with Sheri Anderson, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Maralyn Thoma, Josh Griffith, Robert Guza, Jr., Linda Hammer, Lynda Myles, Frank Salisbury, and Richard Culliton

Head writing tenure

Preceded by Head Writer of Santa Barbara
(with Anne Howard Bailey: December 1986–January 1989)

December 1986 – May 1990
Succeeded by
Sheri Anderson
Maralyn Thoma
Preceded by Head Writer of General Hospital
(with Robert Guza, Jr.)

June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006
Succeeded by
Robert Guza, Jr.
Preceded by Head Writer of All My Children
(with Lorraine Broderick: February 8–15, 2010)

August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010
Succeeded by
Lorraine Broderick
Preceded by Head Writer of The Young and the Restless
(with Tracey Thomson)
(with Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante: January 16–March 18, 2015)

January 16, 2015 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

Executive producing tenure

Preceded by Executive Producer of Santa Barbara
(with Bridget and Jerome Dobson)

October – November 1984
Succeeded by
Bridget and Jerome Dobson
Mary-Ellis Bunim
Preceded by Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless
(with Jill Farren Phelps)

January 16, 2015 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

External links