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==Writing history== |
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Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. During the WGA strike, he took over as Head Writer of The Young and the Restless. To do this, he moved to Financial core status with the WGA. Maria Arena Bell, a former writer at The Bold and the Beautiful and daughter-in-law of Y&R creator William J. Bell, joined him as Co-Head Writer. During Griifith's first full week as Head Writer, Y&R averaged 5,713,000 million viewers from December 31 2007 to January 4 2008, a decrease of 188,000 viewers from the comparable week in 2007. During his tenure as Executive Producer, Y&R reached a record low of 4,380,000 viewers on June 13 2008. The previous lows were 4,491,000 viewers on May 9 2008, and 4,805,000 viewers on August 31 2007. (Nielsen Media Research)
Positions held
- Associate Head Writer: 1991 - 1994, March 23 2004 - September 28 2004
- Co-Head Writer: 1994 - 1995, March 10 2003 - March 21 2004
- Head Writer: February 3, 2003 - March 7 2003
- Breakdown Writer: 1988 - 1991
- Script Writer: 1988 - 1991
- Co-Creator: (with Robert Guza, Jr.) 1997
- Breakdown Writer: July 13 2006 - October 2006
- Creative Consultant: July 7 2006 - September 2006
- Co-Executive Producer: October 2006 - January 28 2008
- Head writer: December 26 2007 - April 21 2008
- Executive Producer: January 29 2008 - present
Writing history
Griffith has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards.
Y&R Main Crew
| HW | Associate/Breakdown/Script | Producers/Consultants | Directors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Arena Bell; Hogan Sheffer | Scott Hamner, Paula Cwikly, Cherie Bennett, Darin Goldberg [1], Christian McLaughlin, Sandra Weintraub, Linda Schreiber, Shelley Meals, D.M. Stanley, Barbara Bloom, N.M. Slater, Eric Freiwald, Jeff Gottesfeld, Valerie Ahern, James Stanley, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Jay Gibson, Lisa Seidman, Marc Parent, Thom Racina, Amanda L. Beall | Josh Griffith (EP), John Fisher, Anthony Morina, Josh O'Connell, Matthew J. Olson, Steve Kent, Bill Bell Jr. | Susan Strickler, Phideaux Xavier, Sally McDonald, Andrew Lee, John Zak, Jill Ackles, Marc Berutti, Dean LaMont, Jim Sayegh, Grant A. Johnson |
| Colleagues of Josh Griffith |
|---|
| Linda Gottlieb, David Cherrill, Becky Cole, Lloyd Gold, Matthew T. Gannon, Jeffrey Sweet [2], James Fryman, Leslie Kwartin, Rick Draughon [3], Meg Bennett |
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards NOMINATIONS
- (2006; Best Writing; ATWT)
- (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996; Best Writing; OLTL)
- (1989-1991; Best Writing; SB)
WINS
- (1994; Best Writing; OLTL)
- (1989 and 1991; Best Writing; SB)
Writers Guild of America Award
- WGA NOMINATIONS: (2006 Season; Y&R); (2005 Season; ATWT); (1992, 1994, 2003 Season; OLTL); (1990 and 1991 Season; SB); (1997 Season; Sunset Beach)
WGA WINS: (1992 Season; OLTL); (1990 and 1991 Season; SB)