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American television writer, producer and director
Charles Pratt Jr.
Born (1955-01-06) January 6, 1955 (age 69)
Other names
  • Charles A. Pratt Jr.
  • Chuck Pratt
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupation(s)television writer, producer, director

Charles Pratt Jr. (born January 6, 1955) 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. In September 2016, it was confirmed that Pratt was leaving his position at The Young and the Restless to become show-runner and executive producer of the primetime series Star. In 2021, He was hired to be a producer on the Disney Channel Original Mystery Series, Secrets of Sulphur Springs. The show premiered in January.

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: 2001

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: July 15, 1992 – May 24, 1999
  • Supervising Producer: 1993–1994
  • Co-Executive Producer: September 11, 1995 – May 24, 1999
  • Director: 1996–1999
  • Wrote and directed the last episode

Models Inc.

  • Executive Producer: 1994-1995

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

Secrets of a Small Town

  • Creator: 2006

The Apostles (directed by David McNally)

  • Creator: 2008

Full House

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

Star

  • Executive Producer: 2016–2017

Awards and nominations

Pratt 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 byBridget and Jerome Dobson Head writer of Santa Barbara
(with Anne Howard Bailey: December 1986–January 1989)
December 1986 – May 1990 		Succeeded bySheri Anderson
Maralyn Thoma
Preceded byMegan McTavish Head writer of General Hospital
(with Robert Guza Jr.)
June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006 		Succeeded byRobert Guza Jr.
Preceded byJames Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten Head writer of All My Children
(with Lorraine Broderick: February 8–15, 2010)
August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010 		Succeeded byLorraine Broderick
Preceded byShelly Altman
Jean Passanante
Tracey Thomson 		Head writer of The Young and the Restless
(with Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante and Tracey Thomson: January 16–March 18, 2015)
January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016 		Succeeded bySally Sussman Morina

Executive producing tenure

Preceded byBridget and Jerome Dobson
Jeffrey Hayden 		Executive Producer of Santa Barbara
(with Bridget and Jerome Dobson)
October – November 1984 		Succeeded byBridget and Jerome Dobson
Mary-Ellis Bunim
Preceded byJill Farren Phelps Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless
(with Jill Farren Phelps: January 16, 2015 – July 12, 2016)
(with Mal Young: July 13 – December 6, 2016)
January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016 		Succeeded byMal Young
Sally Sussman

References

  1. "Y&R Hires New Head Writer". Soap Opera Digest. September 19, 2014.
  2. Roots, Kimberly (September 13, 2016). "Ex-Y&R Headwriter Chuck Pratt Named New Showrunner of Lee Daniels' Star". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  3. "New Gig For Y&R's Charles Pratt, Jr". Soap Opera Digest. American Media, Inc. September 13, 2016.

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