Richard Culliton

Richard Culliton is a Daytime Emmy nominated television writer known for his work on soap operas.

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Daytime Emmy - Soap opera

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He began his television career in the 1980's writing for the CBS soap Guiding Light ( The longest running drama in this history of television ). He served as head writer of Another World from 1984 - 1985. He served in the writing staff of the ABC soap All My Children from 1991-1993 under the leadership of Megan McTavish and Felicia Minei Behr.

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1980's - CBS - Guiding Light - Another World - 1984 - 1985 - All My Children - 1991 - 1993 - Megan McTavish - Felicia Minei Behr

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He kept very busy in the late 1990's. In 1997, he created the General Hospital spin-off soap Port Charles along with his wife, and from 1997 to 1998 was head writer of both General Hospital and Another World.

Related Topics:
1997 - General Hospital - Port Charles - 1998

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After taking a short break he briefly joined the writing team of Days Of Our Lives and was shortly the head writer of As the World Turns.

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Days Of Our Lives - As the World Turns

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In the summer of 2001 head writer Jean Passanante moved to CBS' As the World Turns after creating many unpopular stories on All My Children. The show needed a new head writer, and Culliton was chosen to take on this job. After a drug pushing storyline (which was actually started by Passanante), dragged on too long, fans became frustrated at the shows slow pace. One of his more popular decisions was bringing back the character of Kendall (originated by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and currently played by Alicia Minshew) in early 2002. He was fired, however, as head writer in late 2002, and two of his writing staff took on writing duties for about 4 months until Megan McTavish could take over. Despite this he was nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards in 2002 & 2003. He won the Writers' Guild of America Award for Daytime Serials in 1998 for General Hospital and was nominated in 2002 for Days of Our Lives.

Related Topics:
2001 - Jean Passanante - Sarah Michelle Gellar - Alicia Minshew - 2002 - Writers' Guild of America Award

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