American television writer, producer and director
Charles Pratt Jr. |
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Born | (1955-01-06) January 6, 1955 (age 69) |
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Other names |
- Charles A. Pratt Jr.
- Chuck Pratt
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Citizenship | American |
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Occupation(s) | television writer, producer, director |
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
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
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
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
The Apostles (directed by David McNally)
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
Executive producing tenure
References
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