Patrick Mulcahey

Patrick Mulcahey is an award-winning American television writer who graduated from Yale University.

Among his accomplishments, Mulcahey wrote "The Bold and the Beautiful"'s 5,000th episode. In a recent interview, he acknowledged his close friendships with CBS Daytime's Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom, Robert Guza Jr., Nancy Lee Grahn, and the late Douglas Marland. He described the working relationship between Wendy Riche and Guza Jr. as "oil and water", and speaks highly of her. He also spoke highly of former "Guiding Light" head writer, Nancy Curlee, calling her a "meticulous" writer whose presence is greatly missed on daytime television. He accused Gloria Monty of decimating General Hospital, and called Jackie Smith and John Conboy "clueless and comical". [cite web | title=Patrick Mulcahey| publisher= Soap Town USA| access date November 15, 2007 | url=http://www.soaptownusa.com/PatrickMulcahey.html ]

Writing positions

* "The Bold And The Beautiful"
* Script Writer (June 2005 - January 4, 2008; April 18, 2008 - Present)

"General Hospital"
* Associate Head/Breakdown Writer (1998- October 1999)
* Script Writer (1996 - October 1999)

"Guiding Light"
* Co-Head Writer (1994)
* Breakdown Writer (1993-1994)
* Script Writer (1992-1994)
* Head Writer (1982)

"Santa Barbara"
* Script Writer (1987-1990)

"Texas"
*Script Writer (1980-1981)

Awards and nominations

Mulcahey has been nominated for 10 Daytime Emmy Awards, beginning in 1982 for "Guiding Light", and received four Emmys. He also has been nominated for 8 Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA), and won 3 times (1990, 1991 & 1997). [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1011786/awards]

References

External Links

* [http://www.sarahbrown.net/sid99.html SarahBrown: SID Interview]
* [http://www.theatrereviews.com/pastreviews/tempest.htm]
* [http://soapzone.com/newsroom.php/gh/news/08-Oct-2007]
* [http://stephennichols.net/articles/00s/questions.html]