John F. Smith

John F. Smith is an American soap opera writer and producer. During the WGA strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working. [http://www.wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2828] [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003797508]

Smith is best known for his stints as head writer of "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless". However, during Smith's tenure on "Y&R", its ratings dropped by over two million viewers. Most of the loss occurred in 2004 when Smith co-wrote the show with longtime Y&R scribe Kay Alden. It should be noted that all soap operas during this period experienced a similar scale of massive audience erosion.

Positions Held

"The Bold and the Beautiful"
*Script Writer: January 22 2008 - present
*Breakdown Writer: January 22 2008 - present
*Executive Storyline Consultant: 2002 - 2003
*Associate Head Writer: 1987 - 2002

"The Young and the Restless"
*Co-Head Writer: 2002 - September 2006
*Executive Producer: April 2005 - May 12 2006
*Co-Executive Producer: 2003 - April 2005
*Associate Head Writer: 1986 - 2002
*Script Writer: 1982 - 1986

Awards & Nominations

Smith has been nominated for and won numerous Daytime Emmy, Writers Guild of America, and Producers Guild of America Awards.

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/daytime CBS Daytime: Y&R & B&B]