James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten

James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten are American television writers, primarily working on soap operas. The duo have worked together for over 20 years starting on the prime-time soap "Dynasty". Together, they created the soap opera "The City", a spinoff of "Loving".

Controversy

Brown and Esensten are somewhat controversial, their writing often drifts into the absurd and sci-fi. Many consider them hack writers. When the two wrote for "Guiding Light" during the later part of the 1990s, the show's primary herione, Reva Shayne, was cloned, and when the duo would later write for "Port Charles", vampires were introduced, along with other supernatural creatures. Since the two have taken over as Head Writers at "All My Children", the show has plummeted to record lows in the ratings. [cite web | title=AMC hits new record lows | publisher= Soap Opera Network | access date November 15, 2007 | url=http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=22991 ] The show reached a record low of 2,144,000 viewers on November 2 2007.

Because of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Brown and Esensten went financial core within the guild, allowing them to write for "All My Children" because of financial strains brought on by the strike. Megan McTavish, the writer they replaced at "All My Children", was not happy, saying;

Positions held

"Dynasty"
*Writer - James Harmon Brown

"All My Children"
*Co-Head Writers: July 26 2007 - January 14 2008; January 30 - August 26 2008

"Days of our Lives"
*Script Editors: November 2006 - May 2007

"One Life to Live"
*Script Editors: October 2004 - October 2005

"Port Charles"
*Co-Head Writers: November 2000 - July 2003 Fact|date=August 2008

"Guiding Light"
*Co-Head Writers: 1997 - 2000

"Loving"
*Co-Head Writers: 1994 - November 1995

"The City"
*Creators
*Co-Head Writers: November 1995 - March 1997

HW History

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