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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
Harmon Brown and Esensten are somewhat controversial, their writing often drifts into the absurd and sci-fi. 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.[1] The show reached a record low of 2,144,000 viewers on Friday, 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;
These are not youngsters struggling to make mortgage payments or feed their children. Their sole intent now seems to be piling up more money for themselves.[2]
— Megan McTavish
Positions held
- Writer - James Harmon Brown
- Head Writers (July 2007 - January 14, 2008; January 30 2008 - present)
| Writers | Possible Additions |
|---|---|
| J.H. Brown, B. Esensten; C. Hayes, S. Demorest, M. Kanelos, K. Hall, Ron Renauld [1], H.H. Smith, J. Cohen, R. Taylor, M. Patrick, A.L. Beall, J. Beldner, K. Lewis, A. Walsh, C. Bugler, Tara Walsh | Heidi Adam, Robert Bella [2], James Bosley [3], Richard Polonetsky, Barry Brodsky [4], P. D'Andrea [5], D. Fenton, R. Fulghum, S. S. Collier, S. Kirshenbaum [6], L. Shaffer, Quinn Eli [7], B. Garshman, J. Barker ([8] [9], [10], [11],[12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]), David Barr III [23] |
- Script Editors (Nov 2006-May 2007)
- Script Editors (Oct 2004-Oct 2005)
- Head Writers (Nov 2000-July 2003)
- Head Writers (Nov 1995-Oct 2000)
- Head Writers (late 1994 - Nov 1995, series end)
- Creators and Head writers for entire run (Nov 1995 - March 1997)
References
- ^ "AMC hits new record lows". Soap Opera Network.
{{cite web}}: Text "access date November 15, 2007" ignored (help) - ^ Steinberg, Jacques. "Soap-Operas Are the Hidden Drama of the Strike". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
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