Scott Hamner
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Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an American
United States
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 television
Television
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 writer
Writer
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. He was nominated for a WGA Award in 2006 for his work on CBS'
CBS Daytime
CBS Daytime is a television programming block on CBS. It's the branding for the CBS Television Network's late morning and early afternoon programming. The block has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows, and talk shows...

The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

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Positions held

The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

  • Story Consultant: July 2006 - September 2006
  • Breakdown Writer: July 2006 - October 2006
  • Co-Head Writer
    Head writer
    A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...

    : October 2006 - December 24, 2007, April 15 - May 9, 2008, August 11, 2008 - present
  • Associate Head Writer: May 12 - August 8, 2008


As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

  • Script Writer: 1994 - 1997


Port Charles
Port Charles
Port Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York...

  • Co-Head Writer: 1997 - 1999
  • Head Writer
    Head writer
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    : 1999 - 2000

  • The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Actor: 1971)
  • Berrenger's
    Berrenger's
    Berrenger's is an American primetime television soap opera created by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick that aired on NBC in 1985. The series revolved around the Berrenger family, a New York dynasty which owned the glamorous department store which bore their name.Following in the tradition of...

    (Story Editor
    Story editor
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    : 1985)
  • Boone
    Boone
    - Places :In the United States:* Boone, Colorado* Boone, Iowa* Boone, North Carolina* Boone Grove, Indiana* Boone Township, Minnesota* Boones Mill, Virginia* Boonesboro, Missouri* Boonesborough, Kentucky* Booneville...

  • Dynasty
    Dynasty (TV series)
    Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado...

    (Story Editor: 1986-1987)
  • Falcon Crest
    Falcon Crest
    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....

    (Writer: 1982 - 1984)
  • Knot's Landing (Writer: 1980s; Story Editor: 1990-1991)
  • The Waltons
    The Waltons
    The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...

  • Second Chances
    Second Chances (TV series)
    Second Chances is an American television series created and written by producers Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham. The series premiered December 2, 1993, on CBS. Its cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Connie Sellecca, Megan Follows, Michelle Phillips, and Matt Salinger...

    (Executive Story Editor: 1993-1994)
  • Zoe Busiek: Wild Card

Awards and nominations

Hamner has been nominated for several Daytime Emmys. In 1996, his nomination for Outstanding Writing In A Drama Series was shared with Juliet Law Packer
Juliet Law Packer
Juliet Law Packer is an American television writer. She graduated from Princeton University - 1974 and received a master's degree in film and television from Northwestern University - 1977...

, Richard Culliton
Richard Culliton
Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on soap operas. He has won four Writers Guild of America Awards, including one as a Head Writer, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University...

, Garin Wolf
Garin Wolf
-WGA Strike:During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Wolf chose Financial Core Status with the Writers Guild of America, stepping in for robert Guza Jr...

, Don Chastain
Don Chastain
Don Chastain was an American actor and screenwriter.He worked in television in Los Angeles and New York and toured the United States and Canada with major productions...

, Christina Covino
Christina Covino
-Positions held:All My Children* Script Writer *Breakdown Writer As the World Turns* Script Writer *Breakdown Writer -Awards and nominations:Daytime Emmy Award...

, Caroline Franz
Caroline Franz
-Career:After graduating with a Masters' degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1976, Ms. Franz began her daytime career as a writer for 'All My Children'...

, Patti Dizenzo, Susan Kirshenbaum
Susan Kirshenbaum
-Positions held:* Writer on All My Children; , As the World Turns , and Days of our Lives -Awards and nominations:...

, John Kuntz
John Kuntz
John Kuntz is an American television writer and actor. He has written for Guiding Light and As the World Turns . He has been nominated for six Daytime Emmys and two WGA Awards. Kuntz has received an Elliot Norton Award and New York International Fringe Festival Award.-Sources:** * *********...

, Meredith Post
Meredith Post
Meredith Post is an American television writer. When Douglas Marland died in 1993, she was in the running to become Head Writer of ATWT. That title went to Juliet Law Packer and Richard Backus.-Positions held:As the World Turns*Writer...

, Mary Ryan, Addie Walsh
Addie Walsh
-Positions held:All My Children*Associate Head Writer: April 2000 - April 2002; July 2003 - January 14, 2008 ; March 19, 2008 – PresentAs the World Turns*Co-Head Writer: 1997*Associate Head Writer: 1995 - 1999...

, Lorin Wertheimer

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