has made a change in head writers. Veteran writer Patrick Mulcahey and current GH script editor/historian Elizabeth Korte are assuming the roles of co-head writers. GH scribes Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor will be departing the show.
Mulcahey is known to savvy soap fans for his well-crafted dialogue. The scribe got his first break by writing for the gone-but-never-forgotten NBC soap , which starred Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington Wheeler. He’s written for , , , , and . Mulcahey has won seven Daytime Emmys for writing soap operas.
He’s been awarded two Writers Guild of America Awards (both for writing ).
When shows need a strong powerful script, they’ve turned to Mulcahey. He wrote Stephanie’s heart attack revelation and fallout and numerous Eric (John McCook) v. Stephanie (Susan Flannery) showdowns on B&B and also, Mason Capwell (Lane Davies) ripping into his family on . He co-wrote the teleplay to‘s two-hour premiere movie with series head writer, Douglas Marland.
Viewers will remain divided till the end of time as to whether or not it was a good idea to kill off Maureen Bauer (Ellen Parker) on GL but few can deny that the funeral and aftermath episodes were daytime drama at its finest as Maureen’s family and loved ones dealt with her immeasurable loss.
Mulcahey wrote the dialogue for those episodes.
Korte began her GH career 30 years ago in the script continuity department and has held a variety of positions on the writing team over the years.
became the show’s head writing team in the summer of 2019. O’Connor began his daytime writing career at . He’s won three Writers Guild of America awards for his work on GH. Van Etten also started at OLTL (in 2006). He has won one Writers Guild of America Award for writing GH.
