Addie Walsh
Encyclopedia
Positions held
All My ChildrenAll My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
- Associate Head Writer: April 2000 - April 2002; July 2003 - January 14, 2008 (hired by Megan McTavishMegan McTavishMegan McTavish is an American television actress and soap opera writer. McTavish is best known for several head writing stints on All My Children.-Early career:...
); March 19, 2008 – Present
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...
- Co-Head WriterHead writerA 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...
: 1997 - Associate Head Writer: 1995 - 1999
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
- Associate Head Writer: November 7, 1999–2000 (hired Sally Sussman MorinaSally Sussman Morina-Personal Life:She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer. She was in the running to become the Head Writer of Loving in 1991.-Positions held:Freshman Dorm*WriterAnother World*Script Writer: 1996Days of our Lives...
), 2002–2003
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
(hired by Pamela K. Long)
- Associate Head Writer: 1983 - 1986
Loving
Loving (TV series)
Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
- Head WriterHead writerA 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...
: 1991 - 1992 (resigned in 1992 after dispute with Executive ProducerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
Haidee GrangerHaidee GrangerHaidee S. Granger is an English and American TV producer, writer, executive and media consultant.-Early life and career:Born in South Africa and raised both there and in London, Granger studied art and worked for a time as an animation artist. Granger opened and ran Granada TV's American operations...
) - Co-Head Writer: 1994 (rehired by Josie Emmerich in 1994 and paired with Laurie McCarthy)
Riviera (TV series)
- Creator: 1990-1991
One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
- Associate Head Writer: 1987 - 1991
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...
- Co-Head Writer: 1986
Texas
Texas (TV series)
Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. Created by John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and Paul Rauch, the show was a spinoff of Another World...
- Breakdown Writer: 1982
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
- Nomination, 2001–2004, Best Writing, All My Children
- Nomination, 1996 and 2000, Best Writing, As the World Turns
- Nomination, 1990, Best Writing One Life to Live
- Win, 1986, Best Writing, Guiding Light
- Nomination, 1985, Best Writing, Guiding Light
Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
- Win, 2000 and 2001 and 2003 seasons, All My Children
- Nomination, 1997 and 1998 seasons, As the World Turns
- Nomination, 1993 season, Loving
- Nomination, 1984 and 1985 seasonsGuiding Light