Paula Cwikly
Encyclopedia
Paula Cwikly is an American soap opera
writer for the Daytime television
serial The Young and the Restless
. She was NBC Daytime's
director of daytime programming.
She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Dayton
.Batz, Bob (4 April 1998). UD GRAD MAKES MOST OF NBC'S DAYTIME, Dayton Daily News
, Retrieved December 11, 2010
Days of our Lives
Sunset Beach
The Young and the Restless
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
writer for the Daytime television
Daytime television
Daytime television is the general term for television shows produced that are intended to air during the daytime hours on weekdays. This article is about American daytime television, for information about international daytime television see Daytime television....
serial 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...
. She was NBC Daytime's
NBC Daytime
NBC Daytime is the schedule for the NBC television network's daytime television programming which consists of morning news program Today and soap opera Days of our Lives...
director of daytime programming.
She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Dayton
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...
.Batz, Bob (4 April 1998). UD GRAD MAKES MOST OF NBC'S DAYTIME, Dayton Daily News
Dayton Daily News
The Dayton Daily News is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. In the 2010 Associated Press Society of Ohio newspaper competition that takes place every year, DaytonDailyNews.com was named "the best large-newspaper web site in Ohio".-History:On August 15,...
, Retrieved December 11, 2010
Career
As the World TurnsAs 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...
- Breakdown Writer: 2003 - March 2, 2005, August 5, 2005 - January 6, 2006
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...
- 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...
: March 29, 2002 - March 6, 2003 - Associate Head Writer: 2000 - March 28, 2002, March 6, 2003 - September 3, 2003
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
- Writer: 1998 - 1999
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...
- Associate Head Writer: August 7, 2006 - June 2007
- Breakdown Writer: June 2007 - August 2007, January 2008-present
- Script Writer: June 2007 - August 2007, January 2008 - present
Awards and nominations
- Daytime Emmy Awards
- Nominated for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2004-06
- Winner for Best Writing; As The World Turns, 2005
- Writers Guild of America AwardWriters Guild of America AwardThe 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...
- Nomination for 2006 Season, The Young And The Restless); 2005 Season; As The World Turns; 2001 Season; Days of our Lives