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.
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Controversy
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 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] | ” |
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— Megan McTavish
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Positions held
- Writer - James Harmon Brown
- Co-Head Writers: July 26, 2007 - January 14, 2008; January 30 - August 26, 2008
- Script Editors: November 2006 - May 2007
- Script Editors: October 2004 - October 2005
- Co-Head Writers: November 2000 - July 2003[citation needed]
- Co-Head Writers: 1997 - 2000
- Co-Head Writers: 1994 - November 1995
- Creators
- Co-Head Writers: November 1995 - March 1997
HW History
| Preceded by Michael Conforti Victor Miller |
Head Writer of Guiding Light 1997-2000 |
Succeeded by Claire Labine |
| Preceded by Megan McTavish (no HW listed before they joined) |
Head Writer of All My Children July 26, 2007 - January 14, 2008 January 30 - August 26, 2008 |
Succeeded by Charles Pratt Jr. |
References
- ^ "AMC hits new record lows". Soap Opera Network. http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=22991.
- ^ Steinberg, Jacques. "Soap-Operas Are the Hidden Drama of the Strike". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/arts/television/21soap.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
External links
- James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten at the Internet Movie Database
- James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten at TV.com
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