Frederick Johnson is an American writer known for his work on television soap operas. He has won five Emmy Awards and five

Writers Guild of America Awards The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility T ...

. He is an alumnus of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

Positions held

All My Children *Associate Head Writer (Fall 1993 - 1998: hired by

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; July 1999 - June 30, 2003: hired by

)

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...

(hired by

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) *Associate Head Writer (September 2004 - June 7, 2005)

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

*Script Writer (1989; March 17, 2006 - August 23, 2006: hired by

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) *Story Consultant (1988–1989; hired by

) Days of Our Lives *Associate Head Writer (November 24, 2006 - January 24, 2008: hired by

) Guiding Light (hired by James Harmon Brown & Barbara Esensten) *Associate Head Writer (1998–1999) One Life to Live (hired by

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& Brian Frons) *Associate Head Writer (December 22, 2008 - May 24, 2010)

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

*Script Writer (1989–1993) * Story Consultant (1988–1989: hired by

)

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards NOMINATION *(2005 & 2006; Best Writing; As The World Turns) *(1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001–2004; Best Writing; All My Children) *(1999; Best Writing; Guiding Light) *(1992 & 1993; Best Writing; Y&R) WIN *(2005; Best Writing; As The World Turns) *(1996, 1997, 1998; Best Writing; All My Children) *(1992; Best Writing; The Young And The Restless) Writers Guild of America Award NOMINATION *(2009, 2010 seasons; One Life to Live) *(2005 season; As The World Turns) *(1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2003 seasons; All My Children) *(1998 season; Guiding Light) WIN *(1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 season; All My Children)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Frederick American soap opera writers American male television writers American television writers Writers Guild of America Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Cornell University alumni