Pete T. Rich is an American television
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
script writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
. Rich, formerly a member of
Writers Guild of America, East
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is a labor union representing writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media.
The Writers Guild of America, East is affiliated with the Writers Guild of America West. Together the guilds admin ...
, left and maintained
financial core status during the
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.
The Writers Guild of America ...
.
Positions held
''
All My Children''
* Script Writer: 1994 - 1996
''
Days of Our Lives''
* Script Writer: 1993, October 4, 2011 – July 27, 2012
''
Guiding Light''
* Script Writer: 1984 - 1993, 1997–1999
''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...
''
* Script Writer: 1999 - 2008
''
Santa Barbara''
* Script Writer: 1993
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
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WINS
*(1986, 1990 & 1993; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1996; Best Writing; ''All My Children'')
*(2004; Best Original Song; ''Passions'')
*(2012; Best Writing; ''Days of Our Lives'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985, 1989, 1992 & 1999; Best Writing; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1995; Best Writing; ''All My Children'')
*(2001, 2002 & 2003; Best Writing; ''Passions'')
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
*(1992 season; ''Guiding Light'')
*(2014 season; ''Days of Our Lives'')
NOMINATIONS
*(1985, 1986, 1989, 1998 & 1999 seasons; ''Guiding Light'')
*(1994 season; ''Days of Our Lives'')
*(1996 season; ''All My Children'')
*(2001 season; ''Passions'')
References
External links
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American soap opera writers
American male television writers
American television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Writers Guild of America Award winners