# Charles Pratt Jr.

Charles Pratt Jr. (born January 6, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director.
In September 2014, it was revealed that Pratt had been hired as head writer and co-executive producer of The Young and the Restless. In September 2016, it was confirmed that Pratt was leaving his position at The Young and the Restless to become show-runner and executive producer of the primetime series Star. In 2021, He was hired to be a producer on the Disney Channel Original Mystery Series, Secrets of Sulphur Springs. The show premiered in January.

## Daytime soap opera positions held

All My Children (hired by Brian Frons)
* Head writer: August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010
* Co-head writer (with Lorraine Broderick): February 8 – 15, 2010
* Consulting producer: August 20, 2008 – November 2009
General Hospital
* Consulting producer: May 2004 – March 28, 2006
* Head writer (with Robert Guza Jr.): June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006
* Script Writer: 1982–1984
Santa Barbara
* Script Writer: 1985–1986
* Co-head writer (with Anne Howard Bailey): December 1986 – January 1989
* Head writer: January 1989 – May 1990
Sunset Beach
* Created show with Robert Guza Jr. and Josh Griffith
* Executive Storyline Consultant: 1997
The Young and the Restless (hired by Jill Farren Phelps)
* Head writer: January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016
* Executive Producer (with Jill Farren Phelps): January 16, 2015 – July 12, 2016; (with Mal Young): July 13, 2016 – December 6, 2016

## Other positions held

Beverly Hills, 90210
* Director: January 28, 1998 – "Rebound"
Cruel Intentions 2
* Executive Producer: 2001
Desperate Housewives
* Executive Producer: Pilot
* Consulting Producer: 2004–2006
Gabriel's Fire
* Executive Storyline Consultant: 1991
* Writer: 1990-1991; "Postcards from the Faultline", "Belly of the Beast", “Windows”
The Lying Game
* Executive Producer: 2011–2013
* Developer
Melrose Place
* Writer: July 15, 1992 – May 24, 1999
* Supervising Producer: 1993–1994
* Co-Executive Producer: September 11, 1995 – May 24, 1999
* Director: 1996–1999
* Wrote and directed the last episode
Models Inc.
* Executive Producer: 1994-1995
Pacific Palisades
* Consultant
* Director
The Colbys
* Writer: January 16, 1986 – "The Turning Point"
Titans
* Head writer: 2000
* Executive Producer: 2000
Ugly Betty
* Consulting Producer: 2007–2010
Secrets of a Small Town
* Creator: 2006
The Apostles (directed by David McNally)
* Creator: 2008
Full House
* Writer: "A Pinch for a Pinch" aired on October 26, 1990.
Star
* Executive Producer: 2016–2017

## Awards and nominations

Pratt has been nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys. He won the 1991 Emmy for Outstanding Writing Team, with Sheri Anderson, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Maralyn Thoma, Josh Griffith, Robert Guza Jr., Linda Hammer, Lynda Myles, Frank Salisbury, and Richard Culliton.

## Head writing tenure

| Preceded byBridget and Jerome Dobson | Head writer of Santa Barbara (with Anne Howard Bailey: December 1986–January 1989) December 1986 – May 1990 | Succeeded bySheri Anderson Maralyn Thoma |
| Preceded byMegan McTavish | Head writer of General Hospital (with Robert Guza Jr.) June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006 | Succeeded byRobert Guza Jr. |
| Preceded byJames Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten | Head writer of All My Children (with Lorraine Broderick: February 8–15, 2010) August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010 | Succeeded byLorraine Broderick |
| Preceded byShelly Altman Jean Passanante Tracey Thomson | Head writer of The Young and the Restless (with Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante and Tracey Thomson: January 16–March 18, 2015) January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016 | Succeeded bySally Sussman Morina |

## Executive producing tenure

| Preceded byBridget and Jerome Dobson Jeffrey Hayden | Executive Producer of Santa Barbara (with Bridget and Jerome Dobson) October – November 1984 | Succeeded byBridget and Jerome Dobson Mary-Ellis Bunim |
| Preceded byJill Farren Phelps | Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless (with Jill Farren Phelps: January 16, 2015 – July 12, 2016) (with Mal Young: July 13 – December 6, 2016) January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016 | Succeeded byMal Young Sally Sussman |