Edward J. Scott

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Edward J. Scott
Born
Edward James Scott

(1944-09-15) September 15, 1944 (age 79)
Occupation producer
Years active1976 – present
Spouse
(m. 1985)
Children3

Edward James Scott (born September 15, 1944) is an American soap opera producer. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts from California State University at Northridge with a double major of anthropology and broadcasting journalism. He has been married since 1985 to actress Melody Thomas Scott, who is best known for her role as Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless . The couple have three daughters: Jennifer, Alexandra, and Elizabeth. They renewed their wedding vows on their 20th wedding anniversary in an Entertainment Tonight special, ranked #1 in its timeslot.[ citation needed ]

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Career

Scott is a five-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer and is partnered with producer/writer Brendan Burns in the film and television production company Scott/Burns. [1] Scott received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series [2] as executive producer of the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives in 2009. [3]

Formerly executive producer of the #1-ranked CBS television daytime drama, The Young and the Restless for over 25 years, Scott helmed the daytime drama through a[ when? ] record-breaking, 20 year plus, 1,000 week plus reign as the #1 American daytime television drama (according to Nielsen). Under the Scott regime, CBS television also secured the #1 dominance in the day part, a record it held for more than two decades (according to Nielsen).

Scott had a 25-year producing partnership and creative collaboration with William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell (the co-creators of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful ), the two most popular daily American television series worldwide. Both daytime dramas are syndicated internationally to a combined total of over 125 markets worldwide, with a combined daily viewing audience in excess of 100 million viewers on six continents.

During Scott's tenure as executive producer of The Young and the Restless, the series received five Daytime Emmy Awards [4] for Outstanding Drama Series, accumulating more Emmy nominations in that category and in all other categories than any other drama series in the history of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2000 alone, the series received 28 Emmy Award nominations, a record for both American primetime and daytime television, an accomplishment acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records. Scott received a total of 5 Emmy Awards (2007, 1993, 1986, 1985, 1983) and 14 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Daytime Drama for The Young and the Restless.

Under Scott's leadership, the show also received a People's Choice Award, TV Guide Reader's Poll, and more NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Daytime Drama than any other American television series, primetime or daytime.

Upcoming Projects

Scott is in a producing partnership with producer/screenwriter Brendan Burns on the following film and television projects:

Positions held

The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Associate producer (1976–1978)
Producer (1978–1986)
Executive producer (1986–2001)
Supervising producer (2004 – June 15, 2007)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Executive consultant (July 25, 2007 – August 29, 2007)
Co-Executive producer (August 30, 2007 to September 16, 2008)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Producer (September 2010–2011)
Supervising producer (2011–present)

Awards and nominations

Edward J. Scott has been nominated and won numerous Daytime Emmy Awards and Producers Guild of America Awards.

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1979 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series The Young and the Restless Nominated [9]
1983 Won
1985 Won
1986 Won
1987 Nominated
1988 Nominated
1989 Nominated
1990 Nominated
1991 Nominated
1992 Nominated
1993 Won
1994 Nominated
1995 Nominated
1996 Nominated
1997 Nominated
1998 Nominated
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated
2001 Nominated
2002 Nominated
2005 Nominated
2006 Nominated
2007 Won [lower-alpha 1]
2008 Nominated
2009 Days of Our Lives Nominated
2011 The Bold and the Beautiful Won
2013 Nominated
2013 Nominated
2014 Nominated
2015 Nominated
2016 Nominated
2017 Nominated
2018 Nominated
2019 Nominated
2020 Nominated
2021 Nominated
2022 Nominated
2023 Nominated
2024 Nominated

Notes

  1. Tied with Guiding Light .

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References

  1. Scott / Burns
  2. 2009 Daytime Emmy Award nomination
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  4. five Emmy Awards
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Executive Producing Tenure

Preceded by Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless
(with William J. Bell)

January 1987 – January 2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ken Corday
Stephen Wyman
Executive Producer of Days of Our Lives
(with Ken Corday)

August 30, 2007 – September 16, 2008
Succeeded by
Ken Corday
Gary Tomlin