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Edward J. Scott | |
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Born | Edward James Scott September 15, 1944 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Occupation | producer |
Years active | 1976 – present |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
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 ]
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.
Scott is in a producing partnership with producer/screenwriter Brendan Burns on the following film and television projects:
Edward J. Scott has been nominated and won numerous Daytime Emmy Awards and Producers Guild of America Awards.
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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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 | ||||
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