Lynn Marie Latham is an American television writer, producer, and showrunner. [1] Her initial foray into writing for television was as a story editor for the series Berrenger's in 1985. That same year, Latham became a writer for the nighttime serial Knots Landing .
In 1991, she and husband Bernard Lechowick created the prime-time drama Homefront , based in the post-World War II era. Latham co-created the television dramas Wild Card , Hotel Malibu , and Second Chances . In addition to serving as Executive Producer on those series, Latham also executive-produced The District and That's Life . She was a creative consultant on both Savannah and Pacific Palisades , a writer and producer on Knots Landing, and head writer for the ABC Daytime soap opera Port Charles . Latham served as both Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless from 2006 to 2007. Her first episode as Y&R's head writer garnered 5,304,000 viewers while All My Children and Days of Our Lives received 3,235,000 and 3,972,000 viewers respectively.[ citation needed ]
Latham's father, John H. Latham, was a Western writer who published seven novels and over a thousand short stories. Her cousin, Aaron Latham, wrote the article that inspired the movie Urban Cowboy .[ citation needed ]
Knots Landing (head writer from September 1986 - May 1991)
The following episodes were written by Latham
Lynn Marie Latham & Bernard Lechowick
Lynn Marie Latham & Dianne Messina Stanley
Lynn Marie Latham & James Stanley
Bernard Lechowick & Lynn Marie Latham
Lynn Marie Latham Solo Credits: