Patrick Mulcahey

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Patrick Mulcahey is an American television writer who briefly attended Yale University.

Career

Among his accomplishments, Mulcahey wrote The Bold and the Beautiful's 5,000th episode. In a recent interview, he acknowledged his close friendships with CBS Daytime's Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom, Robert Guza Jr., Nancy Lee Grahn, and the late Douglas Marland. He described the working relationship between Wendy Riche (former Executive Producer of GH) and Guza Jr. as "oil and water", and speaks highly of her. He also spoke highly of former Guiding Light Head Writer, Nancy Curlee, calling her a "meticulous" writer whose presence is greatly missed on daytime television.

He seemingly accused Gloria Monty of decimating General Hospital, and called Jackie Smith and John Conboy "clueless and comical". [1] However, in a later interview with TV Guide (Canada) he clarified that he wasn't accusing Gloria Monty of decimating General Hospital. In fact, that opinion he stated was a "interpretation of something I said about GH, which I believe to be true — and that was that GH is very difficult to write because the generational structure of the show, with the exception of the Quartermaines, was decimated. By the time I got to GH, the Baldwins and all the rest of the families were gone. At least our families are still intact on The Bold and the Beautiful. But you know, Nelson, soaps are not about romance — they are about families. If two people fall in love, murder each other, or rob a bank, no one cares if no one is connected to those characters [and creates a fuss]. To me, that was something Monty didn’t care about, but at the same time, I wouldn’t say she destroyed the show in any sense. Obviously she gave it new life." [2]

Writing positions

The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)

General Hospital

Guiding Light

Santa Barbara

Texas

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Head writing tenure

Preceded by
Nancy Curlee
Stephen Demorest
Head writer of Guiding Light
(with Stephen Demorest, Leah Laiman, Millee Taggart and Nancy Williams Watt)

1994 August 1994
Succeeded by
Stephen Demorest
Leah Laiman
Millee Taggart
Nancy Williams Watt

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References

  1. "Patrick Mulcahey". Soap Town USA. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  2. "Interview: 'Santa Barbara' 25th Anniversary". TVGuide Canada.