Lynn Marie Latham

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 short-lived series Berrenger's in 1985. That same year, Latham became a writer for the nighttime serial Knots Landing.

Career

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.

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.

Positions held

Mama Malone

Berrenger's

Knots Landing (head writer from September 1985 - May 1990)

Homefront

Hotel Malibu

Live Through This

Pacific Palisades

Port Charles (hired by Angela Shapiro)

Savannah

Second Chances

That's Life

The District

Wild Card

The Young and the Restless (hired by Barbara Bloom & Steve Kent)

Knot's Landing Credits

The following episodes were written by Ms. 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:

Head Writing Tenure

Preceded by
Carolyn Culliton
Richard Culliton		 Head Writer of Port Charles
January 1998 – early 1999 		Succeeded by
Scott Hamner
Preceded by
Kay Alden
John F. Smith		 Head Writer of The Young and the Restless
(with Kay Alden: 2/16/06-12/22/06)
(with John F. Smith: 2/16/06-11/10/06)
(with Scott Hamner: 10/26/06-12/22/07)
February 16, 2006 – December 22, 2007 		Succeeded by
Josh Griffith
Maria Arena Bell

Executive Producing Tenure

Preceded by
John F. Smith (no EP listed before she joined)		 Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless
(with Josh Griffith)
October 25, 2006 – December 24, 2007 		Succeeded by
Josh Griffith

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.buzzsugar.com/2007-Daytime-Emmy-Award-Winners-323673

External links

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