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Scott Hamner (born 1956[1]), is an American television writer. He is the son of Earl Hamner Jr., who turned his autobiography into The Waltons.

Positions held

• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Actor, television movie: 1971)
• Berrenger's (Writer, 2 episodes: 1985)
• Boone (Writer, 2 episodes: 1983–84)
• Dynasty (Story and/or writer and/or teleplay and/or story editor: Season 6, 1985–86)
• Falcon Crest (Writer, 4 episodes: 1982–86)
• Knots Landing (Writer, 7 episodes: 1982–91. Story editor, 8 episodes: 1991)
• The Waltons (Writer, 3 episodes: 1981)
• Second Chances (Executive Story Editor, entire series: 1993–94)
• As the World Turns (Writer, Script Writer, 6 episodes: 1995)
• Port Charles (Writer, Associate Head Writer, Head Writer: 1997–2000)
• The Young and the Restless (Story and/or writer, Co-Head writer: 2006–12)

Awards and nominations

Hamner, as part of the writing teams that he has worked with, has been nominated six times (As the World Turns: 1996, The Young and the Restless: 2007–08 and 2010–12) for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Drama Series Writing Team, winning the Emmy in 2011.

Hamner and his writing colleagues were also nominated five times (The Young and the Restless: 2007–08, 2010 and 2012–13) for a Writers Guild of America Award in the category Daytime Serials, winning the award in 2008, 2010 and 2013.[2]

References

External links

• Scott Hamner at IMDb 
• CBS Daytime: Y&R
• Hamner 2006 Interview

Preceded by Lynn Marie Latham	Head Writer of Port Charles May 7, 1999 – February 3, 2000	Succeeded by Karen Harris Jonathon Estrin
Preceded by Lynn Marie Latham Kay Alden John F. Smith	Co-Head Writer of The Young and the Restless (with Lynn Marie Latham: 10/26/06-12/22/07) (with Kay Alden: 10/26/06-12/22/06) (with John F. Smith: 10/26/06-11/10/06) October 26, 2006 - December 22, 2007	Succeeded by Josh Griffith Maria Arena Bell
Preceded by Josh Griffith Maria Arena Bell	Co-Head Writer of The Young and the Restless (with Maria Arena Bell) (with Josh Griffith: 04/15/08-04/21/08) April 15 - May 8, 2008	Succeeded by Maria Arena Bell
Preceded by Maria Arena Bell Hogan Sheffer	Co-Head Writer of The Young and the Restless (with Hogan Sheffer) (with Maria Arena Bell:8/11/08-10/22/12) (with Josh Griffith: 10/22/12-11/2/12) August 11, 2008 - November 2, 2012	Succeeded by Josh Griffith Hogan Sheffer

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