Charles Pratt Jr.

Charles Pratt Jr. (born January 6, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director.

In September 2014, it was revealed that Pratt had been hired as head writer and co-executive producer of The Young and the Restless. In September 2016, it was confirmed that Pratt was leaving his position at The Young and the Restless to become show-runner and executive producer of the primetime series Star. In 2021, he was hired to be a producer on the Disney Channel Original Mystery Series Secrets of Sulphur Springs. The show premiered in January of that year.

Daytime soap opera positions held All My Children (hired by Brian Frons) Head writer: August 27, 2008 – February 15, 2010 Co-head writer (with Lorraine Broderick): February 8 – 15, 2010 Consulting producer: August 20, 2008 – November 2009

General Hospital Consulting producer: May 2004 – March 28, 2006 Head writer (with Robert Guza Jr.): June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006 Script Writer: 1982–1984

Santa Barbara Script Writer: 1985–1986 Co-head writer (with Anne Howard Bailey): December 22, 1986 - January 13, 1989 Head writer: January 16, 1989 – May 18, 1990

Sunset Beach Created show with Robert Guza Jr. and Josh Griffith Executive Storyline Consultant: 1997

The Young and the Restless (hired by Jill Farren Phelps) Head writer: January 16, 2015 – December 6, 2016 Executive Producer (with Jill Farren Phelps): January 16, 2015 – July 12, 2016; (with Mal Young): July 13, 2016 – December 6, 2016

Other positions held Beverly Hills, 90210 Director: January 28, 1998 – "Rebound"

Cruel Intentions 2 Executive Producer: 2001

Desperate Housewives Executive Producer: Pilot Consulting Producer: 2004–2006

Gabriel's Fire Executive Storyline Consultant: 1991 Writer: 1990-1991; "Postcards from the Faultline", "Belly of the Beast", “Windows”

The Lying Game Executive Producer: 2011–2013 Developer

Melrose Place Writer: July 15, 1992 – May 24, 1999 Supervising Producer: 1993–1994 Co-Executive Producer: September 11, 1995 – May 24, 1999 Director: 1996–1999 Wrote and directed the last episode

Models Inc. Executive Producer: 1994-1995

Pacific Palisades Consultant Director

The Colbys Writer: January 16, 1986 – "The Turning Point"

Titans Head writer: 2000 Executive Producer: 2000

Ugly Betty Consulting Producer: 2007–2010

Secrets of a Small Town Creator: 2006

The Apostles (directed by David McNally) Creator: 2008

Full House Writer: "A Pinch for a Pinch" aired on October 26, 1990.

Star Executive Producer: 2016–2017

Awards and nominations Pratt has been nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys. He won the 1991 Emmy for Outstanding Writing Team, with Sheri Anderson, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Maralyn Thoma, Josh Griffith, Robert Guza Jr., Linda Hammer, Lynda Myles, Frank Salisbury, and Richard Culliton.