Kay Alden

Kay Alden

Alden (L) with daughter Conci Nelson
Born Priscilla Kay Alden
(1946-10-24) October 24, 1946
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Residence Illinois
Occupation Screenwriter
Years active 1974–present
Children 3

Priscilla Kay Alden (born October 24, 1946) is an American television writer and the former head writer for the soap opera, The Young and the Restless.

Career

Alden began writing for The Young and the Restless as a script writer in 1974 while researching her dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was promoted to associate head writer in 1987, then to co-head writer in 1997.

She took over as head writer the following year when series co-creator William J. Bell stepped down from the position. With Alden as head writer, the show lost about two million viewers (most of the loss occurred in 2004 when Alden co-wrote the show with longtime Y&R scribe and producer John F. Smith), but all soap operas during that period experienced a similar scale of massive audience erosion.

She quit The Young and the Restless in late 2006, and was then hired by Brian Frons, president of ABC Daytime, to consult on its serials All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live. She left ABC Daytime after declining All My Children's head writer position in Spring 2007, and was hired by Bradley Bell in May 2007 to be an associate head writer for another CBS Daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful. On July 18, 2008, it was announced that Alden would be appointed co-head writer of The Bold and the Beautiful in the coming weeks.

During the WGA strike she went under financial core status while working for The Bold and the Beautiful.

In 2012, Alden was spotted on the set of The Young and the Restless for the taping of the show's 10,000th episode, leading many to believe she'd re-joined the show as a writer or story consultant. However, this never came to pass.

On September 21, 2016, Daytime Confidential reported that after ten years since being with the show, Alden had been hired to be story consultant at Y&R, under Sally Sussman's tenure as Head writer.[1] On July 31, 2017, Daytime Confidential announced that both Alden and Sussman will be departing from the show, with Mal Young being named as the new head writer.[2]

There is a scholarship in Alden's name from Emporia State University, in Emporia, Kansas.

Personal life

She has three children and lives with her husband in Illinois.

Positions held

The Young and the Restless

All My Children

One Life to Live

General Hospital

The Bold and the Beautiful

Head Writing Tenure

Preceded by
William J. Bell		 Head Writer of The Young and the Restless
(with William J. Bell: 1997 – July 15, 1998)
(with John F. Smith: June 2002 – November 10, 2006)
(with Trent Jones: 2000 – August 5, 2004)
(with Lynn Marie Latham: February 16 – December 22, 2006)
(with Scott Hamner: October 26, 2006 – December 22, 2006)
1997 – December 22, 2006 		Succeeded by
Lynn Marie Latham
Scott Hamner
Preceded by
Bradley Bell		 Head Writer of The Bold and the Beautiful
February 5 – April 15, 2008 		Succeeded by
Bradley Bell
Preceded by
Bradley Bell		 Head Writer of The Bold and the Beautiful (with Bradley Bell and Michael Minnis)
April 16, 2008 – October 2, 2013 		Succeeded by
Bradley Bell
Michael Minnis

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award

References

  1. ↑ Giddens, Jamey (September 21, 2016). "Kay Alden Returns to The Young and the Restless as Story Consultant (Exclusive)". Daytime Confidential. Confidential Media (SAY Media). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ Giddens, Jamey (July 31, 2017). "The Young and the Restless SHOCKER: Sally Sussman and Kay Alden to Retire; Mal Young in as New Head Writer! (EXCLUSIVE)". Daytime Confidential. United States: Confidential Media, Inc. (SAY Media). Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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