Lorraine Broderick (born 1948) is an American television soap opera
writer. She got her start on All My Children as a protégée of the
show's creator, Agnes Nixon. She went on to serve four different
stints as its Head Writer, ultimately earning her four Daytime Emmy
awards in that capacity. Broderick's work on the show has often been
met with critical acclaim, citing her as its finest head writer
outside of Nixon. She was the last head writer of All My Children's
40-year broadcast run on ABC, penning the show through its network
finale on September 23, 2011.Lorraine Broderick (born 1948) is an
American television soap opera writer. She got her start on All My
Children as a protégée of the show's creator, Agnes Nixon. She went
on to serve four different stints as its Head Writer, ultimately
earning her four Daytime Emmy awards in that capacity. Broderick's
work on the show has often been met with critical acclaim, citing her
as its finest head writer outside of Nixon. She was the last head
writer of All My Children's 40-year broadcast run on ABC, penning the
show through its network finale on September 23, 2011.Lorraine
Broderick graduated from Andover High School in 1966 and Mt. Holyoke
College in 1970. She joined All My Children as scriptwriter and
breakdown writer in 1979, under the guidance of then-head writer Agnes
Nixon. In 1982, Broderick would promote to an Associate Head Writer
alongside fellow Nixon protégée Wisner Washam, who himself would be
promoted to Head Writer the following year. In 1986, Broderick was
appointed Co-Head Writer, sharing duties with Washam, who would exit
the show himself in 1987 â€" leaving Broderick as the sole head
writer. Broderick won her first Outstanding Writing Team Daytime Emmy
award as head writer alongside Washam in 1988. However, a network
mandate for creative changes had Broderick demoted back to Associate
Head Writer, when Margaret DePriest was appointed head writer of All
My Children in early 1989. But DePriest would not last long in the
position, as Agnes Nixon would resume head writing duties by the end
of that year â€" once again with Broderick and a returned Wisner
Washam as her Associate Head Writers.After 12 years with All My
Children's writing team, Broderick left in 1991 to become the co-head
writer of Guiding Light. While Broderick wrote for Guiding Light, the
show received much critical acclaim, and the early 1990s are widely
considered to have been a golden era for the show.[citation needed] In
the spring of 1995, when Megan McTavish was fired from her writing
post at All My Children, Broderick left her post as Associate Head
Writer of Another World to once again become AMC's head writer.
Broderick would win three consecutive Daytime Emmy awards for
Outstanding Writing Team from her work as head writer of the show,
bringing her total to four Emmy honors as a daytime head writer. She
left All My Children for the second time in December 1997 when ABC
Daytime decided to bring back McTavish. Lorraine Broderick Top Movies & Young Movies