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Joe Shelby "Josh" Griffith (born August 15, 19??)^{[citation needed]} is an Americansoap opera writer and producer.

Born on August 15, in New York, Josh is the son of Joe (Rip) Griffith and Sue Estes Griffith, both teachers and artists.^{[citation needed]}

Griffith began his writing career onSanta Barbara in 1988 and continued writing for the show until 1991 when he moved over toOne Life to Live, where he began as an associate head writer underMichael Malone before being promoted to co-head writer in early 1992.^[1] Under his and Malone's tenure atOne Life to Live, the show won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in 1994.^[2] Griffith left the show in early 1995.

In 1997, Griffith was co-creator of theNBC Daytime soap operaSunset Beach along withRobert Guza Jr.^[3] The show ran for nearly three years before being cancelled in December 1999. In the spring of 2003, Griffith and Michael Malone returned toOne Life to Live for a second stint as head writers, however they remained with the show for just a year. After leaving, Griffith became a script writer onCBS Daytime'sAs the World Turns under head writerHogan Sheffer, who shortly afterwards stepped down as head writer. He would later return to the show briefly between 2009 and 2010.

In 2006, vice president of CBS Daytime,Barbara Bloom, brought Griffith over toThe Young and the Restless as a creative consultant and breakdown writer under executive producer and head writerLynn Marie Latham; within three months, he was promoted to co-executive producer to work alongside of Latham.

Griffith assumed full executive producer duties after Latham was fired for joining the2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. During the strike, Griffith became astrikebreaker, adoptingfinancial core status so that he could work while Guild members were on strike.^[4]

In December 2007,Maria Arena Bell became his co-head writer.

In August 2008, Griffith was fired from his executive producer duties byBarbara Bloom andSteven Kent ofSony Pictures Television, leading to Bell becoming executive producer and head writer and later replacing him withPaul Rauch.^[5] In 2009, Griffith briefly worked as a writer onGeneral Hospital. In July 2012, it was announced that Griffith had been rehired onThe Young and the Restless as the sole head writer following Bell's dismissal; he would work alongside new executive producerJill Farren Phelps.^[6] Episodes under their direction began airing on October 12, 2012.

In August 2013, speculation and reports indicated that Griffith had resigned as head writer, reportedly due to "creative differences" with Phelps.^[7][8] Further speculation adds thatShelly Altman may take over as the new head writer, alongsideTracey Thomson orJean Passanante may be brought aboard as a new co-head writer.^[9][10] In February 2015, Griffith was hired as co-head writer ofDays of Our Lives, alongside re-hired former head,Dena Higley. Griffith began his role as co-head scribe on February 16, 2015, with the material airing on August 19, 2015.^[11][12]

In February 2016, it was reported that Griffith would be departingDays of Our Lives as co-head writer, with Ryan Quan serving as his replacement.^[13] Griffith's last episode aired on September 2, 2016.^[14]

In August 2018, it was reported that Griffith would be returning toThe Young and the Restless this time as supervising producer.^[15] Griffith's first episode as supervising producer aired on September 14, 2018.

In December 2018,Daytime Confidential reported that Griffith would once again act asThe Young and the Restless's Head Writer following the departure ofMal Young.^[16]

Griffith, formerly a member ofWriters Guild of America, East, left and maintainedfinancial core status during the2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.^[17]

As the World Turns (hired byHogan Sheffer)

• Script Writer: April 12, 2005 – June 29, 2006; December 14, 2009 – September 17, 2010

Days of Our Lives

• Co-Head Writer: August 19, 2015 – September 2, 2016

General Hospital (hired byBrian Frons; fired byRobert Guza, Jr.)

• Story Consultant: July 2009 – August 21, 2009
• Breakdown Writer: August 7 & 17, 2009
• Script Writer: August 21, 2009

One Life to Live

• Associate Head Writer: 1991–1994, March 23, 2004 – September 28, 2004
• Co-Head Writer: 1992 – September 1995, March 10, 2003 – March 21, 2004
• Head Writer: February 3, 2003 – March 7, 2003

Santa Barbara

• Breakdown Writer: 1988–1991
• Script Writer: 1988–1991

Sunset Beach

• Co-Creator: (withRobert Guza, Jr.) 1997

The Young and the Restless (hired byBarbara Bloom)

• Breakdown Writer: July 13, 2006 – October 2006
• Creative Consultant: July 7, 2006 – September 2006
• Co-Executive Producer: October 25, 2006 – December 24, 2007; February 6, 2019 – February 6, 2023
• Head writer: December 26, 2007 – April 21, 2008; October 12, 2012 – November 1, 2013; March 20, 2019 – present
• Executive Producer: October 25, 2006 – October 2, 2008; February 7, 2023 – present
• Supervising Producer: September 14, 2018 – February 5, 2019

• Interview with OLTL Head Writers Josh Griffith and Michael Malone
• ABC Daytime Press ReleaseArchived 2008-10-23 at theWayback Machine
• Josh Griffith atIMDb

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