Maria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1987. In February 2007, she was appointed to the Commission on The Status of Women by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Aspen Peak and C Magazine. Northwestern University (NU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

During the 2007 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, she took Financial Core Status (FiCore) to become the co-Head Writer of CBS Daytime's The Young And The Restless. WGA members who have chosen to go FiCore still pay dues to the Guild but are no longer members with voting privileges. During her tenure, Y&R reached a record low of 4,380,000 viewers on Friday, June 13, 2008. The previous lows were 4,491,000 viewers on Friday, May 9, 2008, and 4,805,000 viewers on Friday, August 31, 2007. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... A Head Writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ... CBS Daytime (CBSD) is a television programming block on CBS. CBSDs Senior Vice President is Barbara Bloom, its Vice President is Richard Mensing. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated as Y&R) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS Daytime on March 26, 1973. ...

Arena Bell is married to the eldest son of William J. Bell & Lee Phillip Bell, Bill Bell Jr. Her brother and sister in law are Bradley Bell and Lauralee Bell. She is a registered Republican. William J. Bell (a. ... Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator. ... Bradley Bell has been the head writer and executive producer of the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1994 and 1996 respectively. ... Lauralee Kristen Bell (born December 22, 1968) is an American soap opera actress. ... GOP redirects here. ...

Positions held

The Bold and the Beautiful (credited as Maria Arena) The Bold and the Beautiful (often called B&B or less commonly, Bold) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 23, 1987. ...

• Script Writer (1987-1991)

The Young and The Restless The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated as Y&R) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS Daytime on March 26, 1973. ...

• Co-Head Writer (with Josh Griffith: December 26, 2007 - April 14, 2008)
• Co-Head Writer (with Josh Griffith & Scott Hamner: April 15, 2007 - April 21, 2008)
• Head Writer (with Scott Hamner: April 22, 2007 - May 9, 2008)
• Head Writer (May 12, 2008 - summer 2008)
• Head Writer (with Hogan Sheffer: Summer 2008 - present)

Y&R Main Crew Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an American television writer. ... Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an American television writer. ... Hogan Sheffer (born Mark Wayne Sheffer on June 12, 1958 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American Daytime Emmy winning screenwriter. ...

A Head Writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Hogan Sheffer (born Mark Wayne Sheffer on June 12, 1958 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American Daytime Emmy winning screenwriter. ... Paula Cwikly is an American soap opera writer for the Daytime television serial The Young And The Restless. ... Cherie Bennett (born in Buffalo, New York) is an American novelist, actress, director, playwright, newspaper columnist and TV writer on the soap opera The Young And The Restless. ... Neil Landau is an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. ... Christian McLaughlin is a television writer, producer and author. ... Sandra Weintraub is an American soap opera writer The Young and The Restless Script Writer (September 16, 2004 - Present) Daytime Emmy Awards WIN (2006; Best Writing; The Young and The Restless) Writers Guild of America WIN (2005 season; The Young and The Restless) Categories: | | ... Linda Schreiber is an American soap opera writer. ... Shelley Meals is an American script writer, screenwriter, story editor and producer. ... Barbara Bloom is an American writer and TV programming executive. ... Natalie Minardi Slater is an American soap opera writer. ... Eric Freiwald is an American writer for the Daytime television serial, The Young And The Restless. ... Jeff Gottesfeld is an American essayist, novelist, and television writer. ... Valerie Ahern is an American television screenwriter and producer. ... James Stanley is an American TV writer, producer and actor. ... Beth Milstein is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Lisa Seidman is an American TV writer. ... Thom Racina is an American TV writer. ... Amanda L. Beall is an American soap opera writer. ... Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... The primary definition of Executive Producer is the person who brings the money together for a motion picture or television production. ... Anthony Morina is an American television soap opera director and producer. ... Sony Pictures Television, Inc. ... William J. Bell (a. ... Susan Strickler is an American television and theatre director. ... Phideaux Xavier is an American TV director and composer of modern technological music that he describes as psychedelic progressive gothic rock, who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles. ... Sally McDonald is an American television soap opera director. ... Andrew Lee is an American TV director. ... Jill Ackles is an American television soap opera director. ... Dean LaMont is an American Daytime Emmy Award-winning camera man and television director. ... David Shaughnessy (also known as David Shaughnessey or David James Shaughnessy) is an American television soap opera director, producer and actor. ... Bashioum as Mackenzie Browning in The Young and the Restless Ashley Bashioum (born December 30, 1983) is an American actress. ... Frederick Johnson is an American soap opera writer. ... Tonya Lee Williams (born Tonya Maxine Williams on July 12, 1967 in London) is an African Canadian actress, best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Barber Hastings Winters on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Sherman Augustus is an African American actor who plays the recurring character of Detective Hank Weber on CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. ... Marc Hertz is an American soap opera writer. ... Sara A. Bibel is an American soap opera writer who has written for The Harvard Crimson. ... Trent Jones is an American soap opera writer, singer, and actor. ... David Hedison is seen playing CIA agent Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die. ... Carolyn Conwell is a Chicago-born American actress who plays Mary Williams on The Young and the Restless. ... Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Tricia Cast (born November 16, 1966 in Medford, New York) is an American actress. ... Lynn Marie Latham is an American television writer. ... Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an American television writer. ... A Head Writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated as Y&R) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS Daytime on March 26, 1973. ... Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ...

External links

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• AspenPeak
• Northwestern
• TV Profile
• IMDB: Maria Arena Bell