‘The Young And The Restless’ News: Cast & Fans Of Soap Praise Head Writer, ‘He’s So Talented’ [VIDEO]
The Young and the Restless storylines have been great and will continue to be great thanks to head writer Chuck Pratt Jr.
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Back in November of last year, he was welcomed to The Young and the Restless as the head writer and co-executive producer, which the soap's Twitter announced.
We’re so excited to welcome @ChuckPrattJr as our new head writer & Co-EP. Exciting things are ahead on #YR! pic.twitter.com/6ZvX4jbx7A
— Young & The Restless (@YRInsider) November 10, 2014
Since joining the daytime show, he has been receiving tons of praise for the storylines he's developing.
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On Jan. 30, Hunter King who portrays Summer Newman Travers urged her followers to follow the soap's "amazing head writer".
She said, "He's so talented AND hilarious!"
The day before, Melissa Claire Egan who plays Chelsea Lawson in the soap revealed there are "Very exciting stories coming up on" The Young and the Restless since she had a meeting with Pratt Jr. and gained some insight.
Just had a great meeting with @ChuckPrattJr. Very exciting stories coming up on #YR! Stay tuned, and follow him!! — Melissa Claire Egan (@MClaireEgan) January 29, 2015
Melissa Ordway who plays Abby Newman also praised Pratt Jr.'s writing, claiming he "is bringing the drama to GC" especially in the episodes they shot during the last week of January.
I'm so excited for everyone to see the episodes of #YR we shot this week! They're SO good! @ChuckPrattJr is bringing the drama to GC!
— Melissa Ordway (@MelissaOrdway) January 31, 2015
Kristoff St. John, Neil Winters on the soap, also praised the head writer, dedicating his thousandth follow on Twitter to him.
The 1,000th person I'm following is @YRInsider new head writer @ChuckPrattJr Please welcome Chuck and his creative talent. #NewStories #Life — Kristoff St John (@kristoffstjohn1) January 28, 2015
Some fans earned retweets from the head writer for their praise within the last week.
One said the "stories are awesome!!"
@YRInsider @CBSDaytime @ChuckPrattJr @AngelicaMcD I just wanted to say kudos, I loving #YR, stories are awesome!! Keep it up!!
— Holly N Hurtig (@HurtigN) January 28, 2015
Another fan shared the soap is "getting back to its core" with big thanks to Pratt Jr.
@kristoffstjohn1 @YRInsider @ChuckPrattJr YR is definitely getting back to its core, bringing the new characters along for the ride. — Sheen. (@TriumphOf_96) January 28, 2015
The Young and the Restless airs on weekdays at 12:30 p.m. ET on CBS.