Career

He is most notable for being the Executive Producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 of CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime is a television programming block on CBS. It's the branding for the CBS Television Network's late morning and early afternoon programming. The block has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows, and talk shows...

's As the World Turns

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

 from 1988-1995. During the 1988 Writer's Guild of America strike, he became the show's Head Writer

Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...

.

He won the Editor's Award at the 9th Annual Soap Opera Digest

Soap Opera Digest

Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...

 Awards.

In 1995, CBS was widely believed to have engineered the infamous producers musical chairs. With the help of Procter and Gamble Productions, Another World

Another World (TV series)

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

s EP, John Valente, went to ATWT; GL's EP, Jill Farren Phelps

Jill Farren Phelps

Jill Farren Phelps is an American television producer.-Career:Phelps has been the executive producer of many American television soap operas: Santa Barbara , Guiding Light , Another World , One Life to Live , and currently General Hospital .Phelps got her start...

, to AW and Michael Laibson

Michael Laibson

Michael D. Laibson is an American television producer and theatre director who is notable for producing soap operas such as As the World Turns , Another World , All My Children and Guiding Light .He earned a B.A...

 took over at GL, leaving ATWT's EP, Laurence Caso the odd man out. He was offered to be a Creative Consultant

Creative consultant

Creative consultant is a credit that has - particularly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have “doctored” a movie screenplay. It is often given by producers in lieu of official credit. Those given this credit in the television field work closely with an Executive Producer, Head...

 on ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...

's The City in 1996 but turned it down.

Prior to becoming ATWT's EP in 1988, Caso had been CBS VP for Daytime. His replacement was Lucy Johnson.

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