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Claire Labine is an American soap opera writer and producer. ==Early career== Although she originally aspired to be an actress, Labine eventually became a critically acclaimed writer. She attended the University of Kentucky where her major was journalism, but later she switched to playwriting major at Columbia University’s School of Dramatic Arts (now Columbia University School of the Arts). After graduating, she joined the writing staff of ''Captain Kangaroo''. After writing for the show for two years, she was fired in 1968. Labine's first foray into daytime was as a script writer for the CBS Daytime soap opera ''Where the Heart Is''. After only a year at the show, she was promoted to the post of Head Writer in 1971, along with fellow writer and close friend Paul Avila Mayer. Although the duo increased the show's ratings their stint at the show ended in 1973, when CBS chose to take the show off the air. Soon after the end of ''Where the Heart Is'', she became Head Writer for another CBS soap, ''Love of Life''. Once again she was paired with Mayer. The ratings for the show rose, which brought them to the attention of rival network ABC. In late 1974, ABC Daytime approached Labine and Mayer, who were the Head Writers of ''Love of Life'' at the time, about creating a new soap opera. The network wanted a soap opera similar to ''General Hospital'' - even the proposed title of the new soap, ''City Hospital'', resembled it. Labine and Mayer added a large Irish family to ABC's vision of the show - the Ryan family - and Ryan's Hope was created. While they were writing it, ''Ryan's Hope'' won six Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing and two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Program. In addition to this, Labine won a Writers Guild of America Award for each year that she wrote the show. After ratings began to sag, Labine and Mayer were dismissed from the show in 1982 and replaced by their Associate Head Writer, Mary Ryan Munisteri. ABC asked both of them back in early 1983 when it became apparent that Munisteri's writing was not improving the ratings. Labine and Mayer were fired once again later that year. During her absence from ''Ryan's Hope'', Michael Brockman, former President of CBS Daytime, asked Labine to develop a new serial in 1986. Her proposal was entitled ''Celebration'' but never made it to the air. Had it been greenlit, Jane Greenstein would have been have Assistant to the Head Writer like she was on General Hospital. In 1987, Labine was asked by ABC to come back to ''Ryan's Hope''. She accepted ABC's offer and remained with the show until 1989, when the show was cancelled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claire Labine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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