Richard Culliton - Mid To Late 1990s

Mid To Late 1990s

He kept very busy in the late 1990s. He served as Head Writer of As the World Turns in 1995, and received a Daytime Emmy nomination. A major storyline of his at that show was a medical malpractice storyline wherein Lisa Grimaldi blamed Dr. John Dixon for her husband Eduardo Grimaldi's death. The storyline received considerable critical acclaim.

He moved on as Head Writer of General Hospital from October 1996 to May 1997. He received a Daytime Emmy nomination for his time on GH. At the behest of ABC Daytime, he created the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles along with his wife Carolyn, and served as Head Writer with her for the first few months of the show's run.

Culliton returned to Another World as Head Writer from December 1997 to May 1998. From May 1998 to July 1998, he served as Co-Head Writer with Jean Passanante on AW. This was a period of turmoil for the show, with the NBC network demanding significant cast firings. However, Culliton still successfully returned longtime character Cass Winthrop to the frontburner, and brought back the character Marley Love. Culliton stayed with the show as a breakdown writer until the its cancellation in June 1999.

Culliton then joined the writing staff of Sunset Beach. After taking a short break, he briefly joined the writing team of Days of our Lives as a script writer.