Scott Hamner (born May 11, 1956), is an American television writer. He is the son of Earl Hamner Jr., who turned his autobiography into The Waltons.

Positions held

• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Actor, television movie: 1971)

• Berrenger's (Writer, 2 episodes: 1985)

• Boone (Writer, 2 episodes: 1983–84)

• Dynasty (Story and/or writer and/or teleplay and/or story editor: Season 6, 1985–86)

• Falcon Crest (Writer, 4 episodes: 1982–86)

• Knots Landing (Writer, 7 episodes: 1982–91. Story editor, 8 episodes: 1991)

• The Waltons (Writer, 3 episodes: 1981)

• Second Chances (Executive Story Editor, entire series: 1993–94)

• As the World Turns (Writer, Script Writer, 6 episodes: 1995)

• Port Charles (Writer, Associate Head Writer, Head Writer: 1997–2000)

• The Young and the Restless (Story and/or writer, Co-Head writer: 2006–12)

Awards and nominations

Hamner, as part of the writing teams that he has worked with, has been nominated six times (As the World Turns: 1996, The Young and the Restless: 2007–08 and 2010–12) for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Drama Series Writing Team, winning the Emmy in 2011.

Hamner and his writing colleagues were also nominated five times (The Young and the Restless: 2007–08, 2010 and 2012–13) for a Writers Guild of America Award in the category Daytime Serials, winning the award in 2008, 2010 and 2013.

References

External links

• CBS Daytime: Y&R

• Hamner 2006 Interview