THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL received the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards on August 30th 2009 at the historic Orpheum Theater. This marks the first win for THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in the series 22-year-run on the CBS Television Network. Created in 1987 by legendary television producing and writing couple, the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, at the invitation of CBS, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is now helmed by their son, Emmy®-Award winning Executive Producer, Bradley P. Bell, who also serves as the Shows Head Writer. Im thrilled to have won our first Best Show Emmy in 22 years, said Bell. It was wonderful to have my mother, co-creator of B&B, next to me, and I know that my father was there with us in spirit. We could not have accomplished this win without the hard work of the cast, crew and staff of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and the support of the entire daytime community. It was Bells inherited writing talent, along with his esteemed writing team, that scripted the Emmy® Award winning episodes involving the troubled and emotionally-wrought Stephen Storm Logan, Jr. (played by William deVry) and his ultimate sacrifice to save his youngest sister, Katies (played by Heather Tom), life by taking his own, and donating his heart to her. In addition to Bell, the other B&B producers who received an Emmy® for Outstanding Drama Series are; Rhonda Friedman, Supervising Producer; Ron Weaver, Senior Producer ...
