{{Short description|American TV producer, writer (born 1947)}} {{About|the television producer and writer|the ice hockey player|Chris Abbott (ice hockey)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
'''Chris Abbott''' (born September 17, 1947) is an American television producer,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spec Pilots For Real |url=http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/excerpts/TV12.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.craftyscreenwriting.com}}</ref> writer and author.
{{Infobox person | name = Chris Abbott | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|September 17, 1947}} | citizenship = American | occupation = Producer }}
== Life == She is a graduate of the University of Oregon, with an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. She started her career writing for ''Little House on the Prairie''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Little house on the prairie : the ninth and final season |date=2016 |url=https://blueearth.tdslib.org/Record/374586 |access-date=2023-06-14 |publisher=NBC Studios |language=en}}</ref> She also wrote for other primetime series such as ''B.L. Stryker, Legacy, Bandit: Bandit Goes Country, Revealing Evidence: Stalking The Honolulu Strangler, High Sierra Search And Rescue, Cagney & Lacey, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Voyager'' and ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and produced and wrote ''Magnum, P.I.'' (as Executive Story Consultant), ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' (as Creative Consultant), and ''Diagnosis: Murder''.
She has worked on the CBS Daytime serials ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and the Restless''. Abbott was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for best writing in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-11 |title=CBS Daytime |url=http://www.cbs.com/daytime/specials/emmys_2006/nominees/drama.shtml |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=CBS.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911005346/http://www.cbs.com/daytime/specials/emmys_2006/nominees/drama.shtml |archive-date=September 11, 2007 }}</ref>
==Positions held== ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *Script Writer (2005 – August 2, 2006)
''The Young and the Restless'' *Script Writer (February 27, 2007 – March 22, 2007) *Associate Head Writer (May 25, 2006 – June 20, 2006; January 2, 2007 – February 16, 2007)
==Books== *''Ten Minutes to the Pitch'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbott |first=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDwPAAAACAAJ&q=Ten+Minutes+to+the+Pitch+chris+abbott |title=Ten Minutes to the Pitch: Your Last-minute Guide and Checklist for Selling Your Story |date=2005 |publisher=Tallfellow Press |isbn=978-1-931290-56-2 |language=en}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== Daytime Emmy Awards * Nomination, 2006, Best Writing, ''The Bold and The Beautiful''
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *[http://www.lmu.edu/Page14369.aspx?DateTime=631991808000000000&PageMode=View LMU]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911005346/http://www.cbs.com/daytime/specials/emmys_2006/nominees/drama.shtml 2006 Daytime Emmys Nominees] (archived 2007) *[http://www.drquinnmd.com/library/episodes6.html Dr. Quinn Main Crew] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724113845/http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/CREDITS/Voyager.htm Star Trek: Voyager Main Crew] (archived 2008) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704052754/http://www.gaze.org/loganslegacy/ip-5.html Gaze 1998] (archived 2008) *[http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/excerpts/TV12.html Crafty Screenwriting] *[http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season6/This_Island_Isnt_Big_Enough.html Magnum P.I. Writers]
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