ellen wheeler
Perhaps that’s why Ellen Wheeler is praying in church. [1]
If there’s a job in daytime, odds are that Ellen Wheeler has had it. [2]
Executive Producer, Ellen Wheeler of ‘Guiding Light’, has been in the hot seat for most of the last year and half, for the decisions she has made to revitalize and keep on the air daytime’s longest running soap. [3]
After returning to ATWT and directing the show for several years, she was promoted to Executive Producer of Guiding Light in April 2004. [4]
But Guiding Light is pulling in the fewest viewers of all (2.5 million daily viewers, down more than half from ten years ago). [...] Wheeler is the executive producer of Guiding Light, CBS’ long-running soap. [...] Her tendency to choke up in the middle of a conversation could be attributed to either her nightly four hours of sleep or to her former career as a soap star. [1]
In 2004, Ellen was named the Executive Producer of the longest running show in television history, Guiding Light, and promptly changed the world of soaps forever. [2]
With severe budgetary constraints and creating a new vision for the show, Ellen has been on the receiving end of negative feedback from the soap press, the industry and sometimes the fans. [3]
During the final season of Another World, Wheeler drew on her stage directorial experience and was invited by Executive Producer, Chris Goutman, to direct a few episodes of Another World. [4]
When veteran soap-opera producer Mary-Ellis Bunim created The Real World for MTV in 1992, soap opera’s exclusive grip on emotionally manipulative programming began to loosen. [1]
In 1988, she won another Daytime Emmy for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ” for her work as Cindy Parker Chandler on All My Children. [4]
In 1872 she moved with her parents to Lineville where she made her home until her death. [5]
A place of hope is the ideal location for Wheeler’s show, which, like all soaps, is losing viewers faster than All My Children’s Erica Kane goes through husbands. [1]
Ellen has done it all for soaps, and she has the awards to prove it. [2]
Sources:
[1] How Ellen Wheeler Hopes to Save the Daytime Soap Opera — New York Magazine
[2] TV.com
[3] Michael Fairman - Soap Opera interviews, Daytime Emmy Soap Opera …
[4] Ellen Wheeler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Lena Ellen Wheeler