Paul Rauch

Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer.

Another World

Rauch is best known for his work on "Another World", which he produced from 1972 to 1983. For much of that time, he worked in conjunction with headwriter Harding Lemay, and the team garnered the show critical acclaim and strong ratings. Rauch's realistic production values were in sync with Lemay's melodramatic storytelling style.

Rauch led the show to an expanded hour format in 1975, which was a success. However, a subsequent time expansion to 90 minutes in 1979 was unsuccessful, and had a negative effect on the show for several years afterwards.

While still producing "Another World", he also helped create an "AW" spinoff, "Texas", which lasted from 1980 to 1982.

Other credits

Following his stint on "Another World", he produced "One Life to Live" from 1984 to 1991, "Santa Barbara" from 1991 to 1993, and "Guiding Light" from 1996 to 2002. Most recently, he was consulting producer to a period-drama aired on Russian television, called "Bednaya Nastya".

Controversy

Rauch has become a controversial figure among some soap fans.
* His production stints at "One Life to Live" and "Guiding Light" featured sci-fi plots such as cloning and time-travel.
* He has also had some conflicts with several of the actors on the shows he has produced. Ellen Holly, who played Carla on "One Life to Live" for nearly two decades, wrote in her autobiography "One Life" about how Rauch told Lillian Hayman, who played Holly's on-screen mother, Sadie, as she was walking to her car after a day's taping that she was fired and that she had just taped her last episode. Several other actors, such as Maeve Kinkead and Lisa Brown, have had strong personal or professional differences with Rauch.
* He fired three very popular actors from Another World in 1975: Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews), George Reinholt (Steve Frame), and Jacqueline Courtney (Alice Matthews Frame). The death of Mary Matthews was particularly shocking as she was the matriarch of the main family and her death occurred on Good Friday. Fans and critics were outraged and Courtney responded several years later to outrageous comments made by Rauch about herself and her former peers at AW.

Positions Held

Another World
*Executive Producer (December 1971 - Spring 1983)
*Breakdown Writer (1981 - WGA strike)

Guiding Light
*Executive Producer (November 1996 - December 24, 2002)

One Life to Live
*Executive Producer (June 1984-January 1991)
*Breakdown Writer (1988 - WGA strike)

Santa Barbara
*Executive Producer (1992 - January 15th 1993)

Texas
*Co-CreatorExecutive Producer (1980-1981)

The Young And The Restless
*Consultant (August 2008 - October 2, 2008)
*Executive Producer (October 3, 2008 - present)

Television History

External links

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