ARTICLE: Veteran Soap Opera Producer & Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Edward J. Scott Retires After Nearly 50 Years

[Errol]

Less than a year since returning to “The Young and the Restless” after a 14-year run at “The Bold and the Beautiful,” veteran producer Edward J. Scott has retired, Soap Opera Network has learned.

Scott’s last credited episode in daytime was as senior producer on the long-running daytime drama series, which aired on Wednesday, June 4, marking the end of an illustrious career that began in 1976 when he joined “The Young and the Restless” as an associate producer.

Quickly moving up the ranks, including a brief run as a producer from 1978-1986, Scott became executive producer of the Genoa City-set soap opera in 1987, replacing H. Wesley Kenney. Scott would remain with the show in the same position until 2001. By 2003, Scott would once again return to the series, this time as a supervising producer. He remained with the show until 2007, a period that saw him join the team at “Days of our Lives,” first as an executive consultant and later as co-executive producer. 

After his time in Salem concluded in September 2008, Scott returned to the world of daytime drama when he joined “The Bold and the Beautiful” as a producer in 2010. By 2011, he was named supervising producer of the half-hour series, a position he held until September 2024.

In October 2024, it was announced Scott would once again return to “The Young and the Restless,” this time as senior producer, with his first credited episode airing November 4, 2024. 

Melody Thomas Scott, Edward Scott
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The 80-year-old received the Lifetime Achievement Award at “The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” which he shared with his wife, Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, “The Young and the Restless”).

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In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award, Scott has also taken home six other Daytime Emmy Awards, including five for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless" (1983, 1985, 1986, 1993 and 2007) and one other in the same category for "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2011).

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Edited 20 hours ago by Errol
Correcting Ed's age. He's 80. Not 81.

[BoldRestless]

So maybe he just wanted to finish out his career at Y&R.

[Errol]

Correct.

[Liberty City]

How nice to finish where you began; not everyone gets to do that.

[BetterForgotten]

Sounds like it - he wasn’t the top dog, so I wouldn’t understand them trying to force him out again when he had little power beyond the day to day production matters.

There was some speculation when he rejoined late last year it was to end his career on the show he spent most of his career at. We just didn’t expect it would be this soon. 

Indeed - now onto the JFP speculation and if she’s filling this role in an uncredited capacity.
 

If this was more of an honorable gesture to Ed Scott, one has to wonder why JFP is possibly back to fill this void uncredited. 

[Errol]

The senior producer title for Scott was specifically created for him.

Jill Farren Phelps is back at the show in a non-producing capacity.

[BetterForgotten]

What does a non-producing capacity exactly mean though?

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[ranger1rg]

That's what I'd like to know.

JFP is 74 and Ed Scott is 80, so I guess Y&R is going young.

Seriously, why bring back someone who loved being in charge and making decisions when she won't be doing either of those?

[DRW50]

Maybe she's gone back to her music department days?

[Toups]

That's a pretty good speculation.  End her daytime career the way she started.  Kind of like Ed here.  

Congrats to Ed on his retirement.  He is a daytime legend that's for sure!

[Ryanc2]

So not much is gonna change then?

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[DaytimeFan]

Ed is a legend. He discovered and nurtured talent for decades and was a hands on producer in the day to day production of every show he worked on. Busy on the studio floor and in the booth. The genre is better for him having been in it.

I wish him a happy, healthy, lengthy, retirement.

[ranger1rg]

I know it's "just Reddit," but I've seen posts by people who sound very inside that Ed Scott did not leave of his own accord. Those same people say that JFP has been back at Y&R for MONTHS and that she's functioning as line producer -- meaning she has a lot of say over budget, scheduling, etc.

I don't know why Ed Scott would return to Y&R for under 6 months, so that leads me to believe something happened behind the scenes.

Phelps being there would also explain the sets problem getting WORSE over the past few months.