Hogan Sheffer

In late July 2012 due to the firings of Maria Arena Bell and Scott Hamner, it was announced that Sheffer's contract was up as of that November, and it wouldn't be extended. He remained credited as co-head writer on air shows until February 1, 2013.

On May 21, 2008, it was announced that Sheffer had joined The Young and the Restless as co-Head Writer. He worked closely with Maria Arena Bell and Scott Hamner. His episodes began airing July 15, 2008

Sheffer appeared with DAYS star Mary Beth Evans on the SOAPnet show I Wanna Be a Soap Star in 2007.

On June 12, 2006, Sheffer confirmed he was joining Days of Our Lives as the new Head Writer with Meg Kelly Sheffer's stories began airing in October 2006. Sheffer's last episode aired January 24, 2008.

In March 2005, Sheffer took what was referred to a "17-week sabbatical" from ATWT, at which time other writers like Leah Laiman, Christopher Whitesell, and Jean Passanante took over. P&G initially indicated that he would return at the end of his sabbatical, but announced a few weeks later that Sheffer would not be returning to his position as Head Writer; the company promoted Jean Passanante to the position permanently.

When he won his fourth Daytime Emmy for ATWT in 2005, he did not attend the ceremony. Jean Passanante accepted the award. Passanante thanked Sheffer for "his big heart and brilliant imagination" and said the entire writing staff at the show would "miss him".

ATWT fans were shocked when in the summer of 2005, Sheffer was asked to return as head writer. He declined, but agreed to take a lesser position on the writing staff, much like Leah Laiman did in early 2005 when she returned to writing for the show. In October 2005, Sheffer returned to ATWT as a breakdown writer. Sheffer stated that his favorite serials on ABC Daytime and CBS Daytime are General Hospital and As the World Turns.

In 2002, when Richard Culliton was fired from the ABC Daytime soap opera All My Children, it was speculated that Sheffer would leave ATWT to take over that soap. After Sheffer was fired in 2005, speculation again circulated that Sheffer would head to One Life to Live to join Dena Higley as head writer, or to help out the low-rated Guiding Light as an Executive Consultant.

Sheffer's take on As the World Turns, an aging show in one of the oldest genres in television, was seen by some as reinvigorating the program. During Sheffer's writing regime, the show won many Daytime Emmy Awards; Sheffer and his team received four Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. ATWT 's loss in 2003 was blamed on technical difficulties with their Emmy reel, as the clips judges watched had either bad or no sound and were tinted green. Also, Sheffer became a favorite of reporters for his comical one-liners.

Sheffer is perhaps best known for his stint as Head Writer of the CBS Daytime drama As the World Turns from 2000 to 2005.

From 1986 to 1994, he worked as a freelancer and did script analysis for various production companies. He also worked for Mary Stuart Masterson at her production company. From 1997 to 2000, he was employed by DreamWorks as the Director of Screenplay Development under producers Mark Johnson and Elizabeth Cantillon. He was in charge of developing screenplays for films like My Dog Skip, Galaxy Quest, Home Fries, and What Lies Beneath.

Hogan Sheffer (June 12, 1958 – September 28, 2019) was an American screenwriter.