It looks like Charles Pratt Jr.'s time as head writer for The Young and the Restless has come to an end.
The scribe, who had both loyal fans and haters during his one-and-a-half-year run at Y&R, has been named new show runner and executive producer of the upcoming Fox series Star, from Tom Donaghy and Empire creator Lee Daniels.
The announcement that Pratt is taking over comes hot on the heels of the news that producer Charles Murray walked away from Star due to creative differences over the direction of the primetime soap.
Whispers started last week when Pratt was reportedly not in attendance at a party celebrating Y&R's 11,000th episode.
Star is an Atlanta-set drama that follows three young women (Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, and Brittany O'Grady) who form a musical group and experience the music business' highs and lows on their road to fame. The cast also includes Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt, and Nicholas Gonzalez.
The series is slated to premiere on Fox in early 2017 on Wednesdays at 9/8C.
Prior to joining Y&R in January of 2015, Pratt worked on a variety of shows, including The Lying Game, Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, and Ugly Betty, as well as soaps All My Children, General Hospital, and Santa Barbara.
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