James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten, who were named co-head writers of All My Children May 2007, will no longer be penning the happenings in Pine Valley.

Their replacement?

Former General Hospital co-writer scribe, Charles Pratt, Jr., whose writing credits also include Melrose Place, Sunset Beach and Santa Barbara ; more recently, he's been serving as a producer on ABC of Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty.