Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock

{{Short description|American wife-and-husband television writer duo and producer duo}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Eileen Prince Pollock

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|03|22}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|05|1926|03|22}}

| death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S.

| nationality = American

| occupation = Screenwriter
Producer

}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Robert Mason Pollock

| image =

| alt =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|03|19}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|07|11|1917|03|19}}

| death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S.

| death_cause =

| nationality = American

| occupation = Screenwriter
Producer

| notable_works = Dynasty
The Colbys
The Doctors
General Hospital
Robert Montgomery Presents
U.S. Steel hour
Philco Playhouse
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of public radio relations

| awards = Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars

}}

Eileen "Mike" Prince Pollock (March 22, 1926 – December 5, 2012) and Robert "Bob" Mason Pollock (March 19, 1917 – July 11, 2016) were an American married couple who worked as television screenwriters and producers best known for work on the series Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys, the latter of which the Pollocks co-created with Dynasty creators Richard and Esther Shapiro.{{cite book|last=Frenzel|first=Gerhard G.|title=Portrait of the Stars|year=1999|publisher=Palm Springs Walk of Stars|location=Palm Springs, CA|pages=122, 185|lccn=98093956|asin=B0006FBSG4}}

The second-season additions of the Pollocks and actress Joan Collins (in the role of Alexis) are generally credited with Dynasty's subsequent rise in the ratings;{{cite book|last=Schemering|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Schemering|title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia|date=September 1985|pages=80–81|publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-32459-5}} it became the number one series in 1985.[http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1984.htm 1984-1985 Ratings - ClassicTVhits.com] According to The Soap Opera Encyclopedia written by Christopher Schemering, the Pollocks "soft-pedaled the business angle" of the show and "bombarded viewers with every soap opera staple in the book, presented at such a fast clip that a new tragedy seemed to befall the Carrington family every five minutes."

The Pollocks brought the daytime series The Doctors its highest ratings in the early 1970s. They also wrote for General Hospital from 1976 to 1977. In 1997, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to them.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars webpage]

On December 5, 2012, six months after Eileen Pollock "suffered a massive stroke", her obituary was published in The Desert Sun of Coachella Valley.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=Eileen-Pollock&pid=161489124#fbLoggedOut |title=Eileen (Mike) Pollock (1926 – 2012) |newspaper=The Desert Sun |publisher=Gannett; archived at Legacy.com |access-date=2012-12-05 |date=December 5–7, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://highlighthollywood.com/2016/07/robert-mason-pollock-screenwriter-on-dynasty-the-colbys-dies-at-99-highlight-hollywood-news/|title=Robert Mason Pollock, Screenwriter On 'Dynasty,' "The Colbys,' Dies At 99, Highlight Hollywood News {{!}} Highlight Hollywood|website=highlighthollywood.com|access-date=2016-08-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/07/14/bob-pollack-dynasty-screenwriter-dies-99/87059674/|title=Bob Pollock, 'Dynasty' screenwriter, dies at 99|access-date=2016-08-01}}

Robert Pollock died on July 11, 2016 in Palm Springs. He was 99 years old. His obituary is published in The Desert Sun.{{cite news |url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/07/14/bob-pollack-dynasty-screenwriter-dies-99/87059674/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=#fbLoggedOut |title=Bob Pollock, 'Dynasty' screenwriter, dies at 99|newspaper=The Desert Sun |access-date=2016-07-19 |date=July 13, 2016}}