Broderick won her first Outstanding Writing Team Daytime Emmy award as head writer alongside Washam in 1988.
But DePriest would not last long in the position, as Nixon would resume head writing duties by the end of that year, with Broderick and Washam as her Associate Headwriters.
Shortly after, she was hired by Days of Our Lives Executive Producer Ken Corday to helm his show's writing team.
In 2003, she was demoted to associate head writer upon the return of famed One Life to Live writing team Michael Malone and Josh Griffith.
At that time, ABC Daytime President Brian Frons offered Broderick a return to the head writing duties at All My Children, but she declined.
This move reunited her with her former colleague, Felicia Minei Behr, former executive producer of All My Children and As the World Turns, who served at Drexel as a professor of film & TV production.
In November 2009, Broderick returned to All My Children at the request of her one-time mentor, Agnes Nixon – following the dismissal of outgoing head writer Charles Pratt Jr. – as part of ABC's concerted effort to increased ratings.
On April 2, 2011, amid rumors of All My Children's possible cancellation, Soaps in Depth broke the news via Twitter that Broderick was once again named the show's head writer, replacing Kreizman and Swajeski.