Bell has received 16 Emmy® Awards: “Outstanding Drama Series” in 2011, 2010, and 2009; “Outstanding Drama Series Writing” in 2020, 2016, 2015, 2013, and 2010; “Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series” in 2018, 2015, 2013, 2011, and 2010; “Outstanding Original Song- Drama” in 2019, 2016 and 2015.
In addition to his work with The Bold and the Beautiful, Bell is also an owner of its sister soap, The Young and the Restless, which has aired on CBS for over 45 years.
Bell has been married for 28 years to fellow Chicagoan Colleen Bradley Bell, former United States Ambassador to Hungary and the current Executive Director of the California Film Commission, and is the proud father of four children.