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Victor Newman is the cornerstone of The Young and the Restless. He could never be duplicated. However, there will come a point when Victor is no longer around. Which one of his kids could carry on his legacy?

Eric Braeden Talks Retirement

In a new interview with TV Insider, Eric Braeden shared his thoughts about retirement. He revealed that he has no intentions of walking away from the role he’s had for 44 years. Braden wasn’t supposed to be a mainstay on the soap.

But there was a time when he considered leaving the first year after his role. Braeden didn’t want to be typecast as a television villain. He played similar roles on primetime soaps and got sick of it by then. It was when William J. Bell created a backstory for Victor that made Braeden fall in love with the character and stay.

Despite his health issues,...

Eric Braeden wasn’t meant to be a permanent fixture on The Young and the Restless. When he first joined the soap, he understood that it was supposed to be a short stint. Eventually, his character, Victor Newman, became the cornerstone. Braeden can’t imagine his life without the soap. But there was a time when he left the show after his first year. He thinks it was one of the biggest mistakes in his career.

Y&r Without Victor?

It’s hard to believe, but the soap started without Victor. It could’ve carried on without him as well. Braeden almost considered leaving the show after one year. In an interview with TV Insider, he said he was hesitant about extending his contract.

“After about a year, I really didn’t want to continue, and I went to Bill [William J. Bell] and said, ‘Bill, unless you ascribe a...

Lauralee Bell dropped a new video she filmed to honor The Young and the Restless 13,000th episode, taking fans behind the scenes of the soap’s big celebration. This marks the third and last film in her series, honoring the milestone moment for the CBS daytime drama.

A Trio Of Celebrations

Bell has portrayed Christine “Cricket” Blair since she was a kid 41 years ago, and the actress dropped her latest Instagram video today to celebrate the 13,000th episode of Y&r, which airs today on CBS. This is Bell’s third and final video touting the special episode. Bell, an Emmy-winning creator, once again served as producer, writer, and director on this video, toasting the show’s milestone achievement with her castmates.

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“It was such a fun-filled celebration for the cast and crew creating this episode of The Young and the Restless...

The Young and the Restless had three actors who recently celebrated being on the show for 30 years: Joshua Morrow, Sharon Case, and Michelle Stafford. With all of those decades of storytelling under their belts, the actors have become icons in the soap world. Stafford recently took time to look back on her impressive run and shared her thoughts on social media.

That Special Something

An eager and grateful Stafford took to Instagram to write a long passage reflecting on her time at Y&r. She shared a video clip from the show in which her character Phyllis talks on the phone with Danny (Michael Damian), as the two have a major disagreement. Along with that, she wrote: “On this day, 30 years ago, My first scene, this scene, aired on Y&r. It seems like a lifetime ago.”

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This week, The Young and the Restless fan favorite Michelle Stafford celebrates 30 years as Phyllis Summers on the hit CBS soap.

A standalone episode will honor Phyllis, who has been wreaking havoc in Genoa City for the past three decades.

Y&r fans know Michelle also played Sheila Carter for a brief stint in 2006 when the character got plastic surgery to look like Phyllis.

Over the years, thanks to Michelle’s undeniable talent, Phyllis has given us much to talk about while being the villain you love to hate.

Ahead of her special episode, Michelle shared a video from a fan that featured some of Phyllis’ best—or worst—moments.

“This is so cool. Thank you @fanofsoaps for making this! So sweet! I don’t know where you got all these clips, but I love seeing this. The evolution of 30 years. So fun! #phyllis30 What a wild Wild ride it has been.

‘The Young and the Restless’ (Y&r) spoilers celebrate Michelle Stafford’s 30th anniversary of playing the infamous Phyllis Summers Newman on the soap. Stafford made her Y&r debut on October 18th, 1994.

The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Phyllis Was Only Supposed To Be A Short-Term Role

When the character was first introduced to the canvas, she was only supposed to stick around for three weeks. Bill Bell created Phyllis, and according to her portrayer,

“He didn’t have a vision for the character because she wasn’t meant to hang around. She would come on for a few episodes and then be gone.”

Thirty years later, Phyllis remains a fixture in Genoa City. Initially, Phyllis would only cause some trouble and then make her exit, never to be heard from again.

Phyllis will receive her special tribute episode on October 18th. There will be several fun flashbacks for long-time viewers,...

As Body & Soul prepares to rock Salem, here are five Easter eggs about the fictional soap that Days of our Lives fans need to know.

Getting Soapy

Body & Soul has been a hit soap opera in Salem for years, and it’s biggest fan, without a doubt, is Abe (James Reynolds). After getting addicted to it during his recent bout with amnesia, once Abe learned of its cancellation, he did what every good soap fan would do: fight for it.

Read This: Here’s what’s coming up on Days.

Abe enlisted the help of Kate (Lauren Koslow) to relaunch the show, and he’s hired half of Salem to help him do it. With Leo (Greg Rikaart) as head writer and Johnny (Carson Boatman) as the director, the show is finally getting off the ground thanks to its colorful cast: Hattie (Deidre Hall) as Charlemagne, Bonnie (Judi Evans) as Kassandra,...

While General Hospital is killing babies and The Bold and the Beautiful has a woman in a cage, Days of our Lives is… creating a fictional soap opera. And it’s the best move they could have made.

Salem Gets Self-Aware

At first, the meta mention of Abe (James Reynolds) having a favorite soap opera seemed corny, until Days decided to embark on an entire storyline set around him saving the show from cancellation and hiring half of Salem to help him do it. After partnering up with Kate (Lauren Koslow) and hiring Leo (Greg Rikaart) as head writer of Body & Soul, they went on to cast Hattie (Deidre Hall), Bonnie (Judi Evans), Alex (Robert Scott Wilson), and Chanel (Raven Bowens) as fictional characters with outrageous names like Charlemagne and Arrow.

The self-referencing has only continued with Leo in charge, once including himself with the likes of “Irna, Agnes,...

Lauralee Bell and Michael Damian, who play Christine and Danny on The Young and the Restless, are bringing their characters to The Bold and the Beautiful for two episodes. Soap Hub chatted with the two daytime veterans and learned why the visit tugged on some emotional heartstrings.

Home Again, Naturally

Danny and Christine, as previously reported, are headed to Los Angeles. After he performs a rock concert in Los Angeles, the two are invited to the Forrester mansion for what they believe is a party to celebrate the relaunch of Brooke’s Bedroom. As always with soaps, viewers can expect some surprises!

While Bell appeared as Christine on the show about 17 years ago to help Ridge beat a murder charge, this is Damian’s first visit to the half-hour soap. “We’re doing something new,” Damian says of Danny and Christine coming onto B&b.

“Who knew that you could do newness after so many years?...

Brenda Dickson, Aka Jill Abbott, Was Blacklisted ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Brenda Dickson, who portrayed Jill Foster Abbott on The Young and the Restless, was one of the biggest stars in daytime when the Soap Opera debuted in 1973. However, she was fired from her job 15 years later and was reportedly blacklisted in Hollywood by ‘The Young & The Restless’ Creator and legendary daytime producer William J. Bell.

Brenda Dickson was immensely famous in the seventies and eighties for playing Jill Abbott on “The Young and the Restless.” After she was fired in 1987, the actress seemingly disappeared from Hollywood. Thirty years later, in 2012, she resurfaced with a new book titled “My True Hidden Hollywood Story.” In the book, 64-year-old Brenda Dickson claimed she was blacklisted by The Young and the restless creator Bell who enlisted “Mafia cartel judges and attorneys” to ruin her.

In the book, Dickson recalled her time on “The Young and the Restless...

Young and the Restless (Y&r) spoilers suggest that while Christine Blair and Danny Romalotti are off living their best lives on his tour, actress Lauralee Bell and actor Michael Damian are being rather reflective (in a good way).

That’s because the two are celebrating a milestone of sorts, with June 25 marking forty years since the then-model/now-lawyer and rockstar met.

The two were formally introduced on June 25, 1984, and have enjoyed quite the roller coaster romance! The duo recently chatted with TV Insider about this legendary anniversary.

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – 40 Years Of The Bug & The Rockstar

Bell relays with a laugh that when she first began working with Damian, “I spoke with a very high-pitched, kind of like ‘helium voice’.”

Meanwhile, Damian recalled that Bell commented on his locks, stating, “You have big hair!” The two clicked instantly, as Lauralee notes in the interview that they both...

More than a century after Alice Guy-Blaché became one of the film world’s first directors when she brought “La Fée aux Choux” (“The Cabbage Fairy”) to the screen in 1896, the movie business hasn’t progressed much in giving female auteurs an equal share of jobs. But the pioneer filmmaker might be happy to know that the daytime drama genre has afforded opportunities for women to call shots from the control booth.

Women have been directing soap operas since Gloria Monty, the iconic “General Hospital” producer, directed CBS’s “The First Hundred Years” in the early 1950s, and she went on to direct Joan Crawford during her stint on “The Secret Storm” in 1968. Lela Swift followed in those footsteps and won the 1977 Daytime Emmy for outstanding individual director for a drama series for her work on “Ryan’s Hope.” In the late 1980s, Francesca James, an “All My Children” actress-turned-director and producer,...

Exclusive: Veteran Sony Pictures Television (Spt) executive Steve Kent is leaving his role to focus solely on The Young and the Restless.

Deadline has confirmed that Kent will no longer be Senior EVP of Programming but will become executive in charge of production on CBS’ 50-year-old daytime soap.

He has been overseeing daytime dramas The Young And The Restless and Days of Our Lives since 2007, along with being in charge of development and production of original local language productions such as Outlander, Nikola and As If as well as scripted and unscripted formats like Dragons’ Den.

Spt’s Senior EVP Programming role is being eliminated and Kent’s responsibilities will be covered by other members of the Spt production team going forward, we are told. He is the second senior exec we have revealed to be leaving their role in the past week. Global scripted boss Nina Lederman is exiting...

The NBC daytime drama, Another World (Aw) first aired on May 4, 1964. Created by soap icons William J. Bell and Irna Phillips, it centered around life in the small town of Bay City.

Sadly, the show was canceled in June 1999, and while it’s been gone for a while, it has been far from forgotten by fans.

Karen McKenney, super fan and the admin for the Facebook page, Another World Memories, took on the major task of organizing a reunion event for past viewers of the show, as well as cast, to celebrate the soap’s 60th anniversary this year, in Tarrytown, New York.

Soap Opera Digest (Sod) spoke with Aw alum Linda Dano (ex-Felicia Gallant) to get some insight on how fans can be a part of the event, and what they can expect.

“Another World” Alum Linda Dano Is “Excited” About The Reunion Event

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Editors note: Melody Thomas Scott first joined the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless in 1979. To mark her 45th anniversary, Scott writes about her time on TV’s most-watched soap and why she thinks the genre remains important to viewers.

Having recently celebrated my 45th year playing Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless, I’m often asked how both Y&R and the daytime drama genre have changed since I first joined the show.

When I started playing Nikki in 1979, there were 13 daytime dramas on the air. Y&r was No. 3 in the ratings and would claim the top spot in December of 1988. There was a certain excitement for someone watching their soap live long before Vcrs, DVRs, streaming and the ability to go online to read a recap of the episode. Fan mail was delivered by the truckload to the studio with cards and notes filled with commentary.

“The Bold and the Beautiful”

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In March 2022, CBS announced it had renewed “The Bold and the Beautiful” for two additional seasons, keeping the series on the air through at least the 2023-2024 television season. What wasn’t known then was that built into that contract was an option to extend the deal to a third year.

Last week, shortly after the network announced it was picking up “The Young and the Restless” for an additional four seasons, it was reported that CBS would be exercising its one-year option for “The Bold and the Beautiful” as well. TV Line, which first reported the news of the extension, noted the current season renewals for the two CBS soaps ran through May 2024.

News of the “The Young and the Restless” renewal caused worry and confusion among fans of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” as they questioned why one show got a four-year...

CBS has renewed “The Young and the Restless” for four more seasons, which will take the daytime drama through the 2027-2028 season.

“The Young and the Restless” premiered in 1973, making it CBS’ longest running series. Centered on the residents of the fictitious Midwestern town of Genoa City, the series follows five decades of romances and rivalries between the Newman, Winters and Abbott families. Prominent cast members include Peter Bergman, Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott, Sharon Case, Joshua Morrow, Michelle Stafford, Kate Linder and Lauralee Bell.

The renewal takes the soap opera through to its 55th season. Its current season is averaging 3.5 million viewers per episode, making it the No. 1 most-watched daytime drama for the 36th year in a row.

“The Young and the Restless” was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell. Bell Dramatic Serial Company produces in association with Sony Pictures Television, with Josh Griffith serving as...

Television was a nascent medium in 1949 when Bill Hayes made his debut on “Fireball Fun-For-All,” a zany comedy-variety series fronted by vaudeville comedians Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson.

The series only lasted three months, but that was long enough to set Hayes on the path to become a TV legend through his role as Doug Williams, a pillar of the venerable daytime series “Days of Our Lives” for more than five decades. Hayes, who died Jan. 12 at the age of 98, never forgot the invaluable training he learned from working in the early days of live TV.

“The cameras were huge and immovable back then,” Hayes told Variety in 2018 when he and Susan Seaforth Hayes, his wife of 49 years and longtime “Days” leading lady, were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards. “They didn’t have the capability of zooming in or out. It was all live until...

Brett Hadley, best known for playing Genoa City police detective Carl Williams in The Young and the Restless, has died, as reported by Soap Opera Digest. He was 92. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. Hadley first joined the daytime soap in 1980, where he played the no-nonsense detective until 1990. He left the show for several years before reprising the role from 1998 to 1999. When his character returned, it was revealed he had been viciously beaten and suffered from amnesia, leading to his new life as Jim Bradley. Born on September 25, 1930, in Louisville, Kentucky, Hadley studied drama at the University of New Mexico before starting his acting career on the stage. He would go on to have numerous guest-star roles on television, including on shows such as The Waltons, Kojak, Ironside, The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Highway to Heaven, and many more. Hadley joined The Young and the Restless...

It’s hard to believe that The Young and the Restless has been delighting audiences for 50 years. The CBS daytime soap is one of the few that is still running after all these years, and it is more than just a show – it is a family. According to Reader’s Digest, well over 12,000 episodes have aired and it has become one of the longest-running series on television. There was plenty of celebration to mark both the momentous anniversary, and, of course, the fact that The Young and the Restless has stayed in the Bell family for 50 years.

The history of ‘The Young and the Restless’

The Young and The Restless is set in Genoa City and focuses on two rival families in the cosmetics industry. According to Soap Hub, the show’s creator William J. Bell had already changed the tone of soap operas as a writer on Days of Our Lives,...

Since 1973, The Young and the Restless , which takes place in the fictionalized version of Genoa City, has been captivating viewers of all ages. According to IMDb, the beloved soap opera has consistently won awards and acclaim, including 11 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.

While the actors have a lot to do with the number of awards and nominations that The Young and the Restless has received, a lot of the credit for the show’s quality also goes to the production team — including the writers. Janice Ferri Esser is a writer who has been with the show longer than anyone else on the team. In a recent interview, Esser opened up about her experiences writing for The Young and the Restless, revealing that she lives just a stone’s throw from the real Genoa City.

Janice Ferri Esser is a talented screenwriter

Shocking news devastates Genoa City. ? #Yr is new this week on @CBS.

On Sunday, The Young and the Restless will officially celebrate 50 years on CBS. For star Lauralee Bell, it’s more than just a celebration; it’s a tribute to the work of her dad William J. Bell, who created the No. 1 daytime drama with his wife, Lee, in 1973.

It’s also a heady reminder that Bell — along with her brother Bradley, who’s the head writer on The Bold and the Beautiful — is one of daytime’s most important stewards. “We’re representing dad in such big way,” said Bell of her father, who died in 2005. Her mom passed in 2020. “I was getting ready to do an interview the other day and out of nowhere this huge, overwhelming feeling came over me. I wondered, did dad ever consider that he wouldn’t be here at one point and did it make him feel a little bit better knowing that Brad and I were all in?...

“The Young and the Restless” celebrated a golden milestone Friday night when upwards of 60 current and former cast members, along with scores of its crew from the past and present, commemorated its 50th anniversary.

Gathering at Vibiana, a former historic cathedral turned event venue in Downtown Los Angeles, those behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera had plenty to celebrate, including its standing as Daytime television’s No. 1 drama. “Y&r” star Lauralee Bell and her brother Bradley P. Bell – who is producer and headwriter at its sister show, “The Bold and the Beautiful” — honored their parents William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, the creators of both CBS soaps.

Special anniversary episodes of “Y&r” will air beginning March 23, with suspense and romance (of course) taking the spotlight as the residents of Genoa City gather to celebrate the town’s bicentennial at an opulent masquerade ball hosted by Victor (Eric Braeden...

Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) is the golden girl of The Bold and the Beautiful. Since 1987, the heroine/vixen has been a vital part of the soap opera. While the role of Brooke has become synonymous with Lang, a few other actors have stepped into the role.

The Bold and the Beautiful star Katherine Kelly Lang I Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images Katherine Kelly Lang (March 1987 – Present)

Lang comes from a showbiz family, and it’s no surprise she decided to carry on the family’s legacy by pursuing an acting career. Her first big break came in the 1979 film Skatetown U.S.A. After several minor roles in TV shows, Lang landed the role that would make her famous.

In March 1987, Lang was cast as Brooke on William J. Bell’s new soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Brooke quickly became a leading lady on the show...

The Young and the Restless is one of the few daytime soap operas still standing for a reason. The show – which debuted on CBS in 1973 – has featured countless talented actors and even more outlandish storylines over the years. And some actors – such as Michael Damian, who plays Danny Romalotti on the show – continue to keep returning to The Young and the Restless.

Michael Damian | John Atashian/Getty Images Michael Damian first joined ‘The Young and the Restless’ in 1980

Damian made his debut on The Young and the Restless in 1980. He remained on the show until 1998. However, the actor returned to the soap opera in 2002 until 2004 and for brief stints in 2008 and 2012-2013. Finally, Damian returned to his iconic role in 2022, much to the delight of longtime fans.

In addition to his acting career, Damian has a long and successful run as a singer as well. He released his first album,...

Eric Braeden is famous for his role as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless. The Daytime Emmy winner has played the iconic character for four decades. However, if it wasn’t for the encouragement of a celebrity pal, Braeden might not have auditioned for the show.

The Young and the Restless star Eric Braeden I Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images A celebrity pal encouraged Eric Braeden to audition for ‘The Young and the Restless’

Before becoming a soap star, Braeden was famous for his work on the ABC drama The Rat Patrol. After the series was canceled in 1968, Braeden landed minor roles in TV and made for TV films. But in 1980, he landed the role that would make him famous.

Braeden’s performant as the ruthless Victor on The Young and the Restless made him a soap opera icon. The actor was uncertain about working on a soap opera; however,...

The year was 1983 and Tracey E. Bregman was cast in a short-term role as Lauren, a friend of good girl Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) on CBS’ long-running daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. “Lauren didn’t even have a last name,” says Bregman recalls to TV Insider, laughing about that fateful day. “[Executive producer] Bill Bell said that I went to exit [the scene] and I turned back and looked at Beth and he saw Lauren Fenmore, the mean girl.” The stink-eyed teen may have made her mark bullying Traci, but she eventually left her nasty side behind to become one of Genoa City’s most upstanding citizens. That’s why the Wednesday, January 25 episode, which marks Bregman’s 40th anniversary on the soap, is devoted to her. “Lauren is given a Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Fashion,” Bregman details. A surprise element gets her talking about her life, leading to a...

The late Aretha Franklin was one of The Young and the Restless’ biggest fans, which is ironic since Eric Braeden, who has played Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera since 1980, feels that the daytime serial genre hasn’t always gotten the R-e-s-p-e-c-t it deserves! Y&r debuted on March 26, 1973 so the show’s golden anniversary is still over five months away; however, the long-running soap opera is already starting to celebrate the big event. Braeden sat down with TV Insider for this exclusive interview in which he talks about what actor first convinced him to read for Y&r producers, his thoughts on other genres, and how he almost ended up not appearing as John Jacob Astor in the James Cameron blockbuster film Titanic. Edward Scott, former Y&R producer, now supervising producer at The Bold and the Beautiful, said in The Young and Restless Life of William J. Bell...

Exclusive: Peter Bergman will soon learn whether he’ll take home another Daytime Emmy, but the beloved star of The Young and the Restless has already won big: Deadline has learned the actor, who has played Jack Abbott since 1989, has inked a new, five-year deal to keep him on the CBS sudser.

Five-year contracts in daytime are practically unheard of these days — they typically range in length from one to four years — which is why Bergman’s pact is so significant. The actor remains more popular than ever and it’s clear that fans, as well as Sony Pictures TV, which produces the show for CBS, can’t imagine the soap without Bergman. Daytime dramas continue to bring in new actors but viewers never tire of the veterans. They’re like family.

The Young and the Restless has only been renewed through 2024, but there’s little reason to believe it...

The Bold and the Beautiful is celebrating its 35th anniversary this week. The half-hour CBS serial created by the late William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell debuted on March 23, 1987. On Thursday, March 24, head writer/executive producer Bradley Bell (son of William and Lee) is devoting an entire episode to the character of Brooke Logan Forrester, played by original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang, and five of Brooke’s loves. Brooke’s going through a rough time right now as her marriage to true love Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) is on the rocks. She’ll talk to him as well as ex-husbands Eric (original cast member John McCook), Bill (Don Diamont), and, returning for this special episode, Nick (Jack Wagner) and Thorne (Winsor Harmon). TV Insider chatted with Lang about her journey as B&b’s Brooke, why the audience stands behind the plucky heroine despite her many missteps — all in the name of love,...

The youngest of the four remaining network soap operas will continue at least through the 2023-24 television season. CBS has renewed The Bold and the Beautiful TV series for two more years -- seasons 36 and 37 of the drama.

Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell in 1987, The Bold and the Beautiful revolves around the Forrester family and their fashion house, Forrester Creations, in Los Angeles.  This season, the daytime drama's cast has included Matthew Atkinson, Katrina Bowden, Kimberlin Brown, Darin Brooks, Scott Clifton, Delon de Metz, Don Diamont, Sean Kanan, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Annika Noelle, Tanner Novlan, Denise Richards, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Aaron D. Spears, Rena Sofer, Heather Tom, Diamond White, and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood. Recurring players include Dick Christie, Jennifer Gareis, Avalon and Collette Gray, Ted King, Naomi Matsuda, Dan Martin,...

What better way to celebrate a milestone than to know the show isn’t going anywhere anytime soon? Ahead of The Bold and the Beautiful‘s 35th anniversary, the drama has been renewed for two more year through its 37th season. It premiered in 1987 and has since won 100 Daytime Emmys (with 306 nominations) and is the most-watched U.S. produced daytime drama in the world. “For 35 years, The Bold and the Beautiful has been a cornerstone of our #1 daytime lineup,” Margot Wain, senior vice president, daytime programs, CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. “Congratulations to our talented cast and crew, as well as Bradley Bell, who have made this show a creative and ratings success, and thank you to B&b’s dedicated fans, whose passion for these characters and stories is unrivaled.” The series was created by the late William J. Bell and his wife, Lee Phillip Bell, and their son...

As The Bold and the Beautiful approaches a remarkable milestone of 35 years on the air, CBS has renewed the venerable daytime drama for two more years, through the 2023-2024 broadcast season.

“For 35 years The Bold and the Beautiful has been a cornerstone of our #1 Daytime lineup,” said Margot Wain, Senior Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS Entertainment. “Congratulations to our talented cast and crew, as well as Bradley Bell, who have made this show a creative and ratings success, and thank you to B&b’s dedicated fans, whose passion for these characters and stories is unrivaled.”

The renewal will bring B&b on par with the other CBS daytime soap, The Young and the Restless, which has a four-year renewal through 2024.

“35 years ago, I would have never imagined what was in store,” said Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer and Head Writer of The Bold and the Beautiful. “Since our premiere in...

The Bold and the Beautiful, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary later this month, is sticking around for at least two more seasons. The iconic daytime soap has been renewed through Season 37, TVLine has learned, taking it through the 2023-24 TV season.

In honor of the huge anniversary milestone, the series will air a standalone episode (set for Thursday, March 24) dedicated to Brooke Logan (played by Katherine Kelly Lang since the show’s debut in 1987) and “five of her true loves,” per the official synopsis.

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CBS announced on Wednesday that long-running soap “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which celebrates its 35th anniversary on March 23, has been renewed for two more years through the 2023-2024 season.

The network also shared the news that Jack Wagner, who played Nick Marone from 2003 to 2012 and is also known for his work on “General Hospital” and “Melrose Place,” will return to the soap for a special standalone March 24 episode dedicated to Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and five of her great loves.

Winsor Harmon, who played Thorne Forrester from 1996 to 2016, also returns for the episode, which features John McCook (Eric Forrester), Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) and Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester), who married Brooke an impressive eight times.

Lang and McCook are both original cast members.

“For 35 years ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ has been a cornerstone of our #1 Daytime lineup,” said Margot Wain, senior vice president of Daytime Programs at CBS Entertainment.

Exclusive: We’ll soon be seeing a new face on The Young and the Restless. Reylynn Caster (The Big Big Show) is joining the CBS daytime drama in a recasting.

Caster will play Faith Newman, daughter of legacy characters Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). She makes her Y&r debut on Monday, April 12.

Caster takes over for Alyvia Alyn Lind, who has played the role of Faith Newman since 2013. Lind is departing the series for a series regular role on Syfy’s Chucky.

Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, The Young and the Restless, the No. 1 daytime drama for 32 consecutive years, revolves around the loves, enmities, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern town of Genoa City. Y&r celebrated its 48th Anniversary on Friday, March 26.

The series is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television. Anthony Morina is executive producer.

Exclusive: Desperate Housewives and General Hospital alum Richard Burgi is joining CBS’ daytime drama The Young and the Restless in a recurring role.

Burgi will play Ashland Locke, an uber successful tycoon with a reputation for being a shrewd businessman. His character arrives in Genoa City to oversee a bidding war with the Y&r’s high powered Newman and Abbott families and will also expose some secrets during his visit. He’ll be introduced in the episode on Thursday, March 11.

Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, The Young and the Restless, the No. 1 daytime drama for 31 consecutive years, revolves around the loves, enmities, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern town of Genoa City.

The series is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television. Anthony Morina is executive producer. Josh Griffith is co-executive producer and head writer. John...

Exclusive: Production on CBS’ daytime drama The Young and the Restless is slated to proceed as planned despite two people testing positive for the coronavirus, I have learned.

According to sources, an email was sent to production crew yesterday informing them that the “production received two new positive test results for Covid-19 on November 1, 2020 and the individuals have begun self-isolation.” Additionally, “the affected areas of the production will be deep cleaned and disinfected,” the letter said. “Contact tracing has been completed and those individuals who were in who were in close contact with the affected individuals have been notified. The production will take steps to respect all affected workers’ privacy.”

The positive results were produced as part of Y&r‘s safety protocols, which include regular testing. Their implementation is being monitored by a Covid officer on set.

I hear the production company determined that neither of the two individuals...

Courtney Hope is departing Los Angeles for Genoa City. The former star of “The Bold and the Beautiful” posted a photo of herself on Instagram on August 20 wearing “The Young and the Restless” apparel with the caption, “This seems like a good fit.” Daytime Confidential subsequently confirmed that the actress is making the move from one soap to the other.

Hope first arrived on “B&b” in 2017 as Sally Spectra, the grandniece of a fashion mogul also named Sally Spectra and the granddaughter of Shirley Spectra (Patrika Darbo). The younger Sally was so obsessed with Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) that she pretended to be dying in order to keep him with her, and even kidnapped the woman he really loved, Flo (Katrina Bowden). Suffice it to say that didn’t pan out.

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In today’s TV news roundup, CBS revealed that new episodes of “The Young and the Restless” will premiere starting Aug. 10, and Lifetime announced “Married at First Sight: Unmatchables,” set to be released in 2021.

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CBS has announced that the popular daytime soap “The Young and the Restless” will be back to premiere new episodes Aug. 10 through Aug. 14. The five new episodes set to air will follow Sharon’s (Sharon Case) battle with cancer and a scandal involving new couple Billy (Jason Thompson) and Lily (Christel Khalil). The series, which has been on broadcast television since 1973 and is in its 47th season, has spent the past 31 years as television’s top daytime drama, based on ratings. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell and is produced, in association with Sony Pictures Television, by Bell Dramatic Serial Company,

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Get ready to return to Genoa City!

CBS has announced when fans can get their next dose of The Young & the Restless.

The daytime sudser back with all new episodes, Monday, August 10 on the CBS Television Network.

This is some four months after the series exhausted original episodes after the Covid-19 shutdown.

The return will find Victor and Nikki’s family threatened by a secret, Billy and Lily navigating their new partnership with a shocking scandal brewing, Phyllis and Abby’s rivalry heating up and Sharon’s family rallying around her during her brave battle with cancer.

Here are the loglines for the upcoming episodes:

Monday, August 10: Lily (Christel Khalil) and Billy (Jason Thompson) interview Genoa City residents as they celebrate the anniversary of Katherine’s dedication at Chancellor Park, sparking guests’ memories of the recent past.

Tuesday, August 11: Sharon (Sharon Case) struggles with her new normal following her surgery,...

“The Young and the Restless” will return next week with new episodes filmed during the pandemic, CBS announced Monday.

The soap will begin airing fresh installments Aug. 10 (12:30 p.m. Et/11:30 a.m. Pt), which “will find Victor and Nikki’s family threatened by a secret, Billy and Lily navigating their new partnership with a shocking scandal brewing, Phyllis and Abby’s rivalry heating up, and Sharon’s family rallying around her during her brave battle with cancer.”

Following months of production shutdowns due to the pandemic, “The Young and the Restless” is the final daytime soap on broadcast to announce its return with new episodes after filming resumed, as CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” and ABC’s “General Hospital” have both already broken out of reruns, and NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” never ran out of originals during its hiatus.

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Soap fans should mark Aug. 10 on their calendars. Starting that date, all four daytime dramas will be in originals.

CBS’ The Young and the Restless will start rolling out new episodes Aug 10 (watch a promo above), joining CBS companion The Bold and the Beautiful, which has been in originals since July 20, ABC’s General Hospital, which will switch from repeats to fresh episodes on Aug. 3, and NBC’s Days Of Our Lives, which has continued airing first-run episodes throughout the pandemic.

CBS’ The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful as well as ABC’s General Hospital and NBC’s Days Of Our Lives suspended production in mid-March amid an industrywide production shutdown due to the pandemic.

The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless and General Hospital ran out of originals in late April and late May (Gh) when they started airing classic episodes.

Exclusive: The Young and the Restless is poised to become the second U.S. daytime drama to return to the set. I hear the producers for the soap have sent a letter to the cast and crew, notifying them of a tentative plan to restart production on July 6.

As is the case with any production plans during the pandemic, which are in flux because Covid-19 conditions change daily, I hear July 6 was listed in the letter as a goal, not as a firm restart date.

The producers of Young and the Restless have been in contact with the team behind fellow CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, which returned to production last Wednesday for one day before taking a break to work on testing protocols. Their experience is being used byYoung and the Restless producers as they are honing in on their own safety guidelines.

The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful suspended production in mid-March amid an industrywide production shutdown due to the pandemic. Both series ran out of original episodes at the end of April and began airing repeats curated into theme weeks.

In January, CBS renewed The Young and the Restless for four more years, taking it through 2024. The series, now in its 47th season, is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company, in association with Sony Pictures Television. It airs weekdays from 12:30-1:30 Pm, Et/11:30 Am-12:30 Pm, Pt.

The longtime residence of the late soap opera icon Lee Phillip Bell has come up for sale, carrying an attention-grabbing, if perhaps not entirely surprising, $39 million pricetag. Well-maintained, with exquisitely curated grounds, the multi-structure estate sprawls across 2.5 acres of hilltop land in the prime lower Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles, lording over the surrounding neighbors and offering views to the Century City and Downtown L.A. skylines.

Originally built in 1934, the property was owned in the 1940s by Academy Award-nominated actor Charles Boyer, a Hollywood leading man of the era who starred in a number of black-and-white classics, including “Gaslight,” “Algiers,” “Conquest,” and “Love Affair,” to name but a few.

In the late ’40s, Boyer sought to terminate his contract with Rko Pictures, one of the big five studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age. As part of the unusual settlement negotiations, the studio agreed to purchase his sprawling estate...

Beginning Monday, April 27, CBS’ daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful will begin airing repeat episodes amid the continuing coronavirus production shutdown, but with a fun twist.

As we previously reported, both shows had about 4-6 weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production shutdown began on March 17. The last original episode will air this Thursday,

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Beginning Monday, the shows will be pulling from the archives to air memorable past episodes as part of theme weeks.

The Young and the Restless, from Sony Pictures TV, will feature episodes, some dating back as far as 1990, focusing on Genoa City...

She was a Chicago TV pioneer who went on to co-create two enduring TV franchises, the CBS soap operas “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

But more than anything else, Lee Phillip Bell, who died Feb. 25 at the age of 91, was remembered by friends and colleagues as a gracious, erudite and kindhearted person who was the definition of a “great lady,” in the words of “Y&r” star Eric Braeden.

“When she walked into a room, you just knew that this was someone worthy of enormous respect,” Braeden tells Variety. “You knew from talking to her that she was someone who was so informed about various subject matters and was so used to talking intelligently on television about them.”

Phillip Bell got her start in her native Chicago when television was in its infancy. She was a forerunner of future Chicago-based talk show personalities Oprah Winfrey...

Emmy-winning soap writer Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created CBS soaps The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, has died.

She was 91.

Bell's children revealed the sad news to The Hollywood Reporter, with the following statement:

Our mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother. Gracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously.

The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful took to the shows' official Twitter accounts to pay their respects to Bell.

“We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of a member of our CBS family and Daytime community, Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, and co-creator of Y&r and B&b, Lee Phillip Bell. She was a pioneer in television and will be missed dearly.”

Lee worked with her late husband William J. Bell, and they co-created...

Lee Phillip Bell, co-creator of popular soap operas “The Young and the Restless’ and “The Bold and The Beautiful,” died on Tuesday. She was 91.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bell created two of daytime television’s hit soap operas,”Y&r” and “B&b,” along with her late husband William J. Bell. In 1975, Bell won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding drama series for “Y&r” and received the Daytime Emmy’s lifetime achievement award in 2007.

Aside from her work in daytime television, Bell was a broadcast journalist who began her career in Chicago. She produced and and hosted her own show, “The Lee Phillip Show” for CBS TV for over 30 years. Throughout her career, she produced and narrated numerous award-winning specials and documentaries covering social concerns such as foster children, the subject of rape, children and divorce, and babies born to women in prison.

During the time of her show, Bell interviewed presidents Gerald Ford...

Emmy-winning soap writer Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created long-running CBS daytime staples The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, has died at the age of 91, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bell’s children confirmed the news in a statement: “Our mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother. Gracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously.”

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