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The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell

William J. Bell

William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
and Lee Phillip Bell

Lee Phillip Bell

Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator.Lee Phillip Bell is one of the most notable graduates from what is now known as Riverside-Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois....
, who set their show in a fictional version

Genoa City (fictional city)

Genoa City, Wisconsin is the fictional setting for the long-running American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The real U.S. Genoa City, Wisconsin is otherwise unlike and unrelated to the mid-size city depicted in the series....
of Genoa City, Wisconsin

Genoa City, Wisconsin

Genoa City is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,949 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Walworth County, Wisconsin, 43 miles south-southwest of Milwaukee....
, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

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Production

Taped at CBS Television City

CBS Television City

CBS Television City is a television studio located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax avenues....
in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
since its debut, the show was groundbreaking for daytime serials in its lush production values. When it premiered, in 1973 The Young and the Restless stood out from other soaps on the air for its visual darkness. Soap operas at the time tended to be comparatively brightly-lit in tone. The show lighted primarily the actors and not the background settings, so as to focus the attention of the viewer on the emotions of the actors. Also, its glamorous sets utilizing fresh cut flowers, and wardrobe and hairstyles were a huge contrast to existing soap operas, which often set the action in a simple living room or kitchen set, where characters would discuss their world over a cup of coffee. It should also be noted that The Young and the Restless is one of the few soaps that used an actual orchestra for the background music (its sister soap Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
also used, and pioneered the use of in American soap operas, an orchestra for background music), a lavish expense for a soap in the '70s.

When the show began as 30 minutes in 1973, it was shot in what is referred to as "Live To Tape", meaning it was basically like a stage play that was filmed, with actors freezing in place during the "Black Space" where commercials would later be inserted by the network and affiliates. Later, after the show went to 60 minutes in February 1980, the taping style changed, and it was shot scene by scene, and edited, with which the format stands to this day.

In 2001, The Young and the Restless became the first - and, so far, only - daytime soap opera to be broadcast in high-definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
. The April 2, 2008 episode of The Young and the Restless was the first and only episode aired in a film look.

Executive producing and head writing team

For the most part, the writers and producers of the show have stayed unchanged since the 1980s. Throughout most of the show's history since its inception, creator William J. Bell

William J. Bell

William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
served as both the Executive Producer

Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
and head writer

Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an executive producer....
for the show. He also had a number of executive producers over the years including John Conboy

John Conboy

John Conboy is an American soap opera producer.Conboy is best known for bringing glamorous production values to a show soon after he is hired....
, H. Wesley Kenney

H. Wesley Kenney

Edward J. Scott

Edward J. Scott is an American soap opera producer. He married The Young and the Restless actress, Melody Thomas Scott in October 1985, and they have three daughters....
, David Shaughnessy

David Shaughnessy

David James Shaughnessy is a British-born theatre and television director, Television producer and actor. His father was Alfred Shaughnessy, an English scriptwriter....
and John F. Smith

John F. Smith

John F. Smith is an United States soap opera writer and producer. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working....
. Starting in the mid-80s, Bell was credited as "Senior Executive Producer".

As the show continued to reach new, record heights in 1987, co-executive producer H. Wesley Kenney

H. Wesley Kenney

H. Wesley Kenney is an United States television producer and television director of several television series.He is best known for his work on soap operas, producing and directing Days of our Lives from 1968 to 1979, and then becoming Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless, a spot he held from 1982 to 1984....
defected to network television's #1 mainstay in the soap ratings, General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
. This was rather ironic, since the following year it was The Young and the Restless that surpassed the longtime champ for the Nielsen ratings

Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Media Research is an United States company that Measurement Mass media audiences, including television, radio, theatre films and newspapers....
top spot, with Kenney not being able to be a part of his former show's ultimate success. However, Kenney did keep GH near the top of the pack during his two-year tenure as executive producer there.

Kay Alden

Kay Alden

Kay Alden is an award-winning television writer, and former head writer for the most-watched United States soap opera The Young and the Restless....
took over as head writer after Bell stepped down in 1998. After Bell died in April 2005, Smith served as the sole executive producer. In late February 2006, Lynn Marie Latham

Lynn Marie Latham

Lynn Marie Latham is an United States television writer and producer. Her initial foray into writing for television was as a story editor for the short-lived series Berrenger's in 1985....
was promoted to head writer, while Alden and Smith served as co-head writers. In late August 2006, Latham was announced as the new executive producer (in addition to her writing role) by CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime is a television programming block on CBS Corporation....
Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom is an United States writer and Television program Senior management. She earned a bachelor in theater from Skidmore College. Her current position is CBS Corporation....
. More behind-the-scenes shakeups continued into September 2006 when Smith's contract as co-head writer wasn't renewed. Kathryn Foster

Kathryn Foster

Kathryn Foster is an United States soap opera Television producer and Television director. She resigned in October 2006 after being on The Young and the Restless for about 15 years....
, a long time producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
and director

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
since the 1980s, resigned in October 2006.

Alden quit the show in November 2006 and was hired by ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime is a programming block on the American Broadcasting Company which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows, and talk shows....
in December 2006 to consult on All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
and One Life to Live
One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
. After her consulting contract ended, Alden joined The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
as an Associate Head Writer. Lynn Marie Latham

Lynn Marie Latham

Creative consultant

Creative consultant is a credit that has - particularly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have script doctor a movie screenplay. It is often given by producers in lieu of official credit....
, was named its new executive producer shortly after the departure of Smith

John F. Smith

Edward J. Scott

Edward J. Scott is an American soap opera producer. He married The Young and the Restless actress, Melody Thomas Scott in October 1985, and they have three daughters....
was chosen by Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an United States television production company/distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
to join Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
. Anthony Morina

Anthony Morina

Anthony Morina is an United States television soap opera Television director and Television producer. He is also sometimes credited as Tony Morina....
, episode director and husband of former series writer/story consultant Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer....
, was named as producer shortly after Scott's departure (and later promoted to supervising producer).

The show had been known in the industry for its close-knit team that rarely changed; however, with Latham's ascension, many crew members that had been with the show since the '80s were fired or quit: Joshua S. McCaffrey

Joshua S. McCaffrey

Joshua S. McCaffrey is an American soap opera writer....
, Marnie Saitta, Trent Jones

Trent Jones

Trent Jones is an American soap opera actor and writer....
, Mike Denney

Mike Denney

Mike Denney is an United States television soap opera Television director. Denney has worked on the CBS Daytime drama The Young and the Restless for nearly 20 years, but in 2007, he quit the show....
, Janice Ferri Esser

Janice Ferri Esser

Janice Ferri Esser is an American writer on the daytime television serials The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
, Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina

Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. She is married to Anthony Morina, a CBS Daytime director and producer....
, Jim Houghton

Jim Houghton

Jim Houghton is an American actor and writer. He was an original cast member of the CBS Daytime serial The Young and the Restless as Greg Foster, and of the long-running prime time serial, Knots Landing as Kenny Ward....
, Marc Hertz

Marc Hertz

Marc Hertz is an American soap opera writer. Upon the announcement of a new head writer, Lynn Marie Latham, Hertz was among several crew members fired from Y&R in 2006....
, Sara A. Bibel

Sara A. Bibel

Sara A. Bibel is an United States television soap opera writer who has also written for The Harvard Crimson....
(Denney and Esser have since returned). New crew members were hired: Neil Landau

Neil Landau

Neil Landau is an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. He has held various positions such as script consultant , breakdown writer , and script writer ....
, Darin Goldberg, Brett Steanart, Valerie Ahern

Valerie Ahern

'Valerie Ahern' is an American television screenwriter and producer.She has written episodes for a number of television series since 1995 including The Young And The Restless , Clueless , Desperate Housewives, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Drawn Together, The Parent 'Hood, Renovate My Family, Hot Properties, S...
, Shelley Meals

Shelley Meals

Shelley Meals is an American screenwriter, story editor and television producer. She is currently hired as a writer on CBS Daytime's daytime drama The Young And The Restless....
, Phideaux Xavier

Phideaux Xavier

Phideaux Xavier is an American TV director and composer of modern technological music that he describes as "psychedelic progressive gothic rock", who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles....
, Karen Rea, Cherie Bennett

Cherie Bennett

Cherie Bennett is an American novelist, actress, director, playwright, newspaper columnist, singer, and television writer on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless....
, Jeff Gottesfeld

Jeff Gottesfeld

Jeff Gottesfeld is an American essayist, novelist, and screen and television writer.He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, attended Teaneck High School, Colby College, and then the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was president of his class and a member of the law review....
, Bernard Lechowick

Bernard Lechowick

Bernard Lechowick is an American television writer and producer. He grew up in Mentor, Ohio and is a father of two sons. Lechowick graduated from the University of Notre Dame....
, Scott Hamner

Scott Hamner

Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an United States television writer. He was nominated for a WGA Award in 2006 for his work on CBS DaytimeThe Young and the Restless....
, Christian McLaughlin

Christian McLaughlin

Christian McLaughlin is a television writer, Television producer, and author. McLaughlin is a graduate of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas....
, Lynsey DuFour

Lynsey DuFour

Lynsey DuFour is an United States television soap opera writer....
, Vincent Lechowick, James Stanley

James Stanley (writer)

James Stanley is an American TV writer, producer and actor. He has also been credited as James Carl Stanley and Jim Stanley. He is married to Diane Messina Stanley, who is also a writer....
, Jenelle Lindsay, Tom Casiello

Tom Casiello

Tom Casiello is an American soap opera writer. In a recent interview he mentioned that he is grateful to have worked with his childhood idols: Kay Alden, Richard Culliton, Stephen Demorest, Richard Backus, Leah Laiman, Jean Passanante, Ron Carlivati, Shelly Altman and Janet Iacobuzio....
, Paula Cwikly

Paula Cwikly

Paula Cwikly is an American soap opera writer for the Daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. She was NBC Daytime director of daytime programming....
, Rick Draughon and Chris Abbott

Chris Abbott

Chris Abbott is an American television producer, writer and author. She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University. She started her career writing for Little House on the Prairie....
.

By 2007, only four writers from the pre-Latham era: Sandra Weintraub

Sandra Weintraub

Sandra Weintraub, also known as Sandra Weintraub Roland, is an United States television soap opera writer....
, Eric Freiwald

Eric Freiwald

'Eric Freiwald' is an American TV writer currently scripting the daytime television serial, The Young and the Restless. From the mid-1950s to 1984 with partner Robert Schaefer, he wrote for such shows as The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Maverick , Whirlybirds, Texas John S...
, Linda Schreiber

Linda Schreiber

Linda Schreiber is an United States television soap opera writer. Her writing partner is Eric Freiwald....
and Natalie Minardi Slater

Natalie Minardi Slater

Natalie Minardi Slater is an United States television soap opera writer. She was originally groomed by Kay Alden to be her successor on Y&R when she stepped down as Head Writer....
, remained with the serial. Josh Griffith

Josh Griffith

Josh Griffith is an United States soap opera writer and producer....
took over the executive producing duties after Latham was fired, but his tenure ended in September when it was announced that he would be replaced by Maria Arena Bell

Maria Arena Bell

Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer....
and Paul Rauch

Paul Rauch

Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer....
as co-executive producers. Bell and Rauch's episodes began airing on October 3, 2008.

With Maria Arena Bell at the helm, The Young and the Restless has seen the return of several long-time writers and directors; most notably Mike Denney

Mike Denney

Lynn Marie Latham

Janice Ferri Esser

Janice Ferri Esser is an American writer on the daytime television serials The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
who was also relieved of her duties by Latham.

Current main crew

Head Writer Head writer A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an executive producer.... s	Associate/Breakdown/Script	Producers/Consultants Television producer The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....	Directors Television director A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
Maria Arena Bell Maria Arena Bell Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer.... ; Hogan Sheffer Hogan Sheffer Hogan Sheffer is an United States Daytime Emmy winning screenwriter. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working.... , Scott Hamner Scott Hamner Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an United States television writer. He was nominated for a WGA Award in 2006 for his work on CBS DaytimeThe Young and the Restless....	Natalie Minardi Slater Natalie Minardi Slater Natalie Minardi Slater is an United States television soap opera writer. She was originally groomed by Kay Alden to be her successor on Y&R when she stepped down as Head Writer.... , Sandra Weintraub Sandra Weintraub Sandra Weintraub, also known as Sandra Weintraub Roland, is an United States television soap opera writer.... , Linda Schreiber Linda Schreiber Linda Schreiber is an United States television soap opera writer. Her writing partner is Eric Freiwald.... , Eric Freiwald Eric Freiwald 'Eric Freiwald' is an American TV writer currently scripting the daytime television serial, The Young and the Restless. From the mid-1950s to 1984 with partner Robert Schaefer, he wrote for such shows as The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Maverick , Whirlybirds, Texas John S... , Marla Kanelos Marla Kanelos Marla Kanelos is an American television soap opera writer.... , Beth Milstein Beth Milstein Beth Milstein is an American television soap opera writer and producer.... , Jay Gibson, Amanda L. Beall Amanda L. Beall Amanda L. Beall is an United States television soap opera writer.... , Janice Ferri Esser Janice Ferri Esser Janice Ferri Esser is an American writer on the daytime television serials The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.... , Tom Casiello Tom Casiello Tom Casiello is an American soap opera writer. In a recent interview he mentioned that he is grateful to have worked with his childhood idols: Kay Alden, Richard Culliton, Stephen Demorest, Richard Backus, Leah Laiman, Jean Passanante, Ron Carlivati, Shelly Altman and Janet Iacobuzio.... , Teresa Zimmerman Teresa Zimmerman Teresa Zimmerman is an United States television soap opera writer.... , Mike Cohen Mike Cohen (writer) Mike Cohen is an United States television soap opera script writer.... , Lisa Connor Lisa Connor 'Lisa Connor' is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. She is currently a writer on CBS Daytime drama, As the World Turns....	Paul Rauch Paul Rauch Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer.... (Co-EP Executive producer The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project.... ), Maria Arena Bell Maria Arena Bell Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer.... (Co-EP Executive producer The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project.... ), Anthony Morina Anthony Morina Anthony Morina is an United States television soap opera Television director and Television producer. He is also sometimes credited as Tony Morina.... , John Fisher, Josh O'Connell, Matthew J. Olson, Bill Bell Jr. William J. Bell William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....	Mike Denney Mike Denney Mike Denney is an United States television soap opera Television director. Denney has worked on the CBS Daytime drama The Young and the Restless for nearly 20 years, but in 2007, he quit the show.... , Sally McDonald Sally McDonald Sally McDonald is an United States television soap opera Television director. Beside working on daytime, McDonald was also a production supervisor for game shows The $10,000 Pyramid, Card Sharks and Win, Lose or Draw.... , Dean LaMont Dean LaMont Dean LaMont is an United States Daytime Emmy Award-winning camera man and television director.His camera-operating credits include several episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless and cinematography for Family Feud.... , Andrew Lee Andrew Lee (director) Andrew Lee is an American TV director.... , Grant A. Johnson Grant A. Johnson Grant A. Johnson is an United States television soap opera Television director.... , Susan Strickler Susan Strickler Susan C. Strickler is an United States television and theatre director. She has been nominated for three Daytime Emmys and won once in 1992. She was also nominated for two Directors Guild of America Awards and won once in 1992.... , Deveney Kelly Deveney Kelly Deveney Marking Kelly is an United States television soap opera Television director and former Television producer. On-screen, Deveney is currently credited as Deveney Kelly, but she's also known as Deveney Marking.... , Camille St. Cyr Camille St. Cyr Camille St. Cyr is an United States television and film casting director.... (Casting Director)

Executive producer
Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
s

Duration	Name
March 26, 1973 to 1976	William J. Bell William J. Bell William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
1976 to 1982	William J. Bell & John Conboy John Conboy John Conboy is an American soap opera producer.Conboy is best known for bringing glamorous production values to a show soon after he is hired....
1982 to 1984	William J. Bell & H. Wesley Kenney H. Wesley Kenney H. Wesley Kenney is an United States television producer and television director of several television series.He is best known for his work on soap operas, producing and directing Days of our Lives from 1968 to 1979, and then becoming Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless, a spot he held from 1982 to 1984....
1984 to December 2001	William J. Bell & Edward J. Scott Edward J. Scott Edward J. Scott is an American soap opera producer. He married The Young and the Restless actress, Melody Thomas Scott in October 1985, and they have three daughters....
December 2001 to 2003	William J. Bell & David Shaughnessy David Shaughnessy David James Shaughnessy is a British-born theatre and television director, Television producer and actor. His father was Alfred Shaughnessy, an English scriptwriter....
2003 to January 2004	William J. Bell, David Shaughnessy, & John F. Smith John F. Smith John F. Smith is an United States soap opera writer and producer. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working....
January 2004 to April 29, 2005	William J. Bell & John F. Smith
May 2, 2005 to May 12, 2006	John F. Smith
May 15, 2006 to October 3, 2006	No executive producer
October 4, 2006 to October 24, 2006	Lynn Marie Latham Lynn Marie Latham Lynn Marie Latham is an United States television writer and producer. Her initial foray into writing for television was as a story editor for the short-lived series Berrenger's in 1985....
October 25, 2006 to December 24, 2007	Lynn Marie Latham & Josh Griffith Josh Griffith Josh Griffith is an United States soap opera writer and producer....
December 26, 2007 to October 2, 2008	Josh Griffith
October 3, 2008 to Present	Maria Arena Bell Maria Arena Bell Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer.... & Paul Rauch Paul Rauch Paul Rauch is an American television producer and writer....

Head writer
Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an executive producer....
s

Duration	Name
March 26, 1973 - 1997	William J. Bell William J. Bell William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
1997 - 1998	William J. Bell and Kay Alden Kay Alden Kay Alden is an award-winning television writer, and former head writer for the most-watched United States soap opera The Young and the Restless....
1998 - Autumn 2001	Kay Alden
Autumn 2001 - June 2002	Kay Alden and Trent Jones Trent Jones Trent Jones is an American soap opera actor and writer....
June 2002 - August 5, 2004	Kay Alden, Trent Jones and John F. Smith
August 6, 2004 - February 15, 2006	Kay Alden and John F. Smith
February 16, 2006 - November 10, 2006	Lynn Marie Latham, Kay Alden and John F. Smith
November 13, 2006 - December 23, 2006	Lynn Marie Latham, Kay Alden and Scott Hamner Scott Hamner Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an United States television writer. He was nominated for a WGA Award in 2006 for his work on CBS DaytimeThe Young and the Restless....
December 26, 2006 - December 24, 2007	Lynn Marie Latham and Scott Hamner
December 26, 2007 - April 14, 2008	Josh Griffith and Maria Arena Bell
April 15, 2008 - April 21, 2008	Josh Griffith, Maria Arena Bell and Scott Hamner
April 22, 2008 - May 9, 2008	Maria Arena Bell and Scott Hamner
May 12, 2008 - July 14, 2008	Maria Arena Bell
July 15, 2008 - August 8, 2008	Maria Arena Bell and Hogan Sheffer Hogan Sheffer Hogan Sheffer is an United States Daytime Emmy winning screenwriter. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, he chose financial core status with the WGA and continued working....
August 11, 2008 - Present	Maria Arena Bell, Hogan Sheffer and Scott Hamner

Cast

Among the current The Young and the Restless cast members, longtime veteran actress Jeanne Cooper

Jeanne Cooper

Wilma Jeanne Cooper is an United States actor best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Though she was not on the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless....
, who plays Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper....
, debuted on-screen in November 1973 and has been on contract since Autumn 1973. The other current senior cast members who joined the show in the 1970s are Doug Davidson

Doug Davidson

Douglas Donald "Doug" Davidson is an United States television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since April 6, 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member....
(Paul Williams, 1978) and Melody Thomas Scott

Melody Thomas Scott

Melody Thomas Scott is an American actress best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....
(Nikki Newman, 1979). Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden is a Germans film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....
joined The Young and the Restless as Victor Newman

Victor Newman

Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since early 1980....
in 1980 after becoming notable for his roles in The Rat Patrol
The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol was an United States TV program that aired on American Broadcasting Company during the 1966-1968 seasons. The show followed the exploits of four Allies of World War II soldiers who were part of a long range desert patrol group in the North African Campaign during World War II....
and Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project is a science fiction movie based upon the novel Colossus , by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive, eponymous American defense computer`s becoming Sentience and deciding to assume control of the world....
, as well as a variety of guest starring roles in numerous primetime TV shows during the 1970s.

The original March 1973 cast consisted of a mixture of veterans and young, relative unknowns. The most notable cast member was Robert Colbert

Robert Colbert

Robert Colbert is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the TV series The Time Tunnel and his two appearances as a third Maverick brother, List of Maverick episodes in Maverick ....
, star of the 1960s TV series The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel is a 1966?1967 United States color science fiction TV series. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen, his third science fiction television series....
, as Stuart Brooks. Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green was the founding Director of the California Water Impact Network. She served on the statewide board that directed the fight to stop the Peripheral Canal when it was on the ballot in 1982....
, a frequent guest star in numerous 1950s-60s TV programs, was cast as Stuart's wife Jennifer, while veteran actress Julianna McCarthy

Julianna McCarthy

Julianna McCarthy is an American actress. McCarthy was an original cast member of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, starring as matriarch Liz Foster from 1973 to 1982....
played Liz Foster. The only original character remaining since the program's debut in 1973 is Jill Foster Abbott

Jill Foster Abbott

Jess Walton

Jess Walton is an United States actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless....
, the fourth actress the play the role, since 1987.

Current cast members

Actor	Character	Duration
Jeanne Cooper Jeanne Cooper Wilma Jeanne Cooper is an United States actor best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Though she was not on the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless....	Katherine Chancellor Katherine Chancellor Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper....	1973-
Doug Davidson Doug Davidson Douglas Donald "Doug" Davidson is an United States television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since April 6, 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member....	Paul Williams	1978-
Melody Thomas Scott Melody Thomas Scott Melody Thomas Scott is an American actress best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....	Nikki Newman (#2)	1979-
Eric Braeden Eric Braeden Eric Braeden is a Germans film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....	Victor Newman Victor Newman Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since early 1980....	1980-
Kate Linder Kate Linder Kate Linder is an United States actress, best known for her role as Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless, which she has played since 1982....	Esther Valentine Wilkes Esther Valentine Esther Wilkes is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Kate Linder since April 1982. The actress was recurring until November 1985, when she was upgraded to a contract....	1982-
Eileen Davidson Eileen Davidson Eileen Davidson is an United States film and soap opera actress. She is known for her portrayal of Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and for the multiple roles she portrayed on Days of our Lives....	Ashley Abbott Ashley Abbott Ashley Suzanne Abbott is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently played by United States actress Eileen Davidson, who had been playing the character for over 16 years.... (#1)	1982-1988, 1999-2007, 2008-
Jess Walton Jess Walton Jess Walton is an United States actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless....	Jill Foster Abbott Jill Foster Abbott Jill Foster Abbott is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Much of her history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Katherine Chancellor .... (#4)	1987-
Peter Bergman Peter Bergman Peter Bergman is an United States soap opera actor....	Jack Abbott (#2)	1989-
Kristoff St. John Kristoff St. John Kristoff St. John is an American actor, best known for his role as Neil Winters on the daytime US drama The Young and the Restless....	Neil Winters Neil Winters Neil Winters is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John since his first appearance on 1991....	1991-
Christian LeBlanc Christian LeBlanc Christian Jules LeBlanc is an United States actor.LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He first played the role from 1991 to 1993 and has played him since 1997....	Michael Baldwin Michael Baldwin Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc since 1991 ....	1991-1993, 1997-
Joshua Morrow Joshua Morrow Joshua Jacob Morrow is an American actor and former pop singer who plays the role of Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless. He joined the show in 1994....	Nicholas Newman Nicholas Newman Nicholas Christian Newman is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is portrayed by United States actor Joshua Morrow from June 22, 1994, but was also played by various child actors, including John Nelson-Alden , Griffin Ledner and many others....	1994-
Sharon Case Sharon Case Sharon Case is an United States actor....	Sharon Abbott (#2)	1994-
Michelle Stafford Michelle Stafford Michelle Stafford is an United States actress, known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless....	Phyllis Summers Newman (#1)	1994-1997, 2000-
Thad Luckinbill Thad Luckinbill Thaddeus Rowe "Thad" Luckinbill is an United States actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless as J. T. Hellstrom since November 1999....	J.T. Hellstrom J.T. Hellstrom Jeffrey Todd "J.T." Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Thad Luckinbill since December 1, 1999....	1999-
Christel Khalil Christel Khalil Christel Khalil is an American actress.Khalil is best known for her role as Lily Winters on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless....	Lily Winters Lily Winters Lily Winters is a fictional character, a resident of Genoa City in the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character has become one of daytime's favorite women..... (#1)	2002-2005, 2006-
Greg Rikaart Greg Rikaart Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an United States actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003....	Kevin Fisher Kevin Fisher Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by 32nd Daytime Emmy Awards-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003....	2003-
Michael Graziadei Michael Graziadei Michael Graziadei is an United States actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless....	Daniel Romalotti	2004-
Bryton Bryton Bryton Eric McClure is an United States actor and singer. He is best known for his childhood role as Richie Crawford on the long-running American Broadcasting Company/CBS situation comedy Family Matters , and his current role as Devon Hamilton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless....	Devon Hamilton Devon Hamilton Devon Hamilton is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor/musician Bryton since June 1, 2004....	2004-
Judith Chapman Judith Chapman Judith Chapman is an actress known to fans of US daytime television. She has appeared on half a dozen daytime dramas since the mid-1970s. Her first soap role was Natalie Bannon Hughes on As the World Turns, a role she played from 1975 to 1978, and got a reputation on the show as "Nasty Natalie," due to her character's scheming temperam...	Gloria Bardwell Gloria Bardwell Gloria Bardwell is a fictional character, a resident of Genoa City on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. The role was originated by Joan Van Ark who played the role on recurring status from April 6, 2004 to January 7, 2005, and is currently portrayed by Judith Chapman, who assumed the role on January 14, 2005.... (#2)	2005-
Amelia Heinle Amelia Heinle Amelia Heinle is an United States actress best known for her work on daytime soap operas.From 1993-1995, she played the role of Stephanie "Steffi" Brewster on the soap opera Loving ....	Victoria Newman Hellstrom Victoria Newman Victoria Nicole Newman Hellstrom is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born on-screen in July 1983 as the daughter of Victor Newman and Nikki Newman.... (#3)	2005-
Emily O'Brien Emily O'Brien Emily O'Brien is an English-born American actress.O'Brien was born in Bedfordshire, England but moved with her family to Carlsbad, California when she was 9 years old....	Jana Fisher Jana Hawkes Jana Fisher is a fictional character in an United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Emily O'Brien first on recurring status from May 11 to September 5, 2006, and then on contract from October 10, 2006 to February 20, 2007....	2006-2007, 2007-
Adrienne Frantz Adrienne Frantz Adrienne Danielle Frantz is an American actor.First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach , Frantz left the show later that year for her role as the villainess turned sympathetic heroine Amber on The Bold and the Beautiful....	Amber Moore Amber Moore Ambrosia "Amber" Moore is a fictional character from the CBS soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and its "sister soap" The Young and the Restless. Emmy Award-winning actress Adrienne Frantz portrayed the character on The Bold and the Beautiful from July 18, 1997 until April 14, 2005....	2006-
Daniel Goddard Daniel Goddard Daniel Goddard is a model and an actor. He nearly completed a degree in finance when he dropped out and transferred to the Ensemble Actors Studio....	Cane Ashby Cane Ashby Ethan "Cane" Ashby is a fictional character in the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Australia actor Daniel Goddard since January 12, 2007....	2007-
Nia Peeples Nia Peeples Virenia Gwendolyn Peeples is an United States R&B and dance music singer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nicole Chapman on the hit 1980s television series Fame ....	Karen Winters Karen Taylor (The Young and the Restless) Karen Winters is a fictional character in the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Nia Peeples from April 18, 2007 to May 13, 2008, when she was presumably dropped to recurring and the character written out, only to be re-added as of June 13, 2008, when the actress herself found out that her new contr...	2007-
Vail Bloom Vail Bloom Vail Bloom is an United States actor who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Connecticut and Florida.The daughter of a high school guidance counselor and businessman/college professor, Bloom graduated from Princeton University in 2004 with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture....	Heather Stevens Heather Stevens A.D.A. Heather Stevens is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born on-screen in 1979 as the daughter of Paul Williams and The Young and the Restless minor characters#April Stevens....	2007-
Tammin Sursok Tammin Sursok Tammin Pamela Sursok is an Australian actor and musician. She is best known for the role of Dani Sutherland on Home and Away. She also launched a singing career , with her debut single, "Pointless Relationship", released on November 14, 2004 and debuting in the top 10 of the Australian singles chart the following week....	Colleen Carlton Colleen Carlton Colleen Cecile Carlton is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. She is currently played by actress Tammin Sursok, who joined the cast on July 30, 2007.... (#3)	2007-
Elizabeth Hendrickson Elizabeth Hendrickson Elizabeth Hendrickson is an United States actress. Her big break came when she was cast as character Frankie Stone on the daytime drama All My Children....	Chloe Ashby Chloe Mitchell Chloe Mitchell is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was first played by a set of twins Darla and Sandra Greer from 1990 to 1991 and briefly by Danielle Ryah in 1994....	2008-
Chris Engen Chris Engen (actor) Chris Engen is an American actor....	Adam Wilson Adam Wilson (The Young and the Restless) Adam Wilson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is the son of Victor Newman and Hope Wilson, born on-screen in April 1995....	2008-
Eva Marcille Eva Marcille Eva Marcille is an American actor, TV host and fashion model. She was the winner of the America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model, and was the first African American contestant to win the program....	Tyra Hamilton Tyra Hamilton Tyra Hamilton is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by an United States fashion model and actress Eva Marcille from June 25, 2008....	2008-
Billy Miller Billy Miller Billy RoShawn Miller is an American football tight end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft....	Billy Abbott Billy Abbott William Foster "Billy" Abbott is a fictional character in the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is portrayed by Billy Miller as of September 19, 2008; other actors that have played the part include a set of child actors, and three contract actors: David Tom, Ryan Brown and Scott Seymour.... (#4)	2008-
Stacy Haiduk Stacy Haiduk Stacy Haiduk is an United States actress who has starred in numerous television shows such as Superboy , seaQuest DSV, The X-Files and more recently as a recurring character on Heroes and as a main character on the popular daytime soap opera All My Children....	Mary Jane Benson The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2009-

Recurring
Recurring status

In the United States soap opera world, recurring status is a term used to describe the status of a actor who consistently performs in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and is therefore let out of their multi-year contract in order for the show to save money....
cast members

Actor	Character	Status
Jerry Douglas Jerry Douglas (actor) Jerry Douglas is an American television and film actor. For the last two decades, Jerry Douglas has reigned in fictional Genoa City as patriarch John Abbott on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless....	Ghost of John Abbott	1982-2006, 2006-
Patty Weaver Patty Weaver Patty Weaver is an United States actress who played the role of Gina Roma on The Young and the Restless on a contract basis from 1982 until August 2005, when she was dropped to recurring status....	Gina Roma Gina Roma Gina Roma Radison is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver has played the role since 1982....	1982-
Tracey E. Bregman Tracey E. Bregman Tracey E. Bregman is an Emmy Award-winning United States soap opera actress. She was born in Munich, Germany to United States producer Buddy Bregman and actress Suzanne Lloyd....	Lauren Fenmore Baldwin Lauren Fenmore Baldwin Lauren Ann Fenmore Baldwin is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by United States actress Tracey E....	1983-1995, 2000, 2001-
James Michael Gregary James Michael Gregary James Michael Gregary is an United States actor, best known for playing the recurring role of Clint Radisson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he had played from 1989 to 1990, and returned to the role in early 2009....	Clint Radison The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	1989-1990, 2009-
Tonya Lee Williams Tonya Lee Williams Tonya Lee Williams is a Canada actress, best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Barber Winters on the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, from 1990 to 2005, and for a brief time in 2007....	Dr. Olivia Winters Olivia Winters Dr. Olivia Winters, M.D. is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Canadian actress Tonya Lee Williams originated the role in May 1990 and departed on September 7, 2005, reappearing as a guest star on April 12 and 13, 2007....	1990-2005, 2007, 2008-
Karen Hensel Karen Hensel Karen Hensel is an United States actress. Karen is perhaps best known for the recurring character of Doris Collins, the mother of Sharon Newman, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless....	Doris Collins The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	1994-2003, 2005, 2009-
Ted Shackelford Ted Shackelford Ted Shackelford, born June 23, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is an United States actor best known for his role as Gary Ewing on the Columbia Broadcasting System television series Knots Landing, in which he starred from 1979—1993....	Jeffrey Bardwell Jeffrey Bardwell Jeffrey Bardwell is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Ted Shackelford from August 7, 2007....	2007-
Jamia Simone Nash Jamia Simone Nash Jamia Simone Nash is an United States child singer and Actor. She is known as simply, Jamia. She was in the movie August Rush.Jamia currently appears on CBS? "Young and the Restless," the #1 daytime soap opera on television....	Ana Hamilton Children of The Young and the Restless The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for being the children of important characters, but, as minors, do not warrant their own articles....	2008-
Cassius Willis Cassius Willis Cassius Willis is an United States actor, who started playing the recurring role of Det. Gil Wallace on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since July 2008....	Det. Gil Wallace The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2008-
Kevin G. Schmidt Kevin Schmidt Kevin Schmidt , also credited as Kevin G. Schmidt, is an United States actor. He is the brother of actors Kenneth Schmidt and Kendall Schmidt....	Noah Newman Noah Newman Noah Christian Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character was portrayed by various child actors....	2008-
Michael Fairman Michael Fairman Michael Fairman is an United States actor, Television director and writer best known for his various roles during his long career, which started when he was 37 years old....	Murphy The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2008-
Yani Gellman Yani Gellman Yani Gellman is a Canada/United States film and television actor.Gellman was born in Miami, Florida to a Canadian father and an Australian mother; he was named after a family friend, writer Jan Joors....	Rafe Torres The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2008-
Vanessa Marano Vanessa Marano Vanessa Marano is an United States child actor. She is best known from the TV series Without a Trace, and Gilmore Girls. She is Laura Marano's sister....	Eden Gerick Eden Gerick Eden Gerick is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by United States actress Erin Sanders from August 19 to November 19, 2008....	2008-
Hayley Erin Hayley Erin Hayley Erin is an United States actress, who started playing Abby Carlton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since December 2008....	Abby Carlton Abby Carlton Abigail Rachel "Abby" Carlton is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. Darcy Rose Byrnes played the role from 2003 to June 2008....	2008-
David Leisure David Leisure David Russell Leisure is an United States actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001....	Roger Wilkes The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2009-
Marcia Wallace Marcia Wallace Marcia Joan Wallace is a prolific United States character actress, comedienne and game show panelist, primarily known for her roles in sitcoms and television....	Annie Wilkes The Young and the Restless minor characters The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....	2009-

Upcoming cast members

Actor	Character	Status
Clementine Ford Clementine Ford Clementine Ford is an American actress and the daughter of Golden Globe Award winning actress Cybill Shepherd and nightclub entertainer David Ford....	Mackenzie Browning Mackenzie Browning Mackenzie Alyssa Browning is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, introduced in 1999 as a part of the new teen scene and revealed to be a granddaughter of the wealthy Katherine Chancellor....	Debuts April 1, 2009

Awards

The serial has won 100 Daytime Emmys, along with 334 nominations. The following list summarizes awards won by The Young and the Restless:

Daytime Emmy Awards

Show

2007 "Outstanding Drama Series" (tied with Guiding Light
Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
)
2006 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team"
2004 "Outstanding Drama Series"
2000 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team"
1997 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team" (tied with All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
)
1993 "Outstanding Drama Series"
1992 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team"
1986 "Outstanding Drama Series"
1985 "Outstanding Drama Series"
1983 "Outstanding Drama Series"
1975 "Outstanding Drama Series"

Individuals

2008 "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper

Wilma Jeanne Cooper is an United States actor best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Though she was not on the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless....
(Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper....
)
2008 "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John

Kristoff St. John is an American actor, best known for his role as Neil Winters on the daytime US drama The Young and the Restless....
(Neil Winters
Neil Winters

Neil Winters is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John since his first appearance on 1991....
)
2007 "Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Daytime Television" Lee Phillip Bell
Lee Phillip Bell

Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator.Lee Phillip Bell is one of the most notable graduates from what is now known as Riverside-Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois....
2007 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Christian LeBlanc
Christian LeBlanc

Christian Jules LeBlanc is an United States actor.LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He first played the role from 1991 to 1993 and has played him since 1997....
(Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin

Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc since 1991 ....
)
2007 "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" Bryton
Bryton

Bryton Eric McClure is an United States actor and singer. He is best known for his childhood role as Richie Crawford on the long-running American Broadcasting Company/CBS situation comedy Family Matters , and his current role as Devon Hamilton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless....
(Devon Hamilton
Devon Hamilton

Devon Hamilton is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor/musician Bryton since June 1, 2004....
)
2005 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Christian LeBlanc
Christian LeBlanc

Christian Jules LeBlanc is an United States actor.LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He first played the role from 1991 to 1993 and has played him since 1997....
(Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin

Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc since 1991 ....
)
2005 "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Greg Rikaart
Greg Rikaart

Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an United States actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003....
(Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher

Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by 32nd Daytime Emmy Awards-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003....
)
2005 "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" David Lago
David Lago

David Scott Lago is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor. He is best known for playing Raul Guittierez on The Young and the Restless from 1999 to 2004....
(Raul Guittierez
Raul Guittierez

Raul Evan Guittierez is a fictional character in the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was played by David Lago from July 1999 to August 13, 2004....
)
2004 "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford

Michelle Stafford is an United States actress, known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless....
(Phyllis Summers Abbott)
2004 "Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Daytime Television" Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper

Wilma Jeanne Cooper is an United States actor best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Though she was not on the series when the show debuted in March 1973, she made her onscreen debut in November of that year, and remains the longest-tenured actor on The Young and the Restless....
(Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper....
)
2002 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman

Peter Bergman is an United States soap opera actor....
(Jack Abbott)
2000 "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Shemar Moore
Shemar Moore

Shemar Franklin Moore is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and as the third permanent host of the long-running Soul Train series, from 1999 to 2003....
(Malcolm Winters
Malcolm Winters

Malcolm Winters is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Shemar Moore from 1994 to May 14, 2002 and from November 1, 2004 to September 1, 2005....
)
2000 "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" David Tom
David Tom

David Tom is an Daytime Emmy Award-winning United States actor.In 1993, Tom was nominated for two Young Artist Awards for his roles in Stepfather III and Stay Tuned ....
(Billy Abbott
Billy Abbott

William Foster "Billy" Abbott is a fictional character in the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is portrayed by Billy Miller as of September 19, 2008; other actors that have played the part include a set of child actors, and three contract actors: David Tom, Ryan Brown and Scott Seymour....
)
2000 "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series" Camryn Grimes
Camryn Grimes

Camryn Elizabeth Grimes is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress.She was well-known for her role as Cassie Newman on The Young and the Restless, which she started portraying in 1997, winning a Daytime Emmy for her work in 2000....
(Cassie Newman
Cassie Newman

Cassidy Ann "Cassie" Newman is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was portrayed by actress Camryn Grimes from March 19, 1997 to May 24, 2005, and on a couple of separate occasions from 2005 to 2007....
)
1999 "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" Sharon Case
Sharon Case

Sharon Case is an United States actor....
(Sharon Newman)
1999 "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series" Heather Tom
Heather Tom

Heather Tom is a two-time Emmy Award-winning United States actress. Very early in her career, she played Heather Harper on an episode of Who's The Boss?....
(Victoria Newman
Victoria Newman

Victoria Nicole Newman Hellstrom is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born on-screen in July 1983 as the daughter of Victor Newman and Nikki Newman....
)
1998 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden is a Germans film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....
(Victor Newman
Victor Newman

Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since early 1980....
)
1997 "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Jess Walton
Jess Walton

Jess Walton is an United States actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless....
(Jill Foster Abbott
Jill Foster Abbott

Jill Foster Abbott is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Much of her history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Katherine Chancellor ....
)
1997 "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford

Michelle Stafford is an United States actress, known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless....
(Phyllis Summers Romalotti)
1993 "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series" Heather Tom
Heather Tom

Heather Tom is a two-time Emmy Award-winning United States actress. Very early in her career, she played Heather Harper on an episode of Who's The Boss?....
(Victoria Newman
Victoria Newman

Victoria Nicole Newman Hellstrom is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born on-screen in July 1983 as the daughter of Victor Newman and Nikki Newman....
)
1992 "Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Daytime Television" William J. Bell
William J. Bell

William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
1992 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman

Peter Bergman is an United States soap opera actor....
(Jack Abbott)
1992 "Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series" Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John

Kristoff St. John is an American actor, best known for his role as Neil Winters on the daytime US drama The Young and the Restless....
(Neil Winters
Neil Winters

Neil Winters is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John since his first appearance on 1991....
)
1992 "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series" Tricia Cast
Tricia Cast

Tricia Cast is an United States actor, best known for her role as Nina Webster on The Young and the Restless.She first came to prominence on the television series The Bad News Bears in 1979....
(Nina Kimble
Nina Webster

Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by United States actress Tricia Cast from 1986 to February 1, 2001, and as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008....
)
1991 "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman

Peter Bergman is an United States soap opera actor....
(Jack Abbott)
1991 "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" Jess Walton
Jess Walton

Jess Walton is an United States actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless....
(Jill Foster Abbott
Jill Foster Abbott

Jill Foster Abbott is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Much of her history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Katherine Chancellor ....
)
1985 "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" Beth Maitland
Beth Maitland

Beth Maitland is an Emmy Award-winning United States actress, best known for her portrayal of Traci Abbott Connolly in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1982 to 1996 and from 2001 to the present on a recurring status basis....
(Traci Abbott Romalotti)
1985 "Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series" Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey E. Bregman

Tracey E. Bregman is an Emmy Award-winning United States soap opera actress. She was born in Munich, Germany to United States producer Buddy Bregman and actress Suzanne Lloyd....
(Lauren Fenmore Williams
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin

Lauren Ann Fenmore Baldwin is a fictional character from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by United States actress Tracey E....
)

TV Soap Golden Boomerang Awards

2006 "Hall of Fame Inductee" Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden is a Germans film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....
(Victor Newman
Victor Newman

Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since early 1980....
)

Writers Guild of America Awards

2003 "Best Daytime Serial" Written by Kay Alden, Trent Jones, John F. Smith, Jerry Birn, Jim Houghton, Natalie Minardi, Janice Ferri, Eric Freiwald, Joshua McCaffrey, Michael Minnis, Rex M. Best
2006 "Best Daytime Serial" Written by Kay Alden, John F. Smith, Janice Ferri, Jim Houghton, Natalie Minardi Slater, Sally Sussman Morina, Sara Bibel, Eric Freiwald, Linda Schreiber, Joshua S. McCaffrey, Marc Hertz, Sandra Weintraub
2008 "Best Daytime Serial" Written by Lynn Marie Latham, Scott Hamner, Bernard Lechowick, Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld, Jim Stanley, Natalie Minardi Slater, Lynsey Dufour, Marina Alburger, Sara Bibel, Sandra Weintraub

Storyline

When The Young and the Restless premiered in 1973, the show revolved around the dramas which befell two families: the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters. Patriarch Stuart Brooks was an upper class newspaper publisher while matriarch Liz Foster was a single parent

Single parent

File:Single mother with child - lonely.JPGA single parent is a parent who cares for one or more children without the assistance of another parent in the home....
struggling to pay the bills.

The rivalry between Liz's daughter Jill

Jill Foster Abbott

Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper....
became one of the show's first and longest-lasting storylines. Kay was a boozy matron trapped in a loveless marriage to Phillip Chancellor II. After Jill went to work as Kay's paid companion, she and Phillip fell in love. After he returned from obtaining a divorce in the Dominican Republic, Kay picked him up at the airport, and in an attempt to kill both Phillip and herself, drove the car off a cliff. On his deathbed, Phillip married Jill and bequeathed her and their love child his fortune. Kay ended up getting a judge to declare that Jill and Phillip's marriage was illegal since Kay was drunk when signing her divorce papers. After the ruling, the rivalry between the two ladies spiraled out of control, each blaming the other for Phillip's death.

After a series of recasts and departures in the late 1970s-early 1980s, the Brookses and the Fosters were phased out, and two new core families were introduced: the Abbott and the Williams families, and later the Newmans. The Abbott–Newman family rivalry also extended to the corporate warfare between their respective companies, Jabot Cosmetics

Jabot Cosmetics

Jabot Cosmetics is a fictional cosmetics business on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.Jabot Cosmetics was founded by John Abbott sometime in the 1960s....
and Newman Enterprises

Newman Enterprises

Newman Enterprises Inc. is a fictional business on the CBS daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.Newman Enterprises is a fictional business on the CBS daytime drama, The Young and the Restless....
. Core African American

African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
characters, the Barbers and the Winters, were later introduced in the 1990s. The latest family to be introduced in the early 2000s were the Fisher/Baldwin Family.

Show creator William J. Bell

William J. Bell

William Joseph Bell was the creator and executive producer of the extremely successful soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful....
resigned as head writer in 1998, and since 2002, The Young and the Restless has suffered audience erosion. Despite remaining the most watched daytime drama on American television since 1988, later head writers such as John F. Smith

John F. Smith

Lynn Marie Latham

Lynn Marie Latham is an United States television writer and producer. Her initial foray into writing for television was as a story editor for the short-lived series Berrenger's in 1985....
began to rely on several highly publicized, retcon storylines to attract more viewers. Notable retcons introduced in the 2000s include revealing that Kay is Jill's actual birth mother, and Phillip II and Jill's baby was switched at birth

Babies switched at birth

Babies switched at birth are infant who, because of either error or malfeasance, are interchanged with each other at childbirth or very soon thereafter, leading to them being unknowingly raised by parents who are not their biological parents....
.

Broadcast history

Early Years, 1973-80

In spring 1973, CBS decided to discontinue production on two of its four in-house serials; one of these was the controversial Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series)

Where the Heart Is is an American soap opera which was telecast on the CBS television network from Monday, September 8, 1969, to Friday, March 23, 1973....
, a show reminiscent of Peyton Place
Peyton Place (TV series)

Peyton Place is an American Prime time drama Serial which aired on American Broadcasting Company in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969....
's sex-driven intrigue that focused on multiple-married characters and incestuous themes. In its place, the network sought a youth-oriented, Los Angeles-based (most soaps at the time still recorded in New York City), socially relevant show, and Screen Gems

Screen Gems

Screen Gems is an United States subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
/Columbia

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an United States television production company/distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
, which had considerable success with NBC's Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
, got the job as packager. CBS (successfully) insisted that the show be taped at CBS Television City

CBS Television City

CBS Television City is a television studio located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax avenues....
and not at Columbia's Hollywood Studios (which Columbia was in the process of closing down at the time, after it bought majority control of Warner Brothers' Burbank studios). The Bell family wanted to tape The Young and the Resltess at Warner Brothers/The Burbank Studios (which neighbors NBC Burbank

Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 100,316 at the United States Census, 2000.Burbank is located in the eastern region of the San Fernando Valley, north of Downtown Los Angeles, California....
, where Days was moved to after the closedown and sale of the Columbia Hollywood studios), but Screen Gems and CBS declined their request.

The Young and the Restless began on March 26 at noon Eastern Time/11 am Central with the handicap of inheriting the affiliate clearance problems attained by WtHI, especially in conservative small-to-medium-sized markets. It also faced a long-standing audience favorite, with which, ironically, it is now co-owned (via Sony): NBC's Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! is a game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture and science. The show has a decades-long Jeopardy! broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s....
, which had for years been daytime's number-two game.

The Young and the Restless's ascent was slow, but got major boosts from missteps made by the rival networks. First, NBC sent Jeopardy! to a mid-morning slot in January 1974, with the briefly-popular Jackpot!
Jackpot (game show)

Jackpot! was a television game show seen in three different runs from 1974 through 1990. Geoff Edwards hosted the original version of this Bob Stewart production from January 7, 1974 until September 26, 1975 on NBC....
taking its place, only to eventually lose much of the old audience. Next, Password on ABC made the bad decision to convert to an all-celebrity format in November of that year, a move that would lead to its cancellation the following June. More importantly, though, was the fact that Jackpot! had appealed strongly to a demographic of young housewives and mothers, a group whose shift in viewing allegiances would be crucial for The Young and the Restlesss continued audience growth.

By summer 1975, ABC and NBC changed up their shows at Noon/11, offering two lightweight games that audiences shied away from, thereby enabling The Young and the Restless to enter the Nielsen serial top three. For its part, NBC would enter into a string of low-rated disasters at that timeslot for the next several years (among them an attempt to revive Jeopardy! in 1978-79), while ABC similarly struggled until it moved The $20,000 Pyramid there in January 1978. However, Pyramid's time was running out, and the former hit game wrapped up six years on the network in June 1980. The only parts of the country where The Young and the Restless experienced some trouble were those Eastern time zone markets where affiliates plugged the show into the network's half-hour access break at 1 p.m./Noon (in order to free the Noon hour for local newscasts); there, ABC's All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
would somewhat hinder The Young and the Restlesss progress, especially when the former show expanded to an hour in April 1977.

Rise to the Top, 1980s

However, the show's progress in the ratings was steady, and when the long-running soap Love of Life
Love of Life

Love of Life is an United States soap opera which was aired on CBS from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years later....
was canceled on February 1, 1980, CBS rewarded The Young and the Restless's performance with an expansion to a full hour the following Monday. In so doing, it opted to counter AMC and The Young and the Restlesss sister show Days of our Lives (on NBC) head-to-head directly at the 1-2/Noon-1 time frame, marking the first time in nearly a quarter-century that the network placed a full-length show in the 1-1:30/Noon-12:30 slot. To those stations that carried the feed directly, namely the Eastern time zone affiliates again, it experienced at best mixed results, while Central time zone stations often tape-delayed the feed one day in order to keep the show in its original slot of 11 a.m., which meant that ABC's Family Feud
Family Feud

Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
, then daytime's highest-rated game, gave the soap considerable opposition.

With the less-than-impressive results, CBS reinstated the affiliate break to its traditional time network-wide and, taking into account the local stations' desire for scheduling flexibility, gave them the option of running The Young and the Restless at either noon/11 (the preference of most) or 12:30/11:30 (mostly in the Eastern time zone), on different feeds. Beginning on June 8, 1981, the arrangement proved highly popular with fans all over the U.S., and the show has stayed put ever since. The wisdom of CBS' decision was confirmed by the continued downfall of NBC's ratings at midday and the eroding popularity of Feud, which by this time aired also as a five-day-per-week syndicated
Television syndication

In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network....
strip on local stations in the early-evening Access
Prime Time Access Rule

The Prime Time Access Rule was instituted by the Federal Communications Commission to restrict the amount of network programming that local television stations owned by or affiliated with a network may air during "prime time"....
slots, something which likely brought the Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson aka 'The Kissing Bandit' is a United Kingdom-United States actor, comedian, game show panelist and host. He is best known for his role as Bob Crane's British non-commissioned officer, Corporal Peter Newkirk, on the World War II situation comedy Hogan's Heroes, and as the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1...
-hosted game overexposure and consequent audience backlash. Also, another family-and-youth-oriented serial, ABC's Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope

Ryan's Hope is an United States soap opera, revolving around the trials and tribulations of a large Irish American family in New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on American Broadcasting Company....
, had never performed to network expectations in its 12:30/11:30 slot and proved no threat to The Young and the Restless at all.

Steady but Eroding, 1990s-present
All this propelled the soap to the top among CBS' serials, and, after General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
spent most of the 1980s on the top of the Nielsens, in 1988, after 15 years on the air, The Young and the Restless knocked General Hospital off the throne to gain the crown; it has held it ever since. However, the triumph has been mitigated considerably by negative developments: The Young and the Restlesss ratings have declined steadily since that time. From 1988 to 2006, the show lost a significant share of its audience, from eight million viewers to about six million, despite only attracting nominal competition from the two other traditional networks. This has occurred because of the explosion of viewing alternatives available to cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
viewers, which increased choices dramatically. Further, the steady increase in percentage of women working outside the home has cut the show off from a large segment of its historic audience (and the formerly preferred demographic of advertisers such as food and household products). The Young and the Restless has not been the sole victim of these trends, nor even the main one; all U.S. daytime network serials have witnessed similar declines in their ratings. The pace of the decline was sped up considerably by the events on and following the World Trade Center

World trade center

The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....
attacks on September 11, 2001, with all-news cable news networks swelling their audiences with around-the-clock coverage of the pursuit of Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, is an international Sunni Islam Islamist Extremism movement founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989/early 1990....
and the Iraq War

Iraq War

The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing conflicts military campaign which began on March 20, 2003 with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a Multinational force in Iraq now led by and composed almost entirely of troops from the United States and United King...
.

Alternate Timeslots, Multiple Rebroadcasts (TV/Online)

Probably in an effort to maximize audience potential (such as students and people home from early work shifts), a few CBS affiliates show The Young and the Restless at 4 p.m. local time, finding it to be a viable lead-in to their 5 p.m. local newscasts. These include KMOV

KMOV

KMOV is a CBS affiliated television station, operating on channel 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. KMOV is owned by the Dallas, Texas-based Belo, with studio and office facilities in St....
in St. Louis, WAFB

WAFB

WAFB, channel 9, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its transmitter is located southwest of Arlington. Owned by Raycom Media, WAFB is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CA....
in Baton Rouge, La.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city and the second largest city of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish which contains 430,812 residents....
, WLKY in Louisville, Ky,

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, and WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Fayetteville, North Carolina area, known collectively as the Triangle ....
in Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....
/Durham, N.C.

Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....
WKYT in Lexington, KY airs The Young and the Restless at 9:00 am on a one day delay due to airing a one hour noon newscast and Oprah at 4:00 pm.

Only six Central, Mountain and Pacific time zone stations presently air The Young and the Restless on the 11:30 a.m. feed: KCBS-TV

KCBS-TV

KCBS-TV is the owned and operated station station of the CBS Television Network located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson ....
in Los Angeles, WBBM-TV

WBBM-TV

WBBM-TV channel 2 is the CBS owned and operated station television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located within the CBS 2 Broadcast Center located in The Loop at 22 W Washington Street....
in Chicago, KTVT

KTVT

KTVT, channel 11, is a CBS Corporation owned and operated station television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas, Texas-Fort Worth designated market area....
in Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
-Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the List of United States cities by population in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Situated in and a cultural gateway into the Western United States, the city covers nearly in Tarrant County, Texas and Denton County, Texas counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County....
(all owned and operated by CBS), KOLR

KOLR

KOLR is the CBS affiliate for Springfield, Missouri and the Ozarks region. The Mission Broadcasting outlet operates at analog channel 10 and digital channel 52....
in Springfield, Mo.

Springfield, Missouri

Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Greene County, Missouri. Springfield is 160 miles SE of Kansas City, MO, and 200 miles SW of St....
,WHBF

WHBF

WHBF refers to three broadcasting stations licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, Illinois.*The former WHBF-AM on 1270 KHz, now WKBF .*The former WHBF-FM on 98.9 MHz, now WLKU....
in Quad Cities, IA/IL and WTVF

WTVF

WTVF, also known as "NewsChannel 5", is the CBS television network affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. The station is owned by Landmark Communications....
in Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
Illinois viewers in the Central time zone see The Young and the Restless at 11:30 a.m. due to WTHI-TV

WTHI-TV

WTHI-TV is a CBS affiliate in Terre Haute, Indiana. It operates on analog channel 10. Its transmitter is located in Farmersburg, Indiana....
in Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 59,614 and its Terre Haute metropolitan area had a population of 170,943....
broadcasting the show at 12:30/11:30 a.m. The Terre Haute DMA serves both Eastern and Central time zone viewers.

In Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the Capital and most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the Honolulu County, Hawaii, and the city and county is designated as the entire island....
, CBS affiliate KGMB

KGMB

KGMB is the licensed broadcast affiliate of CBS in Hawaii, with its main transmitter located in Honolulu broadcasting on channel 22 . The station is owned by HITV Operating Company, Inc....
airs The Young and the Restless at 1 pm local time, rather than at 11:30 am.

In Colorado Springs, Co.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Colorado municipalities#Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
, CBS affiliate KKTV

KKTV

KKTV, channel 11, is a CBS affiliated television station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves the Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado market and is owned by Gray Television....
aired The Young and the Restless at 2pm local time for many years. Since the start of 2009, however, The Young and the Restless has aired at 11am local time.

Those unable to view The Young and the Restless on CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime

CBS Daytime is a television programming block on CBS Corporation....
may watch it instead on the all-soap cable channel SOAPnet

SOAPnet

SOAPnet is an United States cable television channel. It has been broadcasting current and past soap operas since January 20, 2000....
, which airs that day's episode at 7 p.m. ET, repeating that airing at 6 a.m. ET and Midnight ET Also, a block of the entire previous week's episodes airs Saturday evenings between 7 p.m. and Midnight. The network picked up The Young and the Restless in April 2006, its first CBS serial.

In late June, 2007, The Young and the Restless became available for viewing full episode on CBS online Audience Network. Episodes are placed online the day of being broadcast usually between 5 and 6 p.m. EST and are removed after one week.

All of the above mentioned services, however, are only available within the United States.

Beginning in 2008, full episodes of "Young and the Restless" can be viewed one day after broadcast in the United States on CBS's official YouTube.com channel. Several episodes from the years 1973 to 2002 are available in Minisode

The Minisode Network

The Minisode Network is a Sony Pictures Television internet television Television network launched in June 2007. The term minisode is a portmanteau of ?mini? and ?episode.? Unlike webisodes, which are initially broadcast on the internet, minisodes are condensed versions of previously broadcast, full length, television shows....
format on Crackle

Crackle

Crackle is a multi-platform web television network and studio, administrated by Sony Pictures Entertainment and formerly known as Grouper....
.

Broadcasts outside the United States

In Australia, The Young and the Restless airs on Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
's W. Channel
W. Channel

W. is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms....
at 12pm, and on the timeshift channel, W2
W. Channel

W. is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms....
, at 2pm. Repeats of each day's episode air the following morning at 7:05am and an omnibus
Omnibus (broadcast)

An Omnibus in broadcasting, is a compilation of daily episodes that is usually broadcast during the following weekend. Such programmes that are or have been transmitted in omnibus format in United Kingdom include:...
edition airs at 7:50am on Saturdays. It previously aired on Channel 9
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
from April 1, 1974 to February 23, 2007, before joining the W. line-up on April 2, 2007. Episodes are 9 months behind those airing in the US at present.
In Belgium, the show airs on RTBF
RTBF

RTBF or Radio t?l?vision belge de la communaut? fran?aise is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch language-speaking Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep in the northern part of the country....
-La Une as "Les Feux de l'amour" at 12:00 (dubbed in French).
In Belize
Belize

Belize , formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. Once part of the Maya civilization, and very briefly the Spanish Empire, it was most recently affiliated with the British Empire, prior to gaining its independence in 1981....
, Channel 5 Great Belize Television
Great Belize Television

Great Belize Television, or as it is locally known, Channel 5, is a Belize City based local television station established in December of 1991....
airs it on schedule with the US at 1:00 pm Central Time. Rival Channel 7 Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited

Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since 1981.Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez....
airs on schedule as well at 2:00 pm, Central Time.
In Canada, Global TV
Global Television Network

Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
airs new episodes a day ahead of CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
in the United States. Most Global stations use The Young and the Restless as a late-afternoon lead-in for their local newscasts, but times vary by market. It also airs on NTV
CJON-TV

CJON-TV is a Canada English language television station broadcasting on channel 6 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with additional transmitters and cable coverage throughout the province....
in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
which is one day ahead, and on E! (Canada)
E! (Canada)

E! is an English language privately-owned television system in Canada, owned by Canwest. Currently the system consists of eight local television stations located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, including five stations owned by Canwest and three affiliates owned by Jim Pattison Group....
in Kelowna, British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, which is not one day ahead. The cable channel Showcase Diva
Showcase Diva

Showcase Diva is a Canada English language Category 2 specialty channel digital cable specialty channel. It airs programs aimed towards women, in the form of dramatic television series and movies....
now airs same day episodes from Global TV.

In the French-speaking province of Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, a dubbed version airs on TVA
TVA (TV network)

TVA is a Canada French language privately owned television network.TVA is based in Quebec and has affiliates only in Quebec, although the affiliates in Rivi?re-du-Loup and Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec have rebroadcast transmitters in New Brunswick....
, with the title Les Feux de l'amour (Fires of Love), about eight years after initial airing.

In Finland the show airs on MTV3
MTV3

MTV3 is a Finland Commercial broadcasting television station owned by Bonnier Group. Until recently it had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels when Finnish Broadcasting Company's YLE1 took the lead....
under the title Tunteita ja tuoksuja ("Senses and scents").
In France, the show screens on TF1
TF1

TF1 is a private France TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 25-35% makes it the most popular domestic network....
as "Les Feux de l'amour" (Fires of Love) at 13:55 (dubbed in French).
In Germany, the show aired on ZDF
ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the States of Germany ....
from March to December 2008. The network canceled the show because of bad ratings. The episodes were two years behind the US and the show is known as Schatten der Leidenschaft (Shadows Of The Passion).
In Greece, the show airs on ET1 (Public TV Channel) at 17:00. Episodes are six years behind the US. It's known as ?t??asa ???ta (literally Untameable Youth).
In India, the show began airing in February, 2007 on Zee Cafe
Zee Cafe

Zee Caf? is an Indian English language television channel. It was launched on March 15, 2000 as Zee English. On March 27, 2005, it was renamed Zee Caf?....
at 20:00. The channel started with episodes from the 2004-2005 season.
In Italy, the show airs at 10:10 in the morning on Rete 4
Rete 4

Rete 4 is an Italy television station belonging to the Mediaset network. It's an Italian private/commercial TV channel. The news bulletin editor, since foundation in 1992, is a famous Italian journalist named Emilio Fede who is also well known for his biased right-wing leaning political ideals, especially in favour of Silvio Berlusconi, mai...
, using the Italian title Febbre d'amore (Love Fever). Episodes are two years and five months behind the US. The Young and the Restlesss first Italian broadcast was in 1983.
In the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
, episodes from 1998 and 1999 were shown on Sitel TV a couple of years ago. Currently, reruns are shown.
In New Zealand, The Young and the Restless airs on TV ONE
TV One

TV One can refer to:* TV ONE, a television network in New Zealand operated by Television New Zealand* TV One , a television network in the United States operated by Radio One ...
. Episodes are four years behind the US.
In Norway, The Young and the Restless aired on FEM (TV channel)
FEM (TV channel)

Fem is a Norwegian television channel targeting young women. It will broadcast from London and is the second channel of TVNorge, part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG....
from 2007-2008 .
In Poland, The Young and the Restlessaired in the mid-1990s on Polsat
Polsat

Polsat is Poland's third biggest television channel, founded in 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Zak.Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group, which also owns other channels:...
, with 780 episodes broadcast. On September 1, 2008 the network began airing the show again, starting from episode 7090 of March 2001. The Polish title is Zar mlodosci, which translates into Fervor of Youth.
In Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, the show is aired on Pro TV
Pro TV

Pro TV, reaching around 82% of households in Romania , operates under the PRO TV SA license owned by Central European Media Enterprises managed by the businessman Ronald Lauder, which includes Acasa TV, Pro TV International and Pro Cinema TV stations....
at 16:00 as "Tânar si nelinistit" .The currently episode will be 3320, monday 15 september,2008
In Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
, the show airs on B92
B92

B92 is a broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience....
-as "Mladi i nestašni" at 12:03, from 2007.
In Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
, the show airs on Kanal A
Kanal A

Kanal A is Slovenia first private television network, commencing broadcasts in November 1991.A third of Kanal A's shares were bought by the SBS Broadcasting Group in 1997....
as Mladi in nemirni. Episodes currently air from February 2006.
In South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, the show airs on e.tv
E.tv

e.tv is the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa, following three channels operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net, operated by Multichoice....
at 17:10. The Young and the Restless was moved from the 17:30 timeslot to the 17:10 timeslot, after Passions was cancelled in South Africa on 12 September 2008. The show was originally aired in South Africa in the early 1990s, dubbed into the Afrikaans language, and entitled 'Rustelose Jare' (Restless Years). In 1999 The Young and the Restless was cancelled but the show returned to South African television screens in June 2004, with no overhead foreign translations. Episodes are between 11 and 12 months behind that of the USA.
In Sweden, the show aired on tv4 and tv3 from 2002-2005. The show was called Makt och begär, which means Power and desire.
In Switzerland, the show airs on TSR
Télévision Suisse Romande

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at 11:10 as "Les Feux de l'amour" and is 3 years behind the U.S.
In Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, the show used to air on TRT 2
Trt 2

TRT 2 is a Turkish television station....
. It was called "Yalan Rüzgari", which means "Wind of Lies". The name was derived from the initials of The Young and the Restless.
In the United Kingdom, The Young and the Restless airs on the digital channel Zone Romantica
Zone Romantica

Zone Romantica is a TV channel that broadcasts telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, mainly from Latin America.The channel is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to 20 territories in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East....
since September 3, 2007.

Theme song and other music

"Nadia's Theme
Nadia's Theme

"Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. that serves as the theme music to the United States television soap opera The Young and the Restless....
" has been the theme song of The Young and the Restless since the show's debut in 1973. The melody, originally titled "Cotton's Dream", was written by Barry De Vorzon
Barry De Vorzon

Barry De Vorzon is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first composing big hit was the rock song, "Dreamin'", sung by Johnny Burnette in 1960, although he had a minor hit previously called "Just Married", which he wrote for Marty Robbins in 1958....
and Perry Botkin, Jr.
Perry Botkin, Jr.

Perry Botkin, Jr. is an American composer, Record producer, arranger, and musician. He had a successful career in music for over forty years. As an arranger, he worked with Bobby Darin, Harry Nilsson, The Lettermen, Ed Ames, and Harpers Bizarre, among others....
as incidental music for the 1971 theatrical film Bless the Beasts and Children
Bless the Beasts and Children (film)

Bless the Beasts and Children is a film adaptation of Bless the Beasts and Children , by Glendon Swarthout, that was directed by Stanley Kramer, featuring Bill Mumy and Barry Robins....
. The melody was later renamed "Nadia's Theme" after the ABC television network
American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an United States television network. Created in 1943 from the former National Broadcasting Company Blue Network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group....
lent the music for Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Elena Comaneci is a Romanian gymnastics, winner of five Olympic Games gold medals, and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event....
's performance during the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
.

Botkin wrote a rearranged version of the piece specifically for The Young and the Restless's debut, which has basically remained unchanged, save for a three-year stint in the early 2000s, when an alternate, more jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
y arrangement of that tune was used. The closing stinger of that arrangement has been used as a mid-show bumper since around 2004.

All background music for the show has been composed by first, Don McGinnis, Jerry Winn, and Bob Todd, with Jack Alloco and Jez Davidson assuming the duties in the 80's. During the 1980s, the show employed a mixture of the original score and new pieces composed by Alloco and Davidson. However, Alloco and Davidson kept all background music within a classical theme, to provide continuity. Two soundtrack albums were released, one in 1974 by Pickwick International Records, and another in 1998 by Paradigm Records. The 1974 release contained many pieces from the original score by Winn, McGinnis, and Todd, while the 1998 release was made up entirely of compositions by Alloco and Davidson. The music composed by Alloco and Davidson makes up 90 percent of the show's score today, supplemented by occasional music from other sources. Music from Winn, McGinnis, and Todd is also still used occasionally. Other background pieces were also utilized from the film soundtrack "Bless The Beasts And The Children", an instrumental version of the movie's title tune was used often in the show's early years, last being used in February, 2001. A song titled "Universal Mind" from the Mystic Moods album "Awakening"(Also composed by Winn, McGinnis, and Todd) was used frequently in the first ten years of the show.

Title sequence

The opening title sequence
Title sequence

A title sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television shows present their title and key cast and production members utilizing conceptual visuals and sound....
has also become well-known. For many years since the show's debut, it showcased the characters, drawn by an artist, on a white background. For the first year, the character's portraits were seen behind the The Young and the Restless title. For the remaining years until 1984, the characters' headshots were seen to the right of the show's title.

Starting in 1984, the sequence both began and ended with an interlocking Y and R painted on the white canvas in a sweeping brush motion. The logo (and in the earlier years, the drawings) were done by artist Sandy Dvore
Sandy Dvore

Sandy Dvore is an United States artist.Dvore first became well-known for designing the cover art for Buffalo Springfield's Buffalo Springfield ....
. The drawings were now sketched with a lighter shade of gray than the previous sketches. The drawings were replaced with live-action shots of the characters in formal or semi-formal wear, still on a white background, in 1988.

Beginning on December 24, 1999, in an unprecedented move for a main title sequence of a daytime soap opera, the names of the principal cast members were mentioned (whereas previously the main title only showed the cast members' faces). The 1999 version also included live-action shots of the characters, but featured in front of a wind blowing satin red curtain as the background.

On March 31, 2003 the opening credits were given a complete makeover, now featuring black-and-white footage from the series with the actors' names in lower case in red at either the top or bottom of the screen (a possible throwback to the shows early years when the cast members sketches were also black and white). Before and after the footage of the actors is the silhouette of a woman in a form-fitting dress walking toward the camera, shown from the neck down. Although the producers have never confirmed the woman's identity, cast member Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford

Michelle Stafford is an United States actress, known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless....
(Phyllis) has admitted to being the woman in question. The opening was last updated to reflect new additions to the cast in June 2006. In an interview in December 2008, co-executive producer Maria Arena Bell
Maria Arena Bell

Category:All articles needing style editingMaria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer....
stated that updating the opening is "on our minds, for sure. We’re hopeful we can get to that very soon."

For over 25 years, the announcer for the show's opening and closing credits was Bern Bennett
Bern Bennett

Bern Bennett is an American radio and television announcer. For nearly sixty years, beginning in 1944, he was a staff announcer at CBS. In the 1940s and 1950s he was closely associated with Bud Collyer, as announcer on three Collyer-hosted game shows: "Winner Take All ", "Beat the Clock", and "To Tell the Truth"....
, who would tell viewers to "Join us again for The Young and the Restless." In 2003, Bennett retired and CBS hired former casting assistant Marnie Saitta for the job of announcer. In 2006 Marnie Saitta was replaced by cast members announcing for the show.

Ratings
As of 2008, The Young and the Restless has managed 1000 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot and 20 consecutive years. Despite this, the show reached a record low of 4,380,000 viewers on Friday, June 13, 2008. The previous lows were 4,392,000 viewers on Friday, October 17, 2008, 4,487,000 viewers on Friday, September 19, 2008, 4,491,000 viewers on Friday, May 9, 2008, 4,548,000 on Thursday, October 16, 2008, 4,563,000 viewers on Friday, October 3, 2008, and 4,805,000 viewers on Friday, August 31, 2007.

When introduced during the 1972–73 season, the show was at the bottom of the ratings, but rose rapidly: ninth by 1974–75 and third by 1975–76. It remained a strong and increasingly important part of CBS daytime's lineup and by 1988-1989 had dethroned long-time leader General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
as the top-rated soap, a position it has held ever since.

In Mid December, The Young and The Restless celebrated 20 consecutive years, every single week at #1 in the daytime ratings, with no sign of letting up.

Daytime History: Highest Rated Week (November 16-20, 1981) (Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research

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)
Serial Household Rating (Time Slot) Network
General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
16.0 (3-4pm) ABC
All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
10.2 (1-2pm) ABC
One Life to Live
One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
10.2 (2-3pm) ABC
Guiding Light
Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
7.9 (3-4pm) CBS
The Young and the Restless 7.3 (11:00-12:00pm) CBS

1995 Daytime Serial Ratings
Rank/Serial Avg. Millions Of Viewers (Per Episode)
The Young and the Restless 7.155
All My Children 5.891
General Hospital 5.343
The Bold and the Beautiful 5.247
One Life to Live 5.152

Latest ratings
Nielsen ratings
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Week of 1/26-30, 2009 (Compared to last week/Compared to last year)
1. Y&R 5,664,000 (+447,000/-348,000)
2. B&B
The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
3,981,000 (+400,000/-111,000)
3. DOOL 3,051,000 (+62,000/+192,000)
4. ATWT 3,023,000 (+355,000/-92,000)
5. GH
GH

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3,000,000 (+229,000/-122,000)
6. AMC
AMC

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2,751,000 (+145,000/-33,000)
7. OLTL 2,583,000 (+105,000/-81,000)
8. GL
GL

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2,355,000 (+303,000/-228,000)

Monday 1/26: 5,088,000
Tuesday 1/27: 6,151,000
Wednesday 1/28: 6,275,000
Thursday 1/29: 5,600,000
Friday 1/30: 5,207,000

Cultural references
The Young and the Restless has been referenced in several movies and TV shows. For example, many TV programs use a variation of the The Young and the Restless name in some of their episode titles, including "The Jung and the Restless" from Charmed

Charmed

Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
and "The Young & The Tactless" from Will & Grace

Will & Grace

Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award-winning United States television situation comedy that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006....
. In the 1976 film Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 in film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The movie is set in early post?Vietnam War Era New York City and stars Robert De Niro and features a young Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris , Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd....
, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro

Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. is a two-time Academy Award-winning United States actor, director and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time....
) kicks his TV while watching a scene from The Young and the Restless between Jill Foster
Jill Foster Abbott

Jill Foster Abbott is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Much of her history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Katherine Chancellor ....
and Brock Reynolds.

In The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
' episode "Pygmoelian
Pygmoelian

"Pygmoelian" is the sixteenth episode of the List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 11 of The Simpsons. It aired on February 27, 2000....
", the opening sequence of the soap opera It Never Ends parodies that of The Young and the Restless. The titles have also been parodied on the Australian sitcom Kath and Kim.

In Weird Al Yankovic's film UHF one of the shows on the U62 line-up is "The Young and the Dyslexic", an obvious parody of the Young and the Restless.

The Young and the Restless is also parodied in the 1983 film Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom is a 1983 comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by John Hughes about a stay-at-home dad. It stars Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Jeffrey Tambor, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd, and Martin Mull....
. After unemployed automotive engineer Jack Butler (Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton

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) becomes a regular viewer, watching actual footage featuring the characters of Victor Newman, Nikki Reed, Kevin Bancroft. Eventually he and his newfound friend Joan (Ann Jillian
Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian is an United States actress. She was born to Roman Catholic Lithuanian immigrant parents and speaks Lithuanian fluently....
) engage in a spoof of soap operas in general with music from The Young and the Restless playing in the background. The parody gradually includes Jack's wife Carolyn (Teri Garr
Teri Garr

Terry Ann "Teri" Garr is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian....
), who shoots him, his former supervisor Jinx (Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps most known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. on the television series Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show....
), who was going to give him his old job back, and Carolyn's boss Ron (Martin Mull
Martin Mull

Martin Mull is an United States actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films. He is also a comedian, painter and recording artist....
), who leaves with her.

The set of The Young and the Restless and the show was used in Entourage for the character of Mrs. Ari to show her as a possible return to acting as she used to be a regular on the show in her early acting career.

On the game show The Price Is Right, which airs before The Young and the Restless on most CBS stations, if a contestant spun the Big Wheel
Showcase Showdown

Showcase Showdown may refer to:*Showcase Showdown , an event shown on the game show The Price Is Right*Showcase Showdown , a punk-rock band...
hard enough to go around several times before stopping, host Bob Barker
Bob Barker

Robert William "Bob" Barker is a former United States television game show Master of Ceremonies. He is best known for hosting CBS' The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history....
would often quip that CBS would have to "cut into The Young and Restless." The show itself was also the theme of a 1992 showcase to celebrate its 5,000th episode.

See also

List of The Young and the Restless cast members
List of The Young and the Restless characters
List of The Young and the Restless characters

This is a list of major characters that appear on the soap opera The Young and the Restless....
The children of The Young and the Restless
Children of The Young and the Restless

The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for being the children of important characters, but, as minors, do not warrant their own articles....
Minor characters of The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless minor characters

The following are characters from the United States soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles....
CBS Daytime
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External links

at CBS Daytime
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at
at the W. Channel
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Available only to U.S. viewers
at CBS Wiki

The Young and the Restless

Production

Executive producing and head writing team

Current main crew

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Cast

Current cast members

Upcoming cast members

Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

Show

Individuals

TV Soap Golden Boomerang Awards

Writers Guild of America Awards

Storyline

Broadcast history

Early Years, 1973-80

Rise to the Top, 1980s

Steady but Eroding, 1990s-present

Alternate Timeslots, Multiple Rebroadcasts (TV/Online)

Broadcasts outside the United States

Theme song and other music

Title sequence

Ratings

Latest ratings

Cultural references

See also

External links

Head writer
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