The Young and the Restless
Creator(s)	William J. Bell Lee Philip Bell
Senior cast member(s)	Jeanne Cooper Doug Davidson Melody Thomas Scott Eric Braeden Don Diamont Kate Linder Jess Walton Peter Bergman
No. of episodes	8,885 (as of May 2, 2008)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Josh Griffith
Head writer(s)	Maria Arena Bell
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television (Columbia TriStar Television 2001 until 2002, Columbia Pictures Television 1974 to 2001, and Screen Gems until name change in 1974) Bell Dramatic Serial Company Corday Productions
Running time	60 minutes (30 minutes from 1973 to 1980)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Premiere date	March 26, 1973
Links
The Young and the Restless Official Website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated as Y&R) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS Daytime on March 26, 1973.^[1] Y&R was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a fictional version of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva.^[2] Media:Example. ... William J. Bell (a. ... Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator. ... Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress of Cherokee descent, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. ... Doug Davidson as Paul Williams Doug Davidson born October 24, 1954 is an Emmy Award-nominated American television actor. ... Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Newman Melody Thomas Scott (born April 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Eric Braeden (born Hans Jörg Gudegast on April 3, 1939) is an Emmy Award-winning German film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Don Diamont as Brad Carlton Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg on December 31, 1962 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. ... Kate Linder is an American actress who joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 1985 as Esther Valentine, a role she still plays to this day. ... Jess Walton is an American actress known for her portrayal of Jill Foster Abbott on soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Autographed photo of Peter Bergman Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott Peter Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is a three time Emmy Award-winning American soap opera actor. ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... SPT logo Sony Pictures Television, Inc. ... Columbia TriStar Television logo Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. ... Columbia Pictures Television logo, used from 1992-2001. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... The first TIME magazine cover devoted to soap operas, dated January 12, 1976. ... CBS Daytime (CBSD) is a television programming block on CBS. CBSDs Senior Vice President is Barbara Bloom, its Vice President is Richard Mensing. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... William J. Bell (a. ... Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator. ... A fictional version of Genoa City, Wisconsin, USA is the setting for the long-running American soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Genoa City is a village located in Wisconsin. ... Location of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Road sign For the lake in Wisconsin, see Geneva Lake. ...

When it debuted, the show originally focused on the personal and professional lives of two core families in Genoa City: the wealthy Brookses and the poor Fosters. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, most of the original characters were written out and the show shifted to the Abbotts, the Newmans, and the Williams. One basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the show's history is the rivalry between Jill Foster Abbott and Katherine Chancellor. Jill Foster Chancellor Brooks Abbott is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Katherine Chancellor (maiden name Shepard; formerly Reynolds, Thurston and Sterling) better known as Kay Chancellor is a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper. ...

The series was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. It was expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. Y&R is currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television. As of 2008, it has appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen Ratings in that category for more than 1000 weeks since 1988.^[3] is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

Y&R has won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series; only General Hospital has won more times (nine). The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is an award which has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys ceremony since 1974. ... For other uses, see General Hospital (disambiguation). ...

Production

The show's healthy ratings are often attributed in part to the tight-knit writing and production staff.^{[citation needed]} 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 Y&R is one of the only soaps that used an actual orchestra for the 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 of 1980, the taping style changed, and it was shot scene by scene, and edited, with which the format stands to this day.

In 2001, Y&R became the first - and, so far, only - daytime soap opera to be broadcast in high-definition.^[4] High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). ...

The April 2, 2008 episode of Y&R was the first and only episode aired in a film look.

The show's budget is $1.25 million (USD) per week.

In October 2008, Y&R will air it's 9,000th episode.

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 served as both the executive producer and head writer for Y&R. He also had a number of executive producers over the years including John Conboy, H. Wesley Kenney, Edward J. Scott, David Shaughnessy and John F. Smith. Starting in the mid-80s, Bell was credited as "Senior Executive Producer". William J. Bell (a. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Head Writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ... John Conboy is an American soap opera producer. ... H. Wesley Kenney is an American producer and director of several television series. ... Edward J. Scott is an American soap opera producer. ... David Shaughnessy (also known as David Shaughnessey or David James Shaughnessy) is an American television soap opera director, producer and actor. ... John F. Smith is an American soap opera writer. ...

As the show continued to reach new, record heights in 1987, co-executive producer H. Wesley Kenney defected to network television's #1 mainstay in the soap ratings, General Hospital. This was rather ironic, since the following year it was Y&R that surpassed the longtime champ for the Nielsen 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. H. Wesley Kenney is an American producer and director of several television series. ... For other uses, see General Hospital (disambiguation). ... Nielsen, a surname originally meaning son of Niels (cf. ...

Kay Alden took over as head writer after Bell stepped down in 1998. After Bell died in April 2005, Smith served as the sole executive producer. Kay Alden is the award-winning television scriptwriter, and former head and co-head writer for the most-watched American soap opera The Young And The Restless. ...

In late February 2006, Lynn Marie Latham 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 Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom. More behind-the-scenes shakeups continued into September 2006 when Smith's contract as co-head writer wasn't renewed. Kathryn Foster, a long time producer and director since the 1980s, resigned in October 2006. Lynn Marie Latham is an American television writer. ... CBS Daytime (CBSD) is a television programming block on CBS. CBSDs Senior Vice President is Barbara Bloom, its Vice President is Richard Mensing. ... Barbara Bloom is an American writer and TV programming executive. ... Kathryn Foster (born March 19, 1964) is an American soap opera producer and director. ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ...

Alden quit the show in November 2006. She was hired by ABC Daytime in December 2006 to consult on All My Children and One Life to Live. After her consulting contract ended, Alden joined The Bold and the Beautiful as a co-head writer. Josh Griffith, the show's former creative consultant, was named its new co-executive producer shortly after the departure of Smith. In June 2007, former supervising producer Edward J. Scott was chosen by Sony Pictures Television to join Days of our Lives. Anthony Morina, episode director and husband of former series writer/story consultant Sally Sussman Morina, was named as producer shortly after Scott's departure (and later promoted to supervising producer). ABC Daytime (ABCD) is a programming block on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). ... All My Children (AMC) is a popular American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called B&B or less commonly, Bold) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 23, 1987. ... Josh Griffith is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Creative consultant is a credit that has - particuarly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have “doctored” a movie screenplay. ... John F. Smith is an American soap opera writer. ... Edward J. Scott is an American soap opera producer. ... SPT logo Sony Pictures Television, Inc. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... Anthony Morina is an American television soap opera director and producer. ... Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and 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, Marnie Saitta [1], Trent Jones, Mike Denney, Janice Ferri Esser, Sally Sussman Morina, Jim Houghton, Marc Hertz, Sara A. Bibel. New crew members were hired: Kola Boof (ghostwriter)^{[citation needed]}, Neil Landau, Darin Goldberg, Brett Steanart, Valerie Ahern, Shelley Meals, Phideaux Xavier, Karen Rea, Cherie Bennett, Jeff Gottesfeld, Bernard Lechowick, Scott Hamner, Diane Messina Stanley, Christian McLaughlin, Lynsey DuFour, Vincent Lechowick, James Stanley, Jenelle Lindsay, Tom Casiello, Paula Cwikly, Rick Draughon and Chris Abbott. Joshua S. McCaffrey is an American soap opera writer. ... Trent Jones is an American soap opera writer, singer, and actor. ... Mike Denney is an American television soap opera director. ... Janice Ferri Esser is an American writer on the Daytime television serial, The Young And The Restless. ... Sally Sussman Morina is an American soap opera writer and producer. ... Jim Houghton (b. ... Marc Hertz is an American soap opera writer. ... Sara A. Bibel is an American soap opera writer who has written for The Harvard Crimson. ... For other uses, see Ghostwriter (disambiguation). ... Neil Landau is an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. ... Valerie Ahern is an American television screenwriter and producer. ... Shelley Meals is an American script writer, screenwriter, story editor and producer. ... 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. ... Cherie Bennett (born in Buffalo, New York) is an American novelist, actress, director, playwright, newspaper columnist and TV writer on the soap opera The Young And The Restless. ... Jeff Gottesfeld is an American essayist, novelist, and television writer. ... Bernard Lechowick is an American TV writer. ... Scott Hamner, son of Earl Hamner, is an American television writer. ... Christian McLaughlin is a television writer, producer and author. ... Lynsey DuFour is an American soap opera writer. ... James Stanley is an American TV writer, producer and actor. ... Tom Casiello is an American soap opera writer. ... Paula Cwikly is an American soap opera writer for the Daytime television serial The Young And The Restless. ... Chris Abbott is an American soap opera writer. ...

As of 2007, only three writers from the pre-Latham era: Sandra Weintraub, Eric Freiwald and Natalie Minardi Slater, remain with the serial. Sandra Weintraub is an American soap opera writer The Young and The Restless Script Writer (September 16, 2004 - Present) Daytime Emmy Awards WIN (2006; Best Writing; The Young and The Restless) Writers Guild of America WIN (2005 season; The Young and The Restless) Categories: | | ... Eric Freiwald is an American writer for the Daytime television serial, The Young And The Restless. ... Natalie Minardi Slater is an American soap opera writer. ...

Due to the strike of the Writers Guild of America all of Y&R's staff writers have vacated their posts. Additionally, Lynn Marie Latham vacated her role as executive producer. The final episode of the Latham era aired on December 24, 2007. On February 13, 2008, it was confirmed that Latham, husband Bernard Lechowick and writers Lynsey DuFour and Marina Alburger had all been fired from the serial with more writers to follow.

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Current main crew

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Executive producers and head writers

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Cast

See also: List of The Young and the Restless cast members and List of The Young and the Restless characters

2007-2008 Y&R cast photo.
Top row (l-r): Ted Shackelford, Tammy Lauren, Bryton, Christel Khalil
Second row: Greg Rikaart, Judith Chapman, Kate Linder, Amelia Heinle, Thad Luckinbill, Vincent Irizarry, Eyal Podell, Daniel Goddard, Tammin Sursok
Third row: Nia Peeples, Kristoff St. John, Jeanne Cooper, Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott, Jess Walton, Emily O'Brien
Bottom row: Doug Davidson, Vail Bloom, Christian LeBlanc, Tracey E. Bregman, Joshua Morrow, Adrienne Frantz, Michelle Stafford, Michael Graziadei, Sharon Case, Peter Bergman, Hunter Allan, Don Diamont, Darcy Rose Byrnes

The original March 1973 cast consisted of a mixture of veterans and young, relative unknowns. The most notable cast member was Robert Colbert, star of the 1960s TV series The Time Tunnel, as Stuart Brooks. Dorothy Green, a frequent guest star in numerous 1950s-60s TV programs, was cast as Stuart's wife Jennifer, while veteran actress Julianna McCarthy played Liz Foster. List of past, present and future cast members of soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... This is a list of major characters that appear (or have appeared) on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tammy Lauren (born November 10, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television. ... Bryton in a CBS promo shot. ... Christel Khalil (born November 30, 1987 in Los Angeles, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ... 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Among the current cast members, longtime veteran actress Jeanne Cooper, who plays Katherine Chancellor, has been on contract with Y&R since Fall 1973. The other current senior cast members who joined the show in the 1970s are Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, 1978) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, 1979). Eric Braeden joined Y&R as Victor Newman in 1980 after becoming notable for his roles in The Rat Patrol and Colossus: The Forbin Project, as well as a variety of guest starring roles in numerous primetime TV shows during the 1970s. Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress of Cherokee descent, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. ... Katherine Chancellor (maiden name Shepard; formerly Reynolds, Thurston and Sterling) better known as Kay Chancellor is a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper. ... Doug Davidson as Paul Williams Doug Davidson born October 24, 1954 is an Emmy Award-nominated American television actor. ... Paul Williams is a fictional character on US soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Doug Davidson. ... Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Newman Melody Thomas Scott (born April 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Nicole Nikki Reed Foster Bancroft DiSalvo Newman Abbott Landers Newman is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Melody Thomas Scott. ... Eric Braeden (born Hans Jörg Gudegast on April 3, 1939) is an Emmy Award-winning German film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Victor Christian Newman (born Christian Miller) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since 1980. ... Opening title. ... Colossus was a fictional computer featured in the 1969 apocalyptic science fiction movie, Colossus: The Forbin Project loosely based on the 1967 novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones. ... PrimeTime is a television newsmagazine from ABC News. ...

The only original character remaining since the program's debut in 1973 is Jill Foster Abbott, who has been played by Jess Walton since 1987. Katherine Chancellor, played by Jeanne Cooper debuted on-screen in November 1973. Cooper is the show's longest-serving actor. Jill Foster Chancellor Brooks Abbott is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Jess Walton is an American actress known for her portrayal of Jill Foster Abbott on soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Katherine Chancellor (maiden name Shepard; formerly Reynolds, Thurston and Sterling) better known as Kay Chancellor is a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper. ... Wilma Jeanne Cooper (born October 25, 1928 in Taft, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress of Cherokee descent, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. ...

Current cast members

Further information: Current Characters of the Young and the Restless

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