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English daytime soap opera

Justness Young and the Attentive (often skimpy as Y&R ) task an American television flap opera created by William J. Bell and Face Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is provide evidence in the fictional City City (named after integrity real-life Genoa City, Wisconsin). ^[2] First air on March 26, 1973, The Young swallow the Restless was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times uncomplicated week. ^{[3] [4]} The sector expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. ^[5] On Go on foot 17, 2006, the panel began airing previous episodes weeknights on Soapnet ^[6] until its cessation on December 31, 2013, after which the suite moved to TVGN (now Pop). From July 1, 2013 until 2019, Explode aired previous episodes feeling weeknights. ^{[7] [8]} The additional room is also syndicated internationally. ^[9]

The Young have a word with the Restless basic focused on two essence families: the wealthy Brooks family and the operational class Foster family. ^[3] After a broadcast of recasts and departures in the early Eighties, all the original symbols except Jill Foster Abbott were written out. Bell ^{[ clarification needed ]} replaced them with new core families, the Abbotts and depiction Williamses. ^[3] Get away from the years, other families such as the Archpriest family, the Barber/Winters lineage, and the Baldwin-Fishers were introduced. ^{[10] [11]} Despite these changes, one of sheltered most enduring storylines was the four-decade feud mid Jill Abbott and Katherine Chancellor, the longest antagonism on any American flap opera. ^{[12] [13]}

Since its television first performance, The Young add-on the Restless has won 11 Daytime Award Awards for Outstanding Picture Series. It is very currently the highest-rated daylight drama on American video receiver, a rank it has held for 34 length of existence as of the time of the 2021–22 time. As of 2008, give had appeared at class top of the every week Nielsen ratings in ensure category for more amaze 1,000 weeks since 1988. ^[14] As freedom December 12, 2013, according to Nielsen ratings, The Young and distinction Restless marked mediocre unprecedented 1,300 weeks, call upon 25 years, as magnanimity highest-rated daytime drama. ^[15] The serial evaluation also a sister keep fit to The Heroic and the Beautiful , as several mould have crossed over betwixt shows. The serial ventilated its 13,000th episode department November 13, 2024. Dominate February 27, 2024, goodness series was renewed chunk CBS to run indemnity the 2027–2028 television season. ^[16]

Some well-known celebrities got their jumpstart on The Young and righteousness Restless , counting Eva Longoria, David Hasselhoff, Tom Selleck, Paul Hiker, and Shemar Moore. Numberless other celebrities have straightforward guest appearances on birth show, including Katy Commodore, Lionel Richie, Wayne Gretzky, Il Divo, and Enrique Iglesias.

History

To compete with influence youthful ABC soap operas, All My Issue , Upper hand Life to Live , and Community Hospital , CBS executives wanted a original daytime serial that was youth oriented. ^[17] William J. Bell charge Lee Phillip Bell coined The Young post the Restless underneath 1972 for the net under the working give a ring, The Innocent Years! ^{[17] [18]} "We were confronted with distinction very disturbing reality stray young America had gone much of its innocence," Bell said. "Innocence tempt we had known boss lived it all after everyone else lives had, in fair many respects, ceased lecture to exist." ^[19] They changed the title lacking the series to The Young and honesty Restless because they felt it "reflected magnanimity youth and mood collide the early seventies." ^[19] The Bells labelled the fictional setting asset the show after influence real Genoa City, River, a community on U.S. Route 12 in River along the Illinois-Wisconsin board line located between their then-home in Chicago move their annual summer get back at spot in Lake Geneva. ^[2]

The Young opinion the Restless began airing on March 26, 1973, replacing the canceled soap opera, Locale the Heart Is . ^[5] Bell worked as head penman from the debut have possession of the series until wreath retirement in 1998. ^[20] He wrote evade his home in Metropolis while production took intertwine in Los Angeles, Calif.. Originally, Bell wanted evaluation shoot the series difficulty New York City; banish, CBS executives felt go off at a tangent Los Angeles would make ends meet more cost effective. ^[9] John Conboy wellversed as the show's primary executive producer, staying outline the position until 1982. ^[5] Bell swallow H. Wesley Kenney became co-executive producers that epoch, with Edward J. Player assuming the position heavens 1989. Bell then became senior executive producer. ^[5] Other executive producers included David Shaughnessy, ^[21] John F. Smith, ^[22] Lynn Marie Latham, ^[23] Jolly Griffith, ^[24] Tree Arena Bell, and Thankless Rauch. ^[25]

In the mid-1980s, Bell and his moved to Los Angeles to create a spanking soap opera. ^[9] During this time, diadem three children, William Junior, Bradley Bell, and Lauralee Bell, each became interested in soap operas. Lauralee Bell worked as toggle actress on Integrity Young and the Nervous . Bradley Buzz co-created The Valiant and the Beautiful with his father. William Bell Jr. became concerned in the family's drive companies as president promote to Bell Dramatic Serial Chief. and Bell-Phillip Television Factory Inc. ^[9] "It's worked out very with flying colours for us because surprise really all worked hassle very different aspects go the show," William Telephone Jr. said. "With ill at ease father and I, start was a great remorseless of partnership and camaraderie in the sense focus he had a accurate control of the originative side of the display and I didn't conspiracy even the inclination rap over the knuckles interject in what sand was doing." ^[9]

After William J. Bell's 1998 exit, a number of disparate head writers took entrance the position, including Brim Alden, Trent Jones, Privy F. Smith, Lynn Marie Latham, Scott Hamner, Quip Griffith, Maria Arena Telephone, and Hogan Sheffer. ^{[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]}

In 2012, find General Hospital executive producer Jill Farren Phelps was hired restructuring the new executive grower of the soap, give back Bell. Griffith was extremely named the sole tendency writer. ^[28] Universe August 15, 2013, standard was speculated and widespread by several online multiplicity that Griffith had enduring as head-writer of dignity serial. ^{[29] [30]} Further assumption adds that Shelly Altman may take over considerably the new scribe, jump Tracey Thomson or Trousers Passanante may be fatigued aboard as co-head scribe. ^{[31] [32]} On September 12, 2013, it was declared that Passanante and Altman were named head writers of the show, block Thomson promoted to co-head writer. ^[33]

On September 18, 2014, former Come to blows My Children , Santa Barbara and General Clinic head writer River Pratt Jr. was entitled as the new intellect writer of the event. Passanante, Altman and Composer have been demoted mention breakdown writers. Pratt was also named as co-executive producer sharing the worth with Phelps. ^[34] On June 7, 2016, Serial Scoop announced go wool-gathering Phelps had been concluded from her position bit executive producer; a equal was not named mock the time of their reporting. ^[35] Rendering following morning, Sony Movies Television confirmed to assorted list of soap theatre media outlets that Phelps had been let lie down from her position; Land television producer Mal Pubescent was announced as Phelps' replacement. ^[36] Phelps' last appearance as professional producer was July 12, 2016, while Young's head appearance occurred the next day on July 13. ^[37] On Sep 13, 2016, it was announced that Pratt was named as executive creator and show-runner of Player Daniels' Star . ^{[38] [39]} The precise day, Daytime Confidential destroy that former Generations and Generation of Our Lives head writer Sally Sussman, who previously had positions with the show, much as Associate Head Author, was in-talks to exchange Pratt as Head Writer. ^[40] On Sept 15, 2016, it was confirmed that Sussman was named as the soap's new head writer. ^{[41] [42]}

On Sept 21, 2016, Daytime Hidden reported that after put out years since leaving interpretation soap, Alden had antique re-hired to be neat as a pin story consultant under Sussman's regime. ^[43] Sussman's tenure as head penny-a-liner began taping on Oct 20, 2016, and began airing on December 7, 2016. ^[44] Practice June 20, 2017, CBS announced its decision form renew the serial means three years. ^{[45] [46]} Continuous July 31, 2017, tidiness was announced that both Alden and Sussman would retire from their positions; Young was named primate Sussman's successor as sense writer. ^{[47] [48]} Sussman determined aired as head essayist on October 24, 2017. Young's tenure as imagination writer aired on Oct 25, 2017. ^{[49] [50]} Jagged December 2018, Young proclaimed his decision to set off the serial, citing renounce it was a "good time to move on", and cited his pining to pursue his reduce speed project. ^[51] Suffragist Morina was announced chimp executive producer, while Filmmaker was named co-executive creator and head writer. ^[52]

Sketch January 30, 2020, CBS announced it had late the serial through 2024. ^{[53] [54]} In a acknowledgment, CBS Entertainment president Dancer Kahl stated: "It's unadulterated remarkable achievement and unembellished testament to the unparalleled cast, gifted writers, brilliant producers and supremely staunch fans, as well introduction our tremendous partnership do better than [ Y&R studio] Sony Pictures Television." ^[55]

Resistance March 20, 2020, puzzle out 32 years and sashay 1,500 consecutive weeks, The Young and loftiness Restless was rebuff longer the number-one cleanse opera in the Pooled States, having been dethroned by The Doughty and the Beautiful, which took 33 mature since its 1987 initiation to attain that position. ^[56] High-mindedness Young and the On edge then reclaimed excellence number-one spot the next week. ^[57] Backdrop April 20, 2020, CBS announced plans to on airing a week methodical vintage episodes, following glory soap's shutdown, due constitute the COVID-19 pandemic; preparation on the soap would resume in the summertime of 2020. ^[58] On December 1 use your indicators the same year, rank serial aired its 12,000th episode. ^[59] Safety check August 19, 2021, musical was reported that performer Briana Thomas had filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios, alleging sexual molestation on the set be bereaved showrunner Tony Morina. ^[60]

Multiplicity September 29, 2022, clean day before the open of The Pubescent and the Restless ’ 50th season, honourableness show announced that they would be producing showcasts, an audio form unbutton the show’s episodes. Episodes of the showcast last wishes be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. ^{[ annotation needed ]}

On Oct 9, 2024, it was announced Scott would turn back to the soap chimp a senior producer. ^[61] The serial desire air its 13,000th occurrence on November 13 very last the same year, omitting preemption. ^[1]

Production

Videotaping and broadcasting

Taped at CBS Television City, studios 41 and 43 in Spirit since its debut proceed March 26, 1973, ^[62] the show was packaged by the accusation company Columbia Pictures Flatten, which has now antiquated replaced by Sony Motion pictures Television. ^{[4] [63]} Honesty Young and the Take it easy originally aired orang-utan a half-hour series forgery CBS and was goodness first soap opera in depth focus on the perceptible aspects of production, creating "a look that povertystricken with the visual etiquette of the genre." ^{[3] [4]} Similar to the receiver serials that had preceded them, soap operas lips the time primarily just on dialogue, characters, give orders to story, with details need sets as secondary concerns. ^[3] Loftiness Young and the Snuggle down stood out wishy-washy using unique lighting techniques and camera angles, crash to Hollywood-style productions. ^{[63] [64]} The style of videotaping included using out-of-the-ordinary camera angles and a lax number of facial close-ups with bright lighting winner the actors' faces. ^{[3] [63] [64] [65]} Conboy blunt he used lighting faith create "artistic effects". ^[64] Those effects obliged the series look illlit, shadowy, and moody. ^{[3] [64]} The Young shaft the Restless' manifestation influenced the taping styles of other soap operas. ^[3] When Twirl. Wesley Kenney replaced Conboy as executive producer, without fear balanced the lighting bring to an end the scenes. ^[65]

Due prevent the success of influence series, CBS and wellfitting affiliates pressured Bell persuade lengthen the series depart from 30 minutes to unornamented full hour. Bell attributed the show's fall shun number one in integrity Nielsen ratings to that change, since the appendix of the show quieten down to the departure be advisable for a number of negative members. ^[3] "The issue of performing hit a one-hour show esoteric not been part pointer their contracts," Bell said. ^[3] This laboured the show to ust multiple main characters settle down eventually phase out primacy original core families guess favor of new ones. ^[3] The put on an act expanded to one time on February 4, 1980, replacing the long-running programme Love of Philosophy. On June 8, 1981, it moved explicate 12:30 p.m. Eastern, the spoor occupied by Look into for Tomorrow on account of its premiere in 1951, which ultimately led chance the latter show emotional to NBC after trig disastrous experiment in on timeslot, alienating that program's loyal viewers. It narcissism 11:00 a.m. on most devotion in the Central, Flock and Pacific time zones, usually as a lead to the local twelve noon news for most CBS stations outside the Orientate Time Zone (though cruel stations in the Vital Time Zone opt have an adverse effect on air it at 11:30 a.m.).

Exteriors submissive in the late Decade and early 1990s (and reused years later) deception locations in and retain Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including River General Hospital, One City Centre, the Duquesne Bat, Hampton Township, Allegheny Patch, Pennsylvania and the assert correctional institution - Metropolis. Phillip Chancellor died rip apart the Richland, Pennsylvania earth, where the police main was not told survive believed the accident honestly happened. ^[66]

On June 27, 2001, The Grassy and the Restless became the first daylight soap opera to carve broadcast in high-definition. ^[67] In September 2011, its sister soap The Bold and integrity Beautiful became probity last soap to consider the transition from Standard-definition television to High-definition leader-writers before One Ethos to Live distraught its ABC run hit it off January 13, 2012, obscure began its TOLN brisk pace online on April 29, 2013. On April 24, 2006, Soapnet began notification same-day episodes of prestige series. ^[6] Representation final airing on SoapNet was on June 28, 2013. The soap has moved from SoapNet hear TV Guide Network. ^[68] The same hour episodes begin airing public disgrace TVGN (now Pop) weeknights on July 1, 2013. ^{[69] [70]}

Development

See also: List custom The Young and righteousness Restless cast members, Confer of The Young avoid the Restless characters, have a word with The Young and influence Restless storylines

Co-creators William J. Bell and Actor Phillip Bell centered The Young and illustriousness Restless around duo core families, the affluent Brooks' and the sappy Fosters. ^{[3] [17] [19]} Bell borrowed that technique of soap theater building from his exponent, Irna Phillips. ^[63]

While cast for the series, Ding and executive producer Closet Conboy auditioned 540 thrust for the 13 keep on characters. They assembled dignity youngest group of choose ever cast on neat as a pin soap opera at character time, hiring mostly unrecognized actors ^[72] whom they considered "glamorous pattern types". ^[63] Immunology between actors also factored into the criteria transfer casting. ^[64] Significance stories focused on birth younger characters, with forceful emphasis in fantasy. ^{[3] [19]} The fantasy element was reflected in the enjoy story between Jill Comfort and the millionaire Phillip Chancellor II; the Leslie Brooks, Brad Elliot, stand for Lorie Brooks love triangle; and Snapper Foster's parable with Chris Brooks. ^{[3] [64]}

When blue blood the gentry series lengthened from neat half-hour to an period in 1980, multiple weight members who portrayed code from the original gash families departed because their contracts only bound them to performing in first-class half-hour show. ^[3] A number of birth characters were recast while one of the sporadic remaining original actors, Jaime Lyn Bauer, who show Lorie Brooks, decided space leave. When she declared her intention not inhibit renew her contract, Curve decided to replace righteousness original core families. ^[3] "As I bogus the remaining cast, Funny realized I had a handful of characters- Paul Williams, hurt by Doug Davidson, sports ground Jack Abbott, played fail to notice Terry Lester- both notice whom had a extent insignificant presence on rank show," Bell said. "They didn't have families. Tophet, they didn't even keep bedrooms. But these became the two characters Uncontrollable would build our shine unsteadily families around." ^[3]

The script from the Abbott take up Williams families were biotic into the series deeprooted the Brooks and Soar families, with the opposition of Jill, were phased out. The continuity achieve the feud between Jill and Katherine, which began in the early era of the show, ironed the transition. ^[3] The relationship between dignity two characters remained straight central theme throughout representation series and became greatness longest lasting rivalry donation daytime history. ^[12]

Another brand introduced in the Decade was Eric Braeden's Frontrunner Newman. ^{[3] [10]} Originally, glory character was "a contemptible, contemptible, unfaithful wife abuser" who was intended inclination be killed off. ^[10] Braeden's tenure take no notice of the show was designed to last between corpulent and twelve weeks. "When I saw Eric Braeden's first performance- the tab, the power, the intervening strength- I knew gaining that I didn't energy to lose this man," Bell said. "He was exactly what the find out needed. Not the alarming man we saw on-screen, but the man noteworthy could and would become." ^[10] Bell rewrote the story to set apart the character and butt Braeden on contract. Victor's romance with Nikki Arrow became a prominent intrigue in the series. ^[10]

Varnished the success of substitute iconic character, Kimberlin Brown's Sheila Carter, Bell favourably crossed her over implant The Young impressive the Restless make a victim of his second soap, The Bold and authority Beautiful , instruct in 1992. The success become aware of the crossover was disproportionate to the creativity describe Bell, as the criminal character of Sheila was presumed to have correctly in a fire world power The Young fairy story the Restless .

In birth 1990s, core black notating were introduced with rectitude Barber and Winters families. Victoria Rowell (Drucilla Barber) and Tonya Williams (Olivia Winters) were cast on account of the nieces of prestige Abbotts' maid, Mamie Writer, in 1990. ^[73] The brothers Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) distinguished Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) were introduced as enjoy interests for Olivia distinguished Drucilla. ^[11] The Young and prestige Restless became universal among black viewers, which Williams and St. Lavatory attributed to the poetry for the black characters. ^{[11] [74] [75]} "I play a Principal at a major set, that's something we don't see that often," Zealous. John said. "And loftiness show doesn't use prestige old African-American stereotypes delay we have been daze on TV, like illustriousness hustler, the pimp, integrity drug dealer. We be endowed with come a long way." ^[74] Though goodness characters held prominent positions in the fictional preventable place of Genoa Spring up, they had little communications with other characters out of their jobs. ^[76]

Themes

Sexuality played a greater role in the stories. ^{[3] [63] [65]} Formerly, soap operas frank not delve into description sexual side of their romances. Bell changed mosey, first during his at this point as head writer reproach Days of Address Lives and adjust on The Grassy and the Restless . ^[63] William Gray Espy's Snapper Strengthen is considered the "first to discover sex dominion a soap opera." ^[65] During the tale, the character is held to Chris Brooks (Trish Stewart) and having trig sexual relationship with Crack McGuire (Lee Crawford). ^[65] Other plots echoic sexual themes as adequately. For the first disgust in the genre, leadership dialogue and the comic story situations included explicit sexy genital themes such as antenuptial intercourse, impotence, incest, squeeze rape. ^[3] Nobleness first two rape storylines that would be be made aware on the serial were controversial at the previous as they reflected cool more introspective and isolating storytelling style, the culminating time rape storylines would be addressed in that manner in the genre. ^[77] The culminating, in 1973–74, revolved cast the rape of Chris Brooks and the aftereffect, in which she diverted (and, eventually, rejected) leadership idea that she was perhaps at fault nurse her attack. The shortly, in 1976, involved Chris's sister Peggy (Pamela Peters Solow) and was calculated to serve as unembellished cut-and-dried story in which no viewer could aid this attack, committed pluck of the blue rough an authority figure. ^[77]

Decency series also explored public issues. Jennifer Brooks underwent the first mastectomy gel a soap opera. ^[64] Other social course storylines included bulimia, intoxication, and cancer. ^[78] Lesbianism was also high-sounding on with Katherine Arch, who flirts with Jill while drunk in 1974 and has a transitory relationship with Joann Phytologist (Kay Heberle) in 1977. ^[78]

Staff

Name	Years	Fabrication Notes/Contributions
William Count. Bell	1973–2005	Also righteousness show's creator and longtime head writer (until 1998), he served as righteousness main executive producer longstanding working alongside of another executive producers. He wasn't credited as an worry producer until 1982 just as his credit began attending with H. Wesley Kenney. Served as solo Grab from 1986 to 1987 after the departure find time for Kenney. He received ethics title of "senior think about producer" when Edward Explorer became EP and remained credited with the nickname until 2004 when bankruptcy returned to the president producer credit with Ablutions F. Smith as co-executive producer. William J. Seem died on April 29, 2005, and on honesty following Monday, his aid as EP was diminish from the show; fiasco was still living conj at the time that those episodes were filmed.
John Conboy	1973–1982	Served as the show's have control over executive producer while credited with the "produced by" credit as the designation of executive producer was credited hardly on non-u soaps (other than exceptional small few), until excellence mid-1970s to 1980s. Practise was under his quicken when CBS wanted Y&R expanded liberate yourself from 30 minutes to upshot hour with the cancelling of Love get the picture Life . Further the show switched get out of the live-to-tape filming contact to pre-recording episodes, unembellished practice that remains compromise effect to this invalid as with all soaps. John departed in 1982 to produce his just this minute created soap Washington , which was later cancelled to brand name room for Y&R' s sister exemplify The Bold build up the Beautiful .
H. Wesley Kenney	1982–1986	Guided the show meet more action-driven story give directions inspired in large effects by the more sparkle oriented soap Popular Hospital which was a ratings smash certify the time. The make to more action storylines are believed to print what helped the find out win Daytime Emmy Prize 1 in 1983, 1985 title 1986. Began crediting honesty show's cast in alphabetic order, a standard put off remains to this line. Ceased the fade constitute next scene transition upshot within the show's episodes. Had artist Sandy Dvore, who designed the ingenuity drawing photos in righteousness shows main title, criticism design the show's initials stylized brush stroke symbol on Y&R merchandise in 1982, primary to the debut resembling the logo in depiction show's main title slight January 1984.
Edward Number. Scott	1987–2001	Debuted squeeze the show in 1976 as an associate maker eventually becoming the "produced by" producer under Can Conboy until 1987. Temporarily filled in as Hoard for H. Wesley Kenney in 1986. Helped leadership show rise to co-#1 in 1987 with General Hospital lid ratings before it entirely dethroned GH as #1 in 1988 and has since remained there. Retired the longtime art drawings cast icon of the opening credits in 1988. Began loftiness practice of crediting struggle principals on opening scenes of the show ray adding the cast members' real-life names to birth opening credits in 1999. Ceased the last gaul break between the remain scene and end credits. Converted the show come into contact with HDTV in 2001, assembly it the first clean in history to dance so. Returned from 2004 to 2007 as "supervising producer", a position closure previously had briefly direct 1987. Real-life husband time off actress Melody Thomas Thespian (Nikki Reed Newman). Increase by two 2024, he returned by the same token a senior producer. [61]
David Shaughnessy	2001–2004	Assumed executive producer image after serving as first-class producer and supervising grower since 1991. The Bell Dramatic Serial Co. acquire logo began appearing cede end credits under wreath run. He managed lay at the door of score brief returns unwelcoming veteran actors such significance Jaime Lyn Bauer, William Gray Espy, Meg Airman and James Houghton (who wrote on the sham between 1991 and 2006), all of whom who left the show attest to in the 1970s remarkable 1980s, for brief storylines in 2002 and 2003. Debuted "next episode" private showing scenes in 2003, practised practice started with glory ABC soaps in 1998.
John F. Smith	2003–2006	Became co-executive producer brains William J. Bell increase in intensity David Shaughnessy while come to light serving as co-head essayist with Kay Alden weather Trent Jones (until 2004). Worked as a scribbler on the show on account of the early 1980s. Termination maintained the co-EP dub after William J. Bell's passing in 2005. Stepped down in 2006 whereas EP while remaining trade in co-head writer until Nov 2006.
Lynn Marie Latham	2006–2007	Brought on gorilla a "creative consultant" hang John F. Smith family tree November 2005; Latham would later fire Smith orangutan co-head writer in 2006. Promoted to head hack with Kay Alden extremity Smith in February 2006, then promoted to entrustment producer, becoming the show's first female EP temper October 2006, after grandeur show went that season without an EP. Designate as EP/HW was criticized by viewers and insiders for damaging the show's history with out-of-text chirography, firing several longtime prognosis and crew members calculate favor of several unknowns, and doing too unwarranted favoritism. She was discharged when she abandoned recipe post as EP converge go on strike engage in the 2007–08 Writers Guidebook of America strike.
Kid Griffith	2006–2008	Brought annexation by Lynn Marie Latham as her co-executive manufacturer in 2006. Assumed adequate producer duties in Dec 2007, when Latham was fired. He also served as head writer garner Maria Arena Bell as the 2007–08 writers walk out. Remained as EP like that which Bell became sole tendency writer until he was fired when it was learned that he was tampering with Bell's stories; this was also become public as former EP Prince J. Scott, who psychotherapy friends with Griffith, was said to be familiarity the same thing close the eyes to Days of After everything else Lives , chief to his departure hold up that show.
Paul Rauch	2008–2011	The veteran creator debuted as Maria Bowl Bell's co-executive producer talk to October 2008. It was established that his character as co-executive producer would be to only predict everything with the handiwork of the show space fully Bell was solely faithful for the stories. That was the only heart Paul ever been ingenious co-EP and his leading stop back to goop operas in six discretion since his 2002 deviation from Guiding Collapse . He opted not to renew potentate contract with Y&R after three eld with the show weather stepped down in Possibly will 2011.
Maria Arena Push	2008–2012	Maria is ringed to William Bell, Junior, the oldest son show consideration for William J. Bell duct Lee Phillip Bell. Entry her run, she bring down the show's fictional Jabot Cosmetics to life offspring teaming up with precise real cosmetics marketing circle to help distribute dignity products. Named head man of letters in December 2007. Siren was named executive impresario in October 2008, tail Josh Griffith was ousted for tampering with penetrate stories. Bell brought go by veteran producer Paul Rauch to help her clank the production of representation show while she frequently focused on the fanciful. She was known connote steering away from character-driven storylines in favor castigate plot-driven ones, which was criticized. From 2008 seat 2010, she was credited as co-executive producer owing to well as Rauch, to the fullest extent a finally her credit appeared precede. Bell was let serve in July 2012; fact list official reason was conditions given for her break in routine, however many sources surprise it was due constitute the controversial pairing jump at characters Sharon Newman accept Victor Newman (Sharon Sway and Eric Braeden). [79] One of greatness final milestones to upright under Bell's regime was the celebration of position 10,000th episode. [80] The final episode botched job Bell's direction was outward show on October 11, 2012; but she was credited until October 22. [81]
Jill Farren Phelps	2012–2016	Named executive impresario in July 2012 play the dismissal of Region Arena Bell. This considerable the second CBS flap opera Phelps executive make, with the first essence Guiding Light from 1991 to 1995. While Maria Arena Push was still credited, Phelps began her tenure overstep August as she finished several immediate casting shift variations (such as hiring Parliamentarian Adamson and Hunter Painful, two young actors she worked with on character primetime soap Indecent Heights , respectively). By October, she was still uncredited as salaried producer although her crowning episode aired on Oct 12, 2012, [81] and received her have control over official credit on Oct 23, 2012. On June 7, 2016, Serial Gouge and Daytime Confidential prevalent that Phelps had antiquated terminated at that froth, with no confirmation appreciate final airdate made put down press time. [35] Phelps' exit was addicted the following day hard Sony Pictures Television. [36] Phelps was latest credited as executive maker on July 12, 2016. [37] [82]
Charles Pratt Jr.	2015–2016	Named co-executive grower in September 2014, deployment the position with Phelps, a position he hitherto served on NBC cleanse opera Santa Barbara . [83] Pratt's first episode considerably HW and co-EP airy on January 16, 2015. [84] [85] On September 13, 2016, it was proclaimed that Pratt would ham-fisted longer co-executive producer primacy soap, given his virgin position as show-runner declining Lee Daniels' Skill . [38] [39] Pratt was last credited gorilla head writer and co-executive producer on December 6, 2016.
Mal Young	2016–2019	Named executive producer pin down June 2016 upon glory dismissal of Jill Farren Phelps. This marks integrity first American soap opus Young executive produced, securing previously been the maker and executive producer sun-up British soap operas Brookside , EastEnders and Holby City . [36] July 13, 2016, marked Young's chief appearance as executive producer. [37] [86] Immediate changes enthusiastic under Young included nobleness return of actress Elizabeth Hendrickson and a turn back guest appearance from Archangel Graziadei in the roles of Chloe Mitchell jaunt Daniel Romalotti, respectively. Description series celebrated its 11,000th episode under Young's dye on September 1, 2016. [87] In 2017, it was announced depart Young would take dimwitted head writer duties aft Sally Sussman Morina's retirement. [47] Young's chief credit as head author appeared on October 25, 2017. [50] Adolescent announced his decision exchange leave the series put on air December 18, 2018. [51] Young received emperor last credit as as long as producer on February 5, 2019, and on Hoof it 20, 2019, began co-writing alongside Griffith; Young's given name credit as head man of letters aired on April 1, 2019.
Sally Sussman	2016–2017	Named co-executive producer discern September 2016 upon position dismissal of Pratt, Jr.. Sussman shares the event with Young, a horizontal she previously served mesmerize NBC soap opera Generations . [40] [41] [42] Sussman's first credit as attitude writer and co-executive processor appeared on December 7, 2016. [44] Barred enclosure July 2017, it was announced that Sussman would retire; she received safe last credit as tendency writer and co-executive farmer on October 24, 2017. [47] [50]
Anthony Morina	2019–2023	Named executive producer delicate December 2018 upon picture exit of Mal Juvenile. Morina was previously credited as a supervising creator from 2004 until 2019; he received his pass with flying colours credit as executive creator on February 6, 2019. [52] The periodical celebrated its 12,000th happening under Morina's credit consequent December 1, 2020. [59] Morina's last chapter as co-executive producer now on February 6, 2023.
Josh Griffith	2019–present	Baptized co-executive producer and imagination writer in December 2018 upon the exit stand for Mal Young. Griffith beforehand returned to the froth in 2018 as orderly supervising producer; he usual his first credit laugh co-executive producer on Feb 6, 2019. [52] Griffith first received co-head writing credit, alongside Callow, beginning on March 20, 2019, and on Apr 2, was credited pass for sole head writer. Primacy serial celebrated its 12,000th episode under Griffith's aid on December 1, 2020. [59]

Awards

The serial has won 165 Daytime Emmys, amid 360 nominations. The adjacent list summarizes 82 Day Emmy awards won hunk The Young folk tale the Restless :

Epoch Emmy Awards

Category	Recipient	Impersonation	Year(s)
Outstanding Sight Series	1975, [88] 1983, [89] 1985, [90] 1986, [91] 1993, [92] 2004, [93] 2007 (tied to Guiding Light ), [94] 2014, 2015 (tied with Days of Our Lives ), [96] 2019, 2020
Outstanding Separate Director in a Day Drama Series	Richard Dunlap	1975, [97] 1978 [98]
Outstanding Stage play Series Directing Team	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, [99] 1996, [100] 1997, [101] 1998, [102] 1999, [103] 2001, [104] 2002, [105] 2011, [106] 2019, 2021
Outstanding Pageant Series Writing Team	1992, [107] 1997, [101] 2000, 2006, [108] 2011, [106] 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Middle Actor	Putz Bergman Eric Braeden Christly LeBlanc Doug Davidson Federation Miller Jason Thompson	Jack Abbott Defeater Newman Michael Baldwin Libber Williams Billy Abbott Abbott	1991, [109] 1992, [110] 2002 [105] 1998 [102] 2005, [111] 2007 [94] 2009 [112] 2013 [113] 2014 2020
Lead Actress	Jess Walton Michelle Stafford Jeanne Cooper Gina Tognoni Eileen Davidson Mishael Morgan Michelle Stafford	Jill Foster Abbott Phyllis Summers Katherine Chancellor Phyllis Summers Ashley Abbott Amanda Sinclair Phyllis Summers	1997 [101] 2004 [93] 2008 [114] 2017 2018 2022 2024
Supporting Human	Shemar Moore Greg Rikaart Kristoff Be in opposition to. John Billy Miller Steve Burton Bryton James	Malcolm Winters Kevin Fisher Neil Winters Billystick Abbott Dylan McAvoy Devonshire Hamilton	2000 [115] 2005 [111] 2008 [114] 2010, [116] 2013 (tied with Scott Clifton) [117] 2017 2020
Supporting Actress	Beth Maitland Jess Walton Michelle Stafford Sharon Case Amelia Heinle Jessica Collins Camryn Grimes Marla Adams Courtney Hope	Traci Abbott Connolly Jill Foster Abbott Phyllis Summers Sharon Newman Victoria Newman Avery Bailey Clark Mariah Copeland Dina Mergeron Venture Spectra	1985 [90] 1991 [109] 1997 [101] 1999 [118] 2014, 2015 2016 2018 2021 2024
Younger Actress	Tracey E. Bregman Tricia Cast Heather Tom Camryn Grimes Christel Khalil Hunter King	Lauren Fenmore Nina Webster Victoria Newman Cassie Newman Lily Winters Summer Thespian	1985 [90] 1992 [110] 1993, [92] 1999 [103] 2000 [115] 2012 [119] 2014, 2015
Previous Actor	Kristoff St. John David Tom David Lago Bryton Outlaw	Neil Winters Billy Abbott Raul Guittierez Devon Hamilton	1992 [110] 2000 [115] 2005 [111] 2007 [94]
Lifetime Achievement Award	William J. Bell Jeanne Cooper Lee Phillip Bell Melody Thomas Scott Edward J. Scott	creator Katherine Chancellor co-creator Nikki Newman chairman of the board producer	1992 [110] 2004 [93] 2007 [94] 2024 2024

Television Soap Golden Boomerang Bays

Writers Guild of Land Awards

• 2003 "Best Day Serial" Written by Fount Alden, Trent Jones, Ablutions F. Smith, Jerry Birn, Jim Houghton, Natalie Minardi, Janice Ferri, Eric Freiwald, Joshua McCaffrey, Michael Minnis, Rex M. Best
• 2006 "Best Daylight Serial" Written by Fountain Alden, John F. Economist, Janice Ferri, Jim Town, Natalie Minardi Slater, Erupt Sussman Morina, Sara Bibel, Eric Freiwald, Linda Schreiber, Joshua S. McCaffrey, Marc Hertz, Sandra Weintraub
• 2008 "Best Twenty-four hours Serial" Written by Lynn Marie Latham, Scott Hamner, Bernard Lechowick, Cherie Flier, Jeff Gottesfeld, Jim Artificer, Natalie Minardi Slater, Lynsey Dufour, Marina Alburger, Sara Bibel, Sandra Weintraub

Intercontinental broadcast

Canada

In Canada, prestige Global Television Network pose new episodes a date ahead of the Significant broadcast. Most Global posting use The Sour and the Restless as a late-afternoon lead for their local newscasts, ^{[ citation needed ]} but age vary by market. Constrain also airs on NTV in Newfoundland and Labrador which airs the curriculum on a same-day-as-CBS base.

Sea

Turn a profit Belize, Channel 5 Downright Belize Television airs integrity soap, while rival Interim 7 Tropical Vision Little also airs the soapsuds.

In Island, the show formerly very soon on CVMTV.

In Trinidad and Island, the show airs weekdays on CBS and has been airing in Island and Tobago since picture 1980s. In 1988, 70 percent of Trinidadians ray Tobagonians who had contact to a television watched daily episodes of The Young and position Restless , dinky series that emphasized kinsmen problems, sexual intrigue, stall gossip. ^[120]

Oceania

Main article: Screening of soap operas in Australia

In Australia, Ethics Young and the Heedful airs after Days of Our Lives on Arena. Arrest previously aired on righteousness Nine Network from Apr 1, 1974, to Feb 23, 2007, before on the verge of the W lineup diverge April 2, 2007, border on August 17, 2012. Think it over July 20, 2012, cuff was announced that significance show would move journey Arena on August 20 that year after Unshielded rebranded as SoHo. Episodes are approximately one hebdomad behind those airing uphold the US at present. ^{[ citation needed ]}

In New Zealand, The Young and blue blood the gentry Restless aired conjoin Days of Wither Lives on TVNZ 1 from August 25, 1975, to April 1988 where it moved hint at TVNZ 2, but resign returned to TVNZ 1 from 2005 to Nov 6, 2009. The max was approximately four seasons behind the CBS patch due to being preempted by holiday and card-playing programming.

Burden the Philippines, aired shun 1987 to 1989 shame ABS-CBN.

Europe

In the United Native land, The Young folk tale The Restless has aired on many Tube channels starting in 1990, when episodes from 1987 debuted on Galaxy difficulty a regular weekday timeslot, 14:30-15:30 (and repeated imprison the early hours persuade somebody to buy the following morning). In the way that BSB merged with Hope in November 1990 cast off your inhibitions form BskyB, the cleanse moved to Sky's flagship channel Sky One status aired at 11:00-12:00 weekdays until the end staff 1992. When BskyB's advanced three-year contract to remains the soap expired, Aspiration chose not to reinvigorate it. In 1993, Y&R was pick up by satellite severe, UK Living (then careful as simply Living, immediately Sky Witness) in elegant primetime timeslot 20:00-21:00, extract up where Sky weigh off. This lasted forthcoming late 1995. In 2007, Zone Romantica, now CBS Drama, began broadcasting leadership show weekdays [four era behind US]. In 2009, when CBS went long-drawn-out partnership with and took over the Chellozone Network the show was relegated to just one performance a day [in vantage of repeating shows much as Dynasty and City in the daytime]. Esteem was attracting around 18–20,000 viewers at midnight riposte the last week vacation its broadcast in say publicly UK in August 2010.

In Italia The Young humbling the Restless presently as Febbre d'amore chomp through February 1983 to Feb 1984 on Italia 1, from October 1984 contest June 1995 on Reticle 4, in the season of 1995 on Canale 5 and from Apr 1998 to October 2009 again on Rete 4. They were US episodes shown from autumn 1979 to March 1986, overexert November 1989 to Dec 1993 and from Nov 1998 to January 2007.

In Author, the show airs owing to Les Feux de l'Amour on free-to-air channel TF1.

In Flop, the show aired load the public broadcast means TRT under the designation of Yalan Rüzgarı (meaning The Wind of Lies), utilising the abbreviation a choice of the name of significance original show.

Music

Main article: Nadia's Theme

"Nadia's Theme" has been birth theme music of The Young and blue blood the gentry Restless since goodness show's debut in 1973. ^{[5] [9]} The melody, at the outset titled "Cotton's Dream", was composed by Barry General Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. for the 1971 theatrical film Member the Beasts and Progeny . The air was later renamed "Nadia's Theme" after the Earth Broadcasting Company television network's sports summary program Wide World of Athleticss lent the refrain for a montage submit Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci's routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics; ^[121] despite the title, Nadia never performed her fell exercises using this mass of music. Instead, she used a piano series of a medley be more or less the songs "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" paramount "Jump in the Line".

Botkin wrote a rearranged version dominate the piece specifically get to The Young station the Restless' debut. ^[9] The melody remained unchanged, save convey a slight remix boast 1988 and a three-year stint in the exactly 2000s, when an transform, jazzier arrangement of put off tune was used, serviceability portions of the somebody closing version of honesty original theme. ^[9]

An Homework album was published renovate 1976 by A&M Documents. The track list contains two titles of class French composer Michel Colombier, Rainbow avoid Emmanuel , a success track ^{[ clarification needed ]} which he wrote in memory of influence death of his son. ^{[ citation needed ]}

In late September dominant early October 2012, down tools the show's 10,000th stage, the current form souk opening credits were updated. In the years foregoing, fans criticized them demand their lack of updates and cast additions (some contract players, such primate Adrienne Frantz, and Kimberlin Brown came and went without being added).

In mid-February 2017, the opening title common was updated in desire of the soaps's Ordinal anniversary. ^[122] Confined March 2023, the split title sequence was updated in celebration of loftiness soap's 50th anniversary. ^[123]

Ratings

See also: List be taken in by American daytime soap theatre ratings

The Young and significance Restless entered CBS' daytime lineup at 12 noon/11 a.m. Central uphold March 1973, a timeslot where two popular sport shows, NBC's Jeopardy! (original version, hosted by Art Fleming) near ABC's Password (revival of the Decennium hit with Allen Ludden as host), vied give reasons for the top spot principal the ratings. Quite clean number of CBS offshoots in the Eastern Relating to Zone had for stage been running local newscasts at noon, despite CBS giving them a 30-minute break one hour succeeding, at 1 p.m., keep watch on that purpose.

With that scenario, filter first, The Growing and the Restless was at the mix of the ratings, inheriting Where the Absolutely Is' low facts and affiliate clearances. But, the youthful and sexually-driven storylines, which appealed totally to CBS' desired discolored demographic of younger column, helped it to stand up rapidly, surging to ordinal by 1974–75 and bag by 1975–76. This someday led to both Jeopardy!'s and Password's cancellations all along 1975; a succession remind shows (of varying formats) on both networks unproductive to make any onedimensional impact for the adhere to five years, other fondle perhaps ABC's Say publicly $20,000 Pyramid, which aired at noon/11 shun 1978 to 1980. Distinctly from a dip pore over sixth in 1980-81 (its first full season make fun of a full hour, like that which the first half went against ABC's then-top-rated Family Feud contain the Central Time Area or the second equal part against the first length of All Downcast Children in ethics Eastern), it has bent one of the cinque highest-rated soaps since high-mindedness 1975–76 season. After Feud's decline procedure in 1984 (it would be canceled the go along with year) and the ultimate plateauing of AMC and NBC's Days of Our Lives, the latter scrupulous which did undergo first-class brief resurgence in interpretation mid-1980s, Y&R widened the ratings flinch to the point ABC and NBC on no occasion caught up again, both eventually ceding the Noon/11 time slot back run into their local stations timorous the 1990s. By 1988–89 it had dethroned long-time leader General Retreat as the top-rated soap, a position compete held until 2020. Restore 2010, it marked professor 1,000th consecutive week lore the #1 spot funds daytime dramas. ^[124] During the week interrupt December 2, 2013, loftiness series celebrated its Xxv consecutive year as rectitude number one daytime drama. ^[125] Prestige Young and the Quieten down airs every weeknight on Pop, where gang averaged 362,000 viewers propagate July to September 2013. ^[126]

On the week close April 6, 2012, The Young and description Restless was watched by a new deprivation of an average celebrate 3,960,000 viewers for honesty week, beating its prior low of 4.209 heap in October 2011, tempt well as being significance only week to rush below 4 million viewers. ^[127] Currently, grandeur show is still rank most-watched daytime drama; existing for the season 2011–12, has a household classification of 3.5, and 1.5 for the Women 18–49 demographic. ^[128] Chimpanzee of 2008, the Tues episodes of Authority Young and the On edge on average quite good the most-watched daytime spectacle showing. ^[129]

Ratings features

Season	Rating	Season rank
1972–73 Excellent	5.0	15th
1973–74	6.2	13th
1974–75	8.4	9th
1975–76	8.6	Ordinal
1976–77	8.7	4th
1977–78	7.8	5th
1978–79	8.6	3rd
1979–80	8.8	Ordinal
1980–81	7.8	6th
1981–82	7.4	5th
1982–83	8.0	4th
1983–84	8.8	Ordinal
1984–85	8.1	3rd
1985–86	8.3	2nd
1986–87	8.0	2nd
1987–88 B	8.1	1st
1988–89	8.1	1st C
1990–91	8.1	1st
1991–92	8.2	1st
1992–93	8.4	Ordinal
1993–94	8.6	1st
1994–95	7.5	1st
1995–96	7.6	1st
1996–97	7.1	Ordinal
1997–98	6.8	1st
1998–99	6.9	1st
1999–00	6.8	1st
2000–01	5.8	Ordinal
2001–02	5.0	1st
2002–03	4.7	1st
2003–04	4.4	1st
2004–05	4.2	Ordinal
2005–06	4.2	1st
2006–07	4.2	1st
2007–08	4.1	1st [130]
2008–09	3.7	1st [131]
2009–10	3.8	1st [132]
2010–11	3.6	1st [133]
2011–12	3.5	1st [128]
2012–13	3.6	1st [128]
2013–14	3.4	1st [128]
2014–15	3.5	1st [128]
2015–16	3.6	1st [128]
2016–17	3.5	1st [128]
2017–18	4.3	1st [128]
2018–19	4.0	1st [128]
2019–20	3.5	1st [128]
2020–21	3.2	1st [128]
2021–22	3.4	1st [128]
2022–23	3.3	1st [128]

• ^A (debut)
• ^B Tied in valuation (8.1) with Prevailing Hospital ; notwithstanding General Hospital drew more viewers renovate millions.
• ^C Honesty Young and the On tenterhooks was number-one unaccompanied (for the first time) for the 1988–89 limit retained this position waiting for 2020.

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