The Young and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictionalized version of Genoa City, Wisconsin. First broadcast on March 26, 1973, The Young and the Restless was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. It expanded to one hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing encore episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when it moved to TVGN (now Pop). As of July 1, 2013, Pop still airs previous episodes on weeknights. The series is also syndicated internationally.
The Young and the Restless originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Brooks family and the working class Foster family. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, all the original characters except Jill Foster Abbott were written out. Bell replaced them with the new core families, the Abbotts and the Williamses. Over the years, other families such as the Newmans, Winters and the Baldwin-Fishers were introduced. Despite these changes, one storyline that has endured through almost the show's entire run is the feud between Jill Foster Abbott and Katherine Chancellor, the longest rivalry on any American soap opera.
Since its debut, The Young and the Restless has won 11 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. It is also currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television, a rank it has held for 32 years as of the end of the 2019–20 season. As of 2008, it had appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen ratings in that category for more than 1,000 weeks since 1988. As of December 12, 2013, according to Nielsen ratings, The Young and the Restless marked an unprecedented 1,300 weeks, or 25 years, as the highest-rated daytime drama. The serial is also a sister series to The Bold and the Beautiful, as several actors have crossed over between shows. The serial aired its 12,000th episode on December 1, 2020. Currently, the series has been renewed by CBS to run through the 2023–2024 television season.
Present cast and characters[]
- Peter Bergman - Jack Abbott, Marco Annicelli
- Eric Braeden - Victor Newman
- Sharon Case - Sharon Rosales
- Sean Dominic - Nate Hastings
- Melissa Claire Egan - Chelsea Lawson
- Conner Floyd - Phillip "Chance" Chancellor IV
- Michael Graziadei - Daniel Romalotti
- Camryn Grimes - Cassie Newman, Mariah Copeland
- Mark Grossman - Adam Newman
- Amelia Heinle - Victoria Newman
- Courtney Hope - Sally Spectra
- Bryton James - Devon Hamilton
- Christel Khalil - Lily Winters
- Allison Lanier - Summer Newman
- Christian LeBlanc - Michael Baldwin
- Kate Linder - Esther Valentine
- Michael Mealor - Kyle Abbott
- Joshua Morrow - Nicholas Newman
- Melissa Ordway - Abby Newman-Abbott-Chancellor
- Brytni Sarpy - Elena Dawson
- Melody Thomas Scott - Nikki Newman
- Michelle Strafford - Phyllis Summers, Sheila Carter
- Trevor St. John - Tucker McCall
- Jason Thompson - Billy Abbott, John Abbott
- Susan Walters - Diane Jenkins
- Catherine Bach - Anita Lawson
- Lauralee Bell - Christine Blair Williams
- Vail Bloom - Heather Stevens
- Tracey E. Bregman - Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, Sarah Smythe
- Tricia Cast - Nina Webster
- Reylynn Caster - Faith Newman
- Michael Damian - Danny Romalotti
- Doug Davidson - Paul Williams
- Eileen Davidson - Ashley Abbott
- Cait Fairbanks - Tessa Porter
- Jacob Aaron Gaines - Moses Winters
- Rory Gibson - Noah Newman
- Holden and Ryan Hare - Johnny Abbott
- Elizabeth Hendrickson - Chloe Mitchell
- Anna Khaja - Dr Malone
- Judah Mackey - Connor Newman
- Beth Maitland - Traci Abbott
- Sienna Mercuri - Katie Abbott
- Mishael Morgan - Hilary Curtis
- Lily Brooks O'Briant - Lucy Romalotti
- Greg Rikaart - Kevin Fisher
- Leigh-Anne Rose - Imani Benedict
- Dana Sparks - Lena Cavett
- Madison Thompson - Jordan
- Jess Walton - Jill Abbott
- Kelsey Wang - Allie Nguyen
- Alex Wilson - Christian Newman
International broadcast[]
| Country | Networks | Local title |
|---|---|---|
| United States | CBS, Soapnet, TVGN, Paramount+ | The Young and the Restless |
| Australia | Nine Network, W, Arena, 9Gem, Fox One | |
| Belize | Great Belize Television, Tropical Vision Limited | |
| Brazil | Sony Entertainment Television | |
| Canada (English) | Global, NTV | |
| Cyprus | ANT1 Cyprus | |
| Czech Republic | CSFD | |
| India | Zee Cafe | |
| Jamaica | CVMTV | |
| Macedonia | Sitel | |
| Mexico | American Network | |
| Netherlands | SBS6, RTL 8 | |
| New Zealand | TV One | |
| Norway | FEM | |
| Philippines | ABS-CBN | |
| Serbia | B92, TV Palma | |
| Slovenia | Kanal A, POP BRIO | |
| South Africa | e.tv | |
| Sweden | TV4, TV4 Plus | |
| United Kingdom | Galaxy, Sky One, UK Living, CBS Drama | |
| Belgium | La Une, La Deux | Les Feux de l'amour |
| Canada (French) | TVA | |
| France | TF1, TV Breizh | |
| French Polynesia | Tahiti Nui Television | |
| Réunion | Antenne Réunion | |
| Switzerland | RTS Un, RTS Deux | |
| Finland | MTV3 | Tunteita ja Tuoksuja |
| Germany | Sat.1, DF1, Premiere, ZDF | Schatten der Leidenschaft |
| Greece | ET1, ANT1 | Ατίθασα Νιάτα |
| Israel | HOT3, HOT Family, yes Drama | צעירים חסרי מנוח |
| Italy | Italia 1, Rete 4, Canale 5 | Febbre d'Amore |
| Poland | Polsat | Żar Młodości |
| Romania | Pro TV, Pro 2 | Tânăr şi Neliniştit |
| Russia | Domashny | Молодые и дерзкие |
| Turkey | TRT 2, ATV, Show TV | Yalan Rüzgarı |