The Young and the Restless 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. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing previous episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when it moved to TVGN. 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 new core families, the Abbotts and the Williamses.
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | William J. Bell, Lee Phillip Bell |
| Written by | Josh Griffith |
| Directed by | Sally McDonald, Owen Renfroe, Conal O'Brien, Casey Childs, Michael Eilbaum, See below |
| Starring | Present cast, Past cast |
| Opening theme | "Nadia's Theme", by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 12,000 |
| Executive producer(s) | Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith, (and others) |
| Producer(s) | Supervising Producers, Lisa de Cazotte, John Fisher, Producers, Matthew J. Olsen, Jonathan Fishman, See below |
| Location(s) | Television City Studios, Los Angeles, California |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1973–1980), 60 minutes (1980–present) |
| Production company(s) | Bell Dramatic Serial Company, (1973–present), Corday Productions, (1973–present), Screen Gems (1973–1974), Columbia Pictures Television, (1974–2000), CPT Holdings, Inc, (1988–present), Columbia TriStar Television, (2000–2001), Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, (2001–2002), Sony Pictures Television, (2002–present) |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | NTSC (1973–2001), HDTV 1080i (2001–present) |
| Audio format | Mono (1973–87), Stereo, CBS StereoSound (1987–1997), Digital Stereo (1997–present) |
| Related shows | As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful |
About The Young and the Restless
Nine-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning series about the rivalry between two business-savvy families. The show is set in a fictional town in Wisconsin called Genoa City.
Achievement of The Young and the Restless
The show has done a number of cross-over episodes with The Bold and the Beautiful. The show won its first Writers Guild of America Award in 2003 for Best Daytime Serial.
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Latest information about The Young and the Restless updated on July 28 2021.
