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Pluto TV Launches Soap Channel with B&B and Y&R Dedicated Episodes
Great news soap fans, you have another place to catch your favorite CBS daytime dramas. On Tuesday, ViacomCBS’ free streaming television service, Pluto TV, launched its soap channel with past episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.
Pluto TV’s soap channel launched with the log line: “Soap operas aren’t just for daytime. They’re for anytime. Get your fix of melodrama 24/7 on Pluto TV Soaps.”
In terms of what years and episodes are available, viewers can now enjoy from the CBS sister soaps, season 47 and 48 of Y&R, which is partially from when Mal Young was EP and head writer, and then into the current regime of Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith. For The Bold and the Beautiful, the episodes start back from September of 2018.
To watch Live or OnDemand, go to the Pluto TV Soaps channel website, or download the Pluto TV app via the App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store or Roku etc. You can also click here for your preferred device.
Newer episodes from B&B and Y&R will be available on Pluto TVs OnDemand service and can be viewed from Smart Televisions, Apple TV, Playstation, Tivo Roku, Xfinity, and Chromecast. You can also watch via the company’s website without registering.
So, do you hope Pluto TV’s soap channel, builds itself out and includes more soaps from the past, and those that ran on CBS? What season of Y&R and B&B would you like to see added to the service? Share your thoughts below.
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I will definitely sign up if they add more soaps. Start at ABC with their off the air soaps. I’d also love to see ATWT and AW.
It’s free. And it’s owned by Viacom who owns CBS. I doubt you’ll see ABC soaps…
The CBS soaps have never aired in Hell, but I think this is a great idea! And I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Days of Our Lives in a similar streaming setup, as NBC has the Peacock streaming service available for online distribution.
It’s the General Hospital fans who are going to lose out here. Because even if they streamed older episodes of GH (or the other long gone ABC soaps, for that matter, it would either be on the pay only Hulu, or the “completely useless if you don’t have an overpriced cable tv subscription” ABC.com
I checked it out– not for me.
It’s a commercial mill–
20mins per episois of comerchials-
But– that’s why it’s free..
Current episodes are a week behind.
So- for me that makes it runs.
To others that may enjoy it, have fun.
20 minutes of commercials is LESS than what you get if you watch the soaps on Live TV now. It’s an “hour” long show, with 36 minutes of actual content.
Thankfully less than that, if you watch Days on Peacock. Slightly less for GH on Hulu, though abc.com is still horrible with their LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG ad breaks. Don’t have Paramount Plus here in Hell yet, so not sure how many ads they put into the CBS soaps on their streams, but I’m guessing it’s comparable.
I use a VPN and watch Y&R from Canada–
Try a VPN and Canada–
The soaps have an overkill of commercials.
There should be a law limiting commercials..
A 60-minute program with 20 minutes of commercials is criminal LOL !
That’s commercials every 7 minutes-
How can one even follow a train of thought interpreted every 7 minutes-
that totally kills the excitement/mood.
They’re gonna start rerunning the much-derided (tho Emmy winning…:-/) Mal Young years on Y&R? That’s like beginning Star Wars movies with The Phantom Menace! Or let’s reboot Guiding Light with the Ellen Wheeler years in 2007 when everything was dying. This is terrible.
First of all…NO. If you’re gonna launch a soap channel it needs to be retro…end of. And to Delonjo, the Wheeler years were some of the best. She had the right idea but the wrong network bigwigs to make it successful. All that annoying background music shouldn’t have stayed. The realistic Springfield was intriguing but CBS wouldn’t let that soap expand into territory that would’ve changed daytime drama for the better. And that’s end of.
And it was a cheaper but more visual production model re: Guiding Light.
Thanks for the new Soap channel! I would love to see episodes of both of these soaps from when they first aired years ago.
Pluto is free but I would pay for any service that ran soap episodes from the 80s, particularly Santa Barbara & Days of our Lives. But even CBS shows, which I didn’t really get into, I would PAY to support any streamer that actually brought back the golden era (1981 thru 1986), for those execs who have no clue. SoapNet really dropped the ball here. Let’s hope streamers like Pluto will pick it up and run with it!!
Guiding Light please AND some original material would be great!
Phil,
GL was my favorite as long as we don’t have to see Annie Dutton AKA as Nina on GH.
YES! Definitely add more soaps from the past! OLTL, AMC, GL, and The Edge of Night would all be great!
Guiding Light aired on CBS, but I’m not sure who owns the rights to the show. The others you mentioned were all ABC shows, so there’s zero chance that Pluto would stream them. Though as I said previously, they could easily end up on ABC.com or Hulu. Maybe ABC.com would even stream those for free without a subscription to an overpriced cable tv package required, since they are not current programs.
I believe Proctor & Gamble still holds the rights to GL (as well as ATWT, AW….and I believe Edge of Night as well. I don’t know why they refuse to sell the rights. Soon all the people who would pay to watch them will be dead.
I read somewhere that streamimng or broadcasting those classic P&G episodes is problematic because no one anticipated the streaming/ multiple platform revolution and there are no agreements as to soap residual’s in place. Most likely Pluto is adding some of the forgotten nighttime soaps like Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road, Executive Street.
I would watch all of those
Darn it!!!!! I was jumping for joy until the article mentioned season s 47 & 48. Now I’m sad again. I was hoping to stream all the 1990’s episodes
I think the ptb wont show any golden era 80s, 90s years because it will remind viewers what utter trash y n r has turned into! No imagination, no oppurtunity for new characters to enrich the canvas without whiny viewers bitching because they prefer to see stale Jack being sappy or Pyhliss screaching her lines. In the 80s outside the Abbotts and Newmans we got a break from the incest with the Williams and the Winters and later even the Baldwins and for a brief time the Dennisons.
On that note Mal Young had the balls to bring in the Rosales to mix up some new blood( however to quickly) until Rasict viewers flipped out. I ll take Youngs version over this nothing happening maddening Griffith crapola where we see Jack moping around, Phick 4.0 and Abby and Devon who should a sleepaid app
I think they should include one life to live and all my childrrn
I would like to see GH aired cuz my wife loves that show and she’s kind of got me into it. Young and the Restless is great but GH I believe is better! Please take this and you consideration cuz it’s still a great watch show and not everybody has antennas or digital antennas or streaming services, thank you for your time and have a blessed day.
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The Young and the Restless Favorite Michael Damian and Janeen Damian to Chat Live on the Michael Fairman Channel
The Young and the Restless fan favorite Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti) along with his real-life wife, Janeen Damian, currently have the most popular streamed film on Netflix as of Monday, March 18th, with their production of Irish Wish starring Lindsay Lohan.
The couple are set to visit the Michael Fairman Channel on Tuesday night, March 19 at 8PM ET/5PM PT. Michael and Janeen will talk about: the film project, Michael’s current story on Y&R as Danny is is being pursued by long-time rivals, Christine (Lauralee Bell) and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), his musical career and more. Y&R fans recall that Michael hit #1 on the charts with his rendition of “Rock On”, which has been a staple throughout his career.
Janeen and Michael have produced over 17 films together and for Irish Wish, Janeen Damian wore multiple hats as its Director, Producer, and screenwriter, while Michael not only was a producer of the film, but recorded its theme song, Wild Irish Heart. The film also possesses a soundtrack with other notable musicians and singers including: Earth Wind & Fire, Adam Ant and even Lohan’s sister, Aliana, has two songs in it.
This marks the Damians second outing with Lohan who previously appeared in their holiday film, Falling for Christmas. In the story of Irish Wish, book editor Maddie is head over heels for the author she works with, Paul (Alexander Vlahos), until he falls in love with her best friend (Elizabeth Tan). Putting her feelings aside, Maddie travels to Ireland for their wedding, where sparks fly with a charismatic photographer (Ed Speleers) until an accidental wish turns her life upside down. She wakes up engaged to Paul and racing toward a walk down the aisle she’s not sure she wants anymore.
Throughout the history of the CBS soap opera, Michael has returned on Y&R several times including in: 1981–1998, 2002–2004, 2008. 2012–2013, and his current run 2022–present.
You can watch the livestream with Michael and Janeen below.
Now, if you cannot attend Tuesday night’s livestream event, drop your questions for Michael and Janeen via the comment section.
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Clint Howard, Brother of Ron Howard, to Make Guest Appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is bringing Hollywood veteran actor, Clint Howard, to the CBS soap opera for a two-day appearance.
On the daytime drama series, look for Howard to play a homeless man, who according to Deadline, “provides pivotal clues to a mystery.”
The actor is on the set at CBS Television City taping his episodes which will air on April 26 and April 29.
Clint also has a famous brother, actor/director/producer, Ron Howard. Both Clint and Ron got their starts on The Andy Griffith Show (1962-1964), He later went on to be featured in the TV series, Gentle Ben in 1967. Most recently, Clint appeared in 2023’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Together with his brother Ron, they wrote The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family that was released in 2021. The memoir chronicles their lives from childhood stardom to adulthood and becoming Hollywood icons.
Now the question becomes, is the homeless man as played by Howard going to have some major intel into what happened to the ‘late’ Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown)?
Share your thoughts on Clint Howard coming to B&B and what “mystery” do you think he will be involved with via the comment section below.
Days Of Our Lives
Days of our Lives Star, Greg Vaughan, Gives Health Update and Thanks Everyone for Their Support
Greg Vaughan (Eric, Days of our Lives, ex-Lucky, GH, and ex-Diego, Y&R) provided an update on his health on Sunday, March 17th. Vaughan had previously shared that he had become ill during a trip with his sons to Colorado, and had developed altitude sickness when he was having trouble breathing accompanied by terrible headaches and landed in the urgent care.
Now on St. Patrick’s Day, Greg took to his Instagram and shared how he is feeling now, and to thank everyone for their love and support. As it turned out, Vaughan was diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema, commonly known as HAPE. However, he is on the mend slowly and surely.
In his new video post, the DAYS favorite started by expressing, “I just felt such an appreciation and gratitude for everything. . reaching out. Your prayers have been felt. It’s been a struggle, but I’m over the top. And, taking this moment just to say I didn’t realize the things that I was going through. My (original) post was simply just to educate, put some information out there and some things that I was feeling, just share that information and the struggle that I was going through, which I didn’t quite understand. And it wasn’t because I’m stubborn or just because I’m a father, a man, and didn’t want to go to a doctor. It is just something I thought was so minor that I could overcome it, just by taking care of myself.”
The Daytime Emmy winner then revealed his actual diagnosis, “So, basically my situation was high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). With some good friends, doctors that had reached out to me, it kind of gave me some understanding on the aftermath, which was very, very beneficial.”
“But I’ve been resting, taking care of myself even though I live in a hamster wheel,” said the dad of three teenaged boys. “I gotta get up and, you know, do my normal domesticated stuff, eventually. I’m tired of laying down in this bed, but, I am feeling much better.”
Talking on his confusion of trying to understand what could have been ailing him, Vaughan expressed, “I couldn’t quite figure it out, even though I was emphasizing and professing to my children going on our spring break getaway about hydration. I professed it. But, even though I was acting on it, it had a greater effect on me, and for which I did not even think, because my head was such in pain, and I was in a very bad state of mind – not being able to be out there with my kids on the mountain, enjoying their time, as well. I thought I was doing the right thing. Unfortunately, my lungs were full of fluids and my head was in severe pain and even migraine pills didn’t even help. So, I just want anybody that goes into the Colorado Mountains to know, it is no joke. It is this very serious thing which I guess is why they call it the Mile High City.”
Greg had a mountain of ‘thank you’s’ to give for the outreach he received from his original post, “For everybody internationally, wherever you are, I love you and I appreciate you and just the time and the thoughts that you’ve shared with me,” said Vaughan. “I didn’t realize that it would make such an impression on so many people around the world. I feel tremendously loved and I can’t say it enough. I’m good. And I appreciate you.”
The actor concluded his video with, “To all the family and friends that have reached out to me, man, it means the world. So take care of yourself, enjoy your spring break with your families. It’s Saint Patty’s Day, obviously. I wish I could be out there.” Vaughan added, “I feel loved and touched and I can’t emphasize that enough. I’ll take better care of myself, promise you will do the same.” Before he signed off, Greg shared, “Just know, that I’m alive and well and breathing, and I’m sore. So, be well, take care. I mean it. Thank you, tremendously.”
Glad to know that Greg has been on the mend, and shared his appreciation for everyone that reached out to him during this trying time? Comment below.
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