The writing of this story has been stupendous…add the superb acting chops of Jacob Yound and Kara Moseley and you have a recipe for excellence.

The Bold & The Beautiful is the ONLY soap that is being solidly written these days. It’s actually believable and I look forward to watching it. I’ve turn Y&R off until CBS & Sony come to their senses and dump the horror duo of Phleps & Pratt. They have made that show unwatchable. DAYS is on such a downward spiral, that it is doubtful that it will ever recover. As far as GH goes, it’s a convoluted mess. It has a better shot at re-gaining its footing, but it better get on track fast. The daytime soap genre is faltering, except for B&B.

strong week for B&B. they are the best soap right now

Kudos to B&B!

But this is what I find ridiculous about the show: it’s a half-hour show, and yet they continue wasting precious moments of airtime with exterior (some new) shots of Los Angeles. It seems they are adding increasingly more time to these exterior shots. We get it! The action takes place in Los Angeles. It just seems like unnecessary padding to me…

This story, at it’s heart, is a love story– whether these two people can overcome their issues and stay together– yes, the issues are a bit different than most couples go through, but that doesn’t change the heart of the story. There are two ways to approach soaps, the campy plot driven way, or the character driven way, where the characters are the star, not the action. B&B right now is the only soap left that hasn’t dipped its hand into the campy style. The transgender story could have been told in a campy way, but they wrote it beautifully simple and real– and I think that style still has a place and by the ratings it seems like a lot of others think so too.

I am also really liking the corporate take over story line of this week. It too is being written really well, delving into the history of the family and what makes a Forrester a Forrester– blood or love— It is nice to see Brad actually writing something other than another lame love triangle– please do not start it up again with Steffy, Liam, Ivy and Wyatt–okay. PS. I like to see Caroline have to be joint CEO with Rick, as part of some compromise to this take over business.

I believe Y&R +400,000 viewers same week over last year.

It has been amazing. Jacob and Karla have kept me running to the television every afternoon for the next episode. Rays is clearly the new IT couple.

B&B was up in total viewers in the key women demos 18-49 and 18-34.
We have had the similar ‘ups’ for Y&R and GH and even Days..
It all depends what the doggie in the window is to get them to come and look..
Seems a transgender was the winning ticket/the doggie .. lol

I once tried tried to watch B&B and its people especially the women were too phony/plastic.. lol..

Happy for the B&B fans..

Proof that great writing and storytelling will bring on the ratings. B&B has been killing it this year especially with the Maya and Rick storyline. Well done B&B!

surprise, surprise…. young and the restless lost viewers!? nooo……..
you mean fake jack having heart to hearts with genoas finest when the viewers know he s a fake isnt touching?
real jack realizing cuckoo kelly who was once torn and full of grief but suddenly over the top looney and dead isnt exciting?
nikki off the wagon after she desperatly forces neil to an aaa meeting and consquently kils christines baby but doesnt learn her lesson again, isnt must see tv?
sharon pathetic again for another of nicks relative not romantic enough?
victor not evil enough with no ounce of remorse?
wow… that was fast, the viewers are already over pratts fill the plot holes with characters no matter if it makes no nsense at all.
i hope jfp s contract doesnt get renewd and that pratt runs out of material , not like that would stop him from recycking past plots or writing crap anyways!

B&B is great right now, I just hope we’re not slipping into a Liam Steffy Ivy nightmare triangle.

It’s a shame Days didn’t do better. Hopefully these great stories by these stupendous writers will deliver more eyeballs.

The only problem I have with this story is how Maya and Rick have been so God awful to everyone and now suddenly were supposed to root for them.

I haven’t always enjoyed Brad Bell’s writing, but I think he’s doing a good job with this story. The transgender reveal has happened and it’s now taking a small backseat to the corporate maneuvers with a lot of different pieces to the story: Bill publishing the news about Maya; Steffy’s return and how that impacts Liam, Ivy and Wyatt; Ridge and Eric’s past issues; Ridge and Rick’s past issues; what it means to be loyal and to be family; and Maya and Rick’s love story. I also have to give credit where it’s due to Thorsten Kaye for giving some depth to the corporate storyline. In a lot of ways, he’s leading the cast and IMO is more comfortable as Ridge in this story than I’ve seen him be since he started. He’s doing a great job.

While the storyline on Rick and Maya is attention getting, what happens when the gimmick gets old? This is merely a trend. It’s not necessarily revealing storytelling. I give kudos to B&B for being adventurous. I think the Bell production/writing team has strength but it hardly makes up for the lousy stories they told prior to this. They may have gained audiences but audiences are fickle. They tend to tune out when they get bored. DAYS is solid evidence of that. And all the bitching and moaning about Y&R is doing nothing. Ratings keep climbing and the Pratt/Phelps regime keeps it together. I wish that instead of moaning online they actually stopped watching the show and made the Sony execs take notice.

I LOVE B &B!!! Wonderful acting. I’m 59 and have watched B &B and Y & R since the beginning!! But B &B is the best it’s ever been. All characters are
at their peak!! Now don’t let Ally kill Steffy. Get her some help! I miss Michael Muhney but the new Adam is doing his best.