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RATINGS: The Young and the Restless Hits Five-Month High in Total Viewers
The emergence of Aunt Jordan played by As the World Turns favorite Colleen Zenk, and Claire’s (Hayley Erin) machinations against Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), gave CBS daytime’s The Young and the Restless a ratings spike.
For the week of November 13-17, 2023, (the 17th being the episode which featured Aunt Jordan’s first appearance in the cliffhanger) gave Y&R a total of 3.343 million viewers.
According to SON, the series celebrating their 50th anniversary season, added +168,000 week-to-week and all in all their highest number of viewers since the week of June 26-30, 2023.
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One can only expect next week’s ratings which would be for the week of November 20-24th and the numbers for the following ratings week of November 27-December 1, to also bring in some hefty numbers for the top-rated soap opera, as viewers witnessed the drama that unfolded between the entire Newman family vs. Aunt Jordan and Claire’s vengeful plot.
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In addition, Y&R’s sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful also had a strong week averaging 2.862 million viewers. B&B had a net gain of +66,000 viewers compared to the week prior. The series continues to play up the story that has Eric Forrester (John McCook) trying to cope with the fact he has been told he only has a short time left to live.
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So, what do you think about the ratings performance of The Young and the Restless? Were you tuning-in to see what went down when Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) was stabbed with a hypodermic needle than put on an IV-drip of alcohol? Let us know in the comment section below, and make sure to check out our brand new livestream interview replay with Y&R’s Hayley Erin below.
Sad but CZ was pure campy I was embarrassed for all of them.
Agree with you 100 percent.
This story line on Y & R was straight up embarrassing!! It made no sense. The good actors had to act horribly because of the poorly written farce. I am beyond disappointed with all of it! Chance and Sharon?? She’s mold enough to be his mother!! Eeeewe!! Tucker and Ashley?? C’mon….again?? Really?? Who is writing this stuff???!!! It’s getting worse by the day! Fifty years and this is where they are now? Ugh!!!
So agree. the ending of her behind the grate was comical not suspenseful.
Did they forget it’s Christmas time? What kind of a show is that for The Christmas holidays I thought it was terrible. What a shame waste of time. If they can’t do better, they should hang up.. do you wanna restless oh I said did they forget it’s Christmas time what kind of a show is that for the Christmas holidays? I thought it was terrible what a shame shame waste of time if they can’t, they said that a lot of people like it a lot of people don’t like it to on talking about it, or you gonna be tired
I thought she did great and I am sure that she was the reason ratings were up, ATWT viewers wanted to see her. She looked fantastic, just like she did when ATWT ended.
Please! She was the best thing to happen to this sad-sack show in years! It was a shot of adrenalin.
The whole thing was very badly written, like cringe worthy. The only saving grace was the having the great Colleen Zenk on the screen again.
100% correct
It’s all because of Coleen Zenk. She is pure gold. She just won that emmy she has deserved for the past 30 years. If Y&R is smart, they will somehow find a way to keep her on Y&R permanently.
Absolutely! Remember the famous line by James to her: “Hello Barbara?” Pure gold!
Yes it was
So well deserved! MTS knocked it out of the park and better finally win her long overdue Emmy next year! And Colleen Zenk is a queen who has breathed new life into the show. All hail the queen and May she please stay forever!
Amen! Zenk can put this all back on track. Stop with the stupid switching jobs stories.
Unbelievable— Jordan’ is unarmed and no one goes for her to end the whole mess, unbelivable, I’d be on her after 10 seconds and secure her in 5..
As for the poisoning – Jordan’ would never give up the antidote, but- Clair seeing Jordan taken down would give it up after threats to her body’s well-being..
And- a call to 911 regarding the poisoning would be a good idea too..
It could have been put to rest in minutes when facing 2 unarmed dings-
The writers failed–for what’s to be a high drama thriller and not one person is armed, nonsense.
Well, Nick being shot – too little too late..
And- it’s like a flesh nonthreatening wound… story=fail…imo sigh
Nick wasn’t shot. He was stabbed
000pps on me.. yes, stabbed–brain burp from me ,,lol
It’s because it was an exciting story line. Too much corporate story lines. Let’s have more chance and summer. Does anyone else have an issue with Sharon and chance?
Yesss..I can’t stand Chance & Sharon together..she’s to old.. No chemistry period..Pls.. Nick can’t stay away from her..they shud be together. Let Chance be with Summer!
Absolutely agree!! Sharon is old enough to be his mother!
So true those writers need a dose of strong coffee
Yes! More Sharon and Chance. Love them. On Monday s episode they’re featured again! A cpl episodes amidst the boring Ashley Tucker Abbott scene they were the only thing worth watching. Love Sharon Case and Connor Fylodd together. Absolutely stunning together!
Let’s not confuse a ratings bump with the massive ratings decline for Y&R over the years. In 2 weeks it could, and most of the time is, erased.
The ratings are loyal viewers watching with hope in the back of their minds that the storytelling will improve. The bump is definitely because we all heard the awesome COLLEEN ZENK was coming on board.
What we got: IT, the clown from a Stephen King novel, popping his/her head up from being a sewer/air vent. Comical.
It’s news and exciting when the ratings continually uptick. But we know with most of griffiths stories that we will see a tiny bump and then reality sets in and a drop back down.
That is not success.
…Totally agree!!
I think the whole thing hooking Nicki up to an alcohol IV knowing she’s an alcoholic is just disgusting. What kind of message does this send. This is just the cruelest thing ever
What I found ridiculous was Victoria who is so clever in business… her ,Cole don’t even think of getting a DNA done. To be sure if Claire was their live daughter. First thing l thought of. To confirm either way. Yes.. writers take forever .. surprised it didn’t take a month to find Nikki.
An alcohol IV would be painful…putting Vodka into a person’s bloodstream
to cause alcoholism could/would destroy vital organs and even death..
Stupid writers,,
The plot and acting were terrible. BB is about as bad.
Agree totally! What are these writers being paid for? Stories are rehashed garbage from yrs ago…Same dialog week after week..B& B…I can’t stomach anymore of Eric coughing up blood & then kissing Donna, .I stopped watching after tht!! Having watched tht great Hope & Thomas chemistry..the rest is just not worth watching..Brooke is sickening with stupid lectures to Hope as if she were a child..I totally love Hope, great actress!!
Y& R going downhill fast..Nothing ever going on anymore except their hatred of Adam ! Sick of the Tucker drama..boringgggg!!
Geez. It’s like saying people prefer microwaved egg over rotten eggs. Garbage both.
Minus imo maybe the return of Danny,Cricket and Nina nothing s really happened the last several months.
Victor’s pretend illness was just plain stupid, the ptb are really forcing Ashley and Tucker as a couple and it’s just not happening, Nikki prior to this was so unbearable in her bitchiness and who knows or cares who’s in charge at any of the gazillion companies in tiny rural Wisconsin. Sharon and Chance a couple I’m really loving are on once a week if I’m lucky and Chance got shot and recovered in two spots.
Only credit goes to bringing back all the faves but a five month high from nothing is really not anything to brag about.
Sally–it is hard to tolerate now..She used to be an investing character..
And, poor Adam is stuck with her and putting up with her degrading him almost every time she opens her mouth..
The problem is, there are no other women that Adam could be with so he has to be
with her,,If I were Adam I’d throw Sally out the window into the garbage can and be a happy bachelor..
I would like know why Claire went after Nikki and not Victoria
Anytime Nikki is partaking in alcohol you can bet it’s entertaining. And usually there’s a hit & run involved . You people who complain its not realistic forget its make believe. Bravo Y&R. You’ve successfully entertained me.
Poor Nikki–the alcohol seems to have closed her eyes..Nikki is blind!!!
Can’t wait to see her driving into her next hit & run…
”my blindness made me do it ” lol
It’s been GREAT….. so riveting ‼️‼️
Waiting for drunk Nikki to drunkenly confess to hitting and killing Delia..
I’ve been watching Young and the restless since I was a teenager. I’m now in my 60s. This whole storyline made no sense whatsoever. I love Colleen Zenk. I was it as the worlds fan as well. Also saw her live in a few shows. She’s a fantastic actress. The young and the restless should definitely work to keep her there on a full-time basis, but the story makes no sense whatsoever. You need to revamp this current storyline. I agree with the comments below. So I had to wait to keep her on the show full-time and throw the story out the window. Also, Sharon and Chance make no sense at all. She is old enough to be his mother. I’m all for differences in ages but this is ridiculous. I definitely can see him with summer.. Please don’t embarrass Sharon case by putting her with such a younger man and why is Paul off the show, bring Paul back. Will be nice to see Paul involved with Colleen Zenk.
People wonder why soaps are dying is because the mean spirited comments about all the soaps today. You make the networks not care for there daytime dramas because they know it’s a losing battle. No matter what YR would do people is going to find something to bitch about the soap. If Bill Bell could come back to life people will still bitch about YR. YR doesn’t get a break regardless, I know it’s a shell of its former glory but I think there are some good stuff coming up on YR. Most of the time the haters are jealous because YR (and CBS) is still pretty strong on broadcast TV compared to GH & Days is streaming now. Bitch a blue streak because I’m sitting back and enjoying a glimmer of fun I’m watching on my soap. There are closeted viewers, people say they are turning it off or stop watching the show but it’s amazing the spike YR gets with viewers as GH & Days languish in the basement with backhoe.
—- GH Rules ! —–
For the majority (about 95%) of you, if you hate what you’re seeing, then why are you watching??? The addition of THE COLLEEN ZENK was by far the biggest casting surprise and coup in DECADES!!! I for one am really enjoying this story. Thank you Colleen for coming back to daytime. You’ve been missed!!
Loaded question… even storyline haters count as viewers which must add to the rating that keep the last 4 soaps going (?).
Agree that the return of Coleen Zenk is certainly helping the ratings for Y&R. It is NOT the writing for sure. Yes she deserves an Emmy. Loved her on ATWT. If Y&R is smart, they will keep her on Y&R. As for B&B, the Eric storyline has me in tears every day. Another Emmy is awaiting John McCook. Keep up the good work and B&B could reach 3M viewers.
People who are criticizing this story have obviously forgotten that in its prime and in its heyday, this show was pure melodramatic camp as written by Bill Bell!
Have we forgotten the decades of Sheila?!
How about David Kimble with KILLER carved into his forehead before he was crushed in a garbage compactor?
Brenda Dickson as Jill??
I could go on and on!
After many years of seemingly taking the LEAST dramatic path in all the stories, finally the show has some edge of your seat viewing!
It roped in all the vets. It plays right into the show history that we actually watched on air! And it gives the Newman family an entirely new member and dynamic.
I think this whole story is classic Y & R and is a long term umbrella story!
I also think it is kind of neat that Amelia Heinle and J. Eddie Peck played a couple on All My Children as Mia and Jake circa 2001.
Colleen Zink looks very frail! A at
How long will this story line with Nikki Newman last…it’s so boring. Can we sent her to the asylum or back to retirement…soon. Let’s move on!!!
Oh my gosh, Nikki is breaking their first rule of Alcoholics Anonymous. The first draw for a female is never ever have a mail sponsor!
I have watched since Snapper was on the show 50 yrs. I am sick and tired of seeing the witch snatch Harrison and Victoria’s daughter.
she is mentally unstable and we don’t need to promote that type of behavior in this work right now. It is sad that you have allowed young people involved in this type of situation. The witch should be taken off the show so the Newman’s can’t get on with their lives and especially Nicki.
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‘One Life to Live’ Alum Tuc Watkins Joins Cast of Brett Goldstein’s Prime Video Series ‘Escorted’
Tuc Watkins (ex-David Vickers, One Life to Live) continues to be booking role after role, and now comes word that the Llanview soap alum has joined the cast of Escorted, the upcoming comedy series from and starring Ted Lasso and Shrinking star, Brett Goldstein.
According to Deadline, Tuc has signed on for the production of the series, where he will play the role of Neil, who looks like a cowboy. However, here’s the catch! Neil is a trainer at a high-end gym and a male escort to wealthy woman on the side. Shades of Llanview’s David Vickers, for sure!
In the premise of Escorted, a divorced Manhattan dad, played by Goldstein, accidentally becomes a male escort in a romantic comedy about sexual dynamics, keeping secrets, and whether real intimacy can ever be bought.
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Prime Video ordered the eight-episode, half-hour single-camera romantic comedy from Brett Goldstein last November. Goldstein will star, executive, produce, write, and co-showrun. In a statement, Brett expressed, “I’m so excited to bring a wholesome show about condoms, co-parenting, and cosplay to Amazon.”
As for Watkins, he is currently recurring on Hulu’s Paradise and appeared in the second season of ABC’s Shifting Gears. His other TV credits include: HBO Max’s The Other Two, Showtime’s Black Monday, and series regular roles on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, Showtime’s Beggars and Choosers, and more.
In addition, Tuc has a recurring role in Shemar Moore’s upcoming S.W.A.T. Exiles for Starz which premieres on September 25. Watkins numerous film credits include: The Mummy, The Good Shepherd and Retake. Watkins recently wrapped the indie feature, Cowboy, and in 2025 starred in the feature Exile Interviews.
So, what do you think of Tuc’s new role as a male escort to wealthy woman in Escorted? Looking forward to seeing him S.W.A.T. Exiles? Let us know via the comment section below.
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Y&R’s Victoria and Kyle’s Love Affair to Kick-Off; Amelia Heinle Says EP Sally McDonald Shared Why; ‘You’ve Got Chemistry’ with Michael Mealor
A day many fans of The Young and the Restless have been dreading, and others are down for, is here. Beginning with the Thursday, August 27 episode of The Young and the Restless, Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle) will have sex taking their growing attraction to each other to another level.
But why is Y&R heading down the path of an older woman/younger man, Newman/Abbott, former love interest of Victoria’s daughter Claire (Hayley Erin) and all the complications with longtime waring families? Because to the series, it will generate story to come.
Two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Amelia Heinle revealed to TV Insider, how she found out what she suspected that the powers-that-be were setting up a romance between Victoria and Kyle.
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“At one point a while back, I noticed Kyle was always coming to talk to Victoria or we’d run into each other and I told Michael, ‘I don’t think they would ever put us together, but this is kind of funny because it feels like they’re trying to test our chemistry, which would be really, really odd,” recalled Heinle. ”
“But that memory passed quickly. And then I walked off set one day after finishing a scene with Michael and I got called up to our executive producer, Sally McDonald’s, office and she said, ‘We’re giving you a romance with him.’ And I’m like, ‘Who?’ And she said, ‘Him,’ and she pointed at the monitor because Michael was still on set. I was like, ‘Oh, OK. Are you sure?’ And she was like, ‘Uh-huh. Yup. You’ve got chemistry.’”
Once she learned the news, Heinle talks with Michael Mealor to make sure he was OK with the romantic story turn. “I walked up to him one day on set when I found out and said, ‘Do you know about this yet?’. Hw was like, ‘Yeah,’ and then I said, ‘So, are you OK?’ And he said, ‘Are you OK?’ And I said, ‘I’m good. I think we could make something out of this,’ and he said, ‘I do, too. I plan on leaning into it all.’ So, we were in agreement. Michael and I have always gotten along. We’ve always liked each other.”
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The storyline was started by now former Y&R head writer Josh Griffith. So now that Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor are in place as the new co-head writers of the top-rated soap, things could change dramatically or go full steam ahead.
Heinle offered up, “It’s not going to be boring, that’s for sure. I feel like right now with the new writers coming in, it’s a work in progress. I feel like we’re seeing how it goes. They’re fully committed to it, but nothing is set in stone in terms of the story yet.”
So, where do you stand? Do you want to see Kyle and Victoria rip the clothes off of each other, have sex and have a torrid affair? Do you think it’s wrong for Victoria to be sleeping with her daughter’s former boyfriend? What side of the fence do you land on with this pairing? Let us know via the comment section below.
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Dolly Parton Remembered: Y&R Alum Alyvia Alyn Lind Shares Heartfelt Tribute to the Legendary Singer and Songwriter
The world is in mourning on Tuesday, August 25 with the news of the passing of iconic and beloved country western singer/songwriter/actress Dolly Parton. The 11-time Grammy winner crafted and performed memorable hits such as “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You,” 9 to 5″, and “Here You Come Again, ” to name but a few.
Parton died in Nashville today. She was 80-years-old. Not only was Dolly an iconic name in the world of music, she was also an actor, producer, playwright, theme park founder (Dollywood), and a noted philanthropist.
One of the people lucky enough to know and experience the life of Dolly through a different lens was Alyvia Alyn Lind, the one time Faith Newman of The Young and the Restless. Lind played the role of Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon’s (Sharon Case) daughter on and off from 2011-2021.
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ALVIA ALYN LIND PLAYED A YOUNG DOLLY
However, it was Lind, who portrayed a young Dolly in the television movie adaption of Parton’s song and book “A Coat of Many Colors” in 2015, and its sequel in 2016 Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love.
Parton and Lind shared a close bond following the project, famously performing a touching, emotional duet of Parton’s song “Angel Hill” together on Hallmark’s Home & Family.
Taking to her Instagram just a short time ago, Alyvia paid tribute to the one and only Parton, expressing, “I am truly at a loss for words. There are some people who come into your life and leave a mark that can never be erased. Dolly was one of those people. will forever be grateful that I had the privilege of knowing her, learning from her, and carrying a piece of her with me through such an important and formative part of my childhood. Getting to play Dolly changed my life, but getting to know her changed my heart. Memories, lessons, laughter, and a light that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
Alyvia added, “The world will never be the same without her, but that light will live on in all of us who were lucky enough to experience it. Thank you for believing in me, for teaching me, for letting me be a small part of your story, and for being such a meaningful part of mine. Rest peacefully, Dolly. You will be missed more than words can ever say. Thank you for everything. ❤️
FAMILY ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF DOLLY PARTON
Parton also starred alongside Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman in the smash 1980 film 9 to 5, and later roles in films including: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, Steel Magnolias, Straight Talk, and Joyful Noise.
Parton’s death was announced via her official Instagram post by her nephew, Bryan Seaver on behalf of the Parton family. He shared the news in a video statement. You can see that below.
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