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The Young and the Restless Celebrates 25 Consecutive Years As Number #1 Daytime Drama!
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It’s time to celebrate this week at The Young and the Restless! According to a press release from the series and CBS, “With today’s release of network television’s daytime ratings, CBS’S The Young and the Restless has marked its 1,300 consecutive week or 25 years as the #1 daytime drama, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending December 2, 2013.
The Young and the Restless currently in its 40th season with more than 10,250 episodes, began its winning streak the week of December. 26, 1988! Season-to-date, Y&R is averaging 5.10 million viewers, its largest audience to begin a season since 2011-2012. The Young and the Restless is first this season in both women 25-54 (2.1/13) and women 18-49 (1.4/10, tie). The Young and the Restless has also been first in women 25-54 for 354 of the past 356 weeks and first in women 18-49 for the 349 of the last 352 weeks.
“I am so proud of the talented cast and crew, past and present, for making The Young and the Restless #1 for 25 years,” said Angelica McDaniel, Senior Vice President, CBS Daytime. “A special thank you to our loyal and passionate fans for helping us reach this incredible milestone.”
Below is just a sampling of 25 Years of Y&R milestones:
- Peter Bergman joins the cast as Jack Abbott in November, 1989, replacing Terry Lester who originated the role. Bergman has been nominated for 17 Daytime Emmys and has won three.
- In 1993, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) became the first daytime actor to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- In 1994, a car driven by Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) runs down Paul (Doug Davidson) and Christine (Lauralee Bell). The truth wouldn’t come out until the storyline was revisited in 2012.
- In 1999, Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) and Jill (Jess Walton) are awarded joint custody of the Chancellor mansion.
- Shemar Moore wins a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2000.
- Y&R was the first daytime drama to be broadcast in high definition (2001).
- In May 2005, Cassie Newman (Camryn Grimes) dies tragically, attempting to drive a drunk Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei) home from a party.
- The 10,000th episode aired on Thursday, September 27, 2012.
- Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) marry for the fourth time in March, 2013.
- Over the years, Y&R has tackled a wide range of social issues including alcoholism, teen pregnancy, breast cancer, eating disorders, sexual harassment, AIDS and cyber bullying.
- Y&R has filmed on location in numerous locations around the world including Bermuda, Nevis, Paris, New Orleans, and Hawaii.
Congratulations to all of our colleagues over at The Young and the Restless for 25 years in the top spot! Now, what do you think about the big milestone? What is your most memorable moment from 25 years of Y&R being number one? Let us know!
It is impossible for Y&R to be #1 for 25 years..
There were more great soaps in 1988, and Y&R has not been all that good every year since 1988..
Someday, the real story will come out as to how CBS has controlled numbers.
There is something very wrong with Y&R being #1 for 25 straight years with never ever one year down..
Y&R is not always good, some years it has been terrible.
((perhaps because it is shown in 36 countries, and that would give it more viewers but not always the best soap)
You’re such a whiner and cry baby….boo hoo, lets have a pity party for “su0000” because your blog is completely ludicrous! Throwing a tantrum because your show isn’t #1. I’m not too pleased with YR at the moment but after 40 years of watching this show that didn’t fall past #4 after the first year on CBS in 1974 and been #1 since 1988 is a great feat during this day and age, all because of Bill Bell…..
You do know whom Bill Bell is, correct? I’m 53 and your age_____ is what? You’re probably too young to realize how magnificent Bill truly was and his ability to create such great drama….take your Barbies and go home whiner…please! An accomplishment is an accomplishment regardless we all know you never give one.
Congrats YR….it’s richly deserved….now please fire JFP….geez.
Bill Bell was the best…he was still doing great work at Days during Y&Rs first few years…hey, Harlee im also 53!
I have no ”blog”, what are you ranting about..
hope you feel better now, bad hair days are a bitch .. 🙂
I do feel so much better…you’re always, not a little but ALWAYS putting YR down for some reason or another and don’t even watch the show, with all the venom you spew about YR….if you say do watch I don’t believe nothing you would say anyway…..peace out
Jimh….so nice to know I’m not the only one here at that age….you know what we grew up in the golden age of soaps, the ’70s and we had what 16 or more soaps on the air through out the that decade. Being a teen coming home watching (yes with Beta) LaurieLance, crazy ass Vanessa, Bill’s cult story, quad of LucasLeslieLaurieLance, or Holly being raped by Roger on GL, watching it all unfold from the affair being exposed between KimBobJenniferJohn on ATWT (the dirty bastard, pre-Victor there was John Dixon!) Wonderful, wonderful time, we had EON, LOL, SFT my love of soaps on CBS….sigh
Congrats to Y&R. 25 years is unheard of.
must be a lucky timeslot: everyone on lunch break!
On the west coast, Y&R comes on at 11am. GH comes on at 1pm. There are different groups of people who take lunches at different hours, some at 11am, some at noon and some at 1pm. Many who sit in the lunch room plan their lunch hours around their preferred TV schedules. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE me some GH! LOL It is a better show AT THIS TIME, and so is DAYS. However, Y&R is still the most watched soap on American television and one of the most watched shows on daytime; and it would even be moderately competitive in prime time slots. A lot of people don’t like American Idol, or Sunday Night Football, but it doesn’t change the fact that these shows have been #1 in the ratings. Y&R IS #1; and based on the numbers, on any given day 1.5M to 2M people prefer to watch Y&R. I’m just not one of them. I just don’t like denials or simple “explain aways” to hard facts.
Ive watched this show off and on since the 70s but never really got addicted to it…the best thing about it is that the show stays focused on most of its vets, and its rarely used campy and farfetched plots to tell its stories…my current soap favorites are Days and GH…imo, these are the most entertaining…GH needs to trim its cast…move its plots more consistently…and a little less gloom and doom…then it could be as great as it was in the 1980s…GH is really good now but what im trying to say that with some improvements it could even be better! imo
Let’s be real here, this show has been unworthy of being No. 1 for a good ten or eleven years.
Only reason for this is habit.
So happy for Y&R to achieve their twenty-fifth year at No.1 in the ratings. The series has honestly never been better than it is right now. The show is really character-driven, and not plot-driven, which I love. And a lot of familiar faces are either on the canvas, or returning to the canvas! Here’s to another 25 years a top of the ratings!
Which SHOW are you watching?
To say that it has never been better is like saying Whitney Houston died right when she never sung better!!! 🙁
You obviously never saw “Young and the Restless” in 1989. THAT my friend is when it peaked. What we have today is absolute crap.
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree. Y&R is amazing, and has been since Jill and the new writing regimes have taken hold of the series.
You forgot one of the most important milestones of all, when Sheila/Kimberlin Brown crossed over from Y&R to B&B, the first of its kind in terms of a front-burner storyline being continued on two shows at the same time.
Back in the 1960s widower Mike Bauer and his daughter Hope moved from CBS’s Guilding Light to NBCs Another World where he fell in love with married Pat Randolph…and later returned to the Guilding Light when he realized he had no future with her…i consider this one of the first crossover storylines long before Sheila did her jump from Y&R to B&B!!!
Thank you jimh (leave it to beaver) for:
1. Mentioning GL
2. You’re so correct
3. Being someone that is of age range or if not knowing your history
Thanks
Yes, but the crossover storyline on Guiding Light didn’t play out simultaneously on BOTH SHOWS like Sheila’s did. Get your facts straight you two.
Sorry beacon…i wasnt trying to get you mad or anything…i probably shouldve made myself clearer…Guilding Light and Another World may not have played their crossover the same way as Y&R and B&B but it still is a forerunner to later day crossovers like the Sheila storyline.
plus what made the Guilding Light/Another World(both created by ina philips:spelling?) crossover more unique than others is that it happened on two different networks!
Congrats Y&R. Thanks for the memories. I’ll stay tuned.
Y&R was always “my” show until the late 2000’s. I’m happy for the show’s success, and I hope it continues to succeed. 25 years is quite a feat, and when you put the show’s numbers up against even many prime time shows, it is competitive as well. I do prefer GH and DAYS nowadays, but I’ll always root for Y&R to return to its former glory quality-wise. As for the numbers, despite what some naysayer posters may say or want to believe, the numbers do not lie. Y&R IS the most watched daytime drama, and it probably will remain the most watched daytime drama until the genre eventually disappears from weekday programming.
Victor keeping Michael the Jabot photographer in his dungeon in the basement at the Ranch has a sentimental spot in my heart, although not the best story line ever, it was the story that got me hooked on the show. But I think that was before the show was number one in the ratings.
First of all…since the post is about YR being number one for 25 years. CONGRATS.
Well deserved.
Is it at its creative best right now, no. But really it was until 2006. I watched almost since the beginning.
ATWT was number 1 from 1958-1978, and I know it also wasn’t always at its creative best at that time. In fact YR probably had some kick ass years in there.
All My Children hit #1 before GH went to the top in 79/80 where it stayed until it was dethroned by YR. And everyone KNOWS that in those 8 or 9 years GH went downhill in quality fast, and SHOULDN’T have been #1. But as someone said, it’s just viewing habits.
The difference these days is that there are only four soaps, and the “head start” that YR had by about 1990/91 was so great that as every show lost its viewership, no one really has come close since. I know people don’t want to believe that, but it’s all in the total ratings.
Other shows have hit that top spot in the demos, but that’s because those demos are soooo small that any fluctuation is noticeable. So have some consolation that “your” show has or may hit #1 in a demo, but it’s going to be a while still before any show hits this milestone.
Finally, the voice of reason..I agree with you 100%..Well written message and SO true!! Congrats to Y&R, deserving or non deserving, they are the perennial soap in overall ratings..Here is hoping all the other soaps surge higher in total viewers.
I love this post. So true! I like FACTS, hard facts. Thank you for bringing sense and logic to the topic. And once again, congratulations to Y&R! This Bell brand was rightfully number one in both ratings AND quality for decades. I recall many times GH or some other less than soap, at the time, won the best show Emmy during years Y&R was clearly the best show in quality, too. Also, it’s wonderful to see the recent ratings resurgence in all four remaining soaps. Y&R is starting to flirt with averaging 5 million daily viewers again. GH seems to regularly have 3-3.5 million viewers every day now. It seems the four remaining shows are four different brands that are developing new audiences or re-capturing old ones.
25 consecutive years @ #1; that’s awesome for any show. If Y & R is so popular among the masses; it must be a really good show. I have not watched Y & R. May be I should start watching the show from Jan 2014.
The best soap is whichever soap you love. Ratings just relate how many people are watching a show that’s it. Some high quality shows on prime time get cancelled all the time because there aren’t enough viewers, while other shows that are less than stellar continue on for years—ratings just say how many viewers are watching, why they are watching, or if what they are watching is worth watching is not measured. So being number one in the ratings for 25 years is a feat regardless of quality, because to get a loyal and consistent viewership is to be envy in this day and age of the fickle consumer. Congrats.
It was a good show until some jerk made the decision to get rid of the actor Michael m. That played Adam. I’m done with the show!!!!
Since I work, I was able to watch General Hospital & Days of Our Lives at night, now I can’t and I am very disappointed, so I will switch to Young & Restless and The Bold 7 Beautiful. Thanks Disney for the let down!!!!!!
It looks like the current run of Lucas Adams (Noah) and Tamara Braun (Sienna) on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end, after the Monday, August 3 edition of the CBS daytime drama revealed that Noah and Sienna are leaving Genoa City and heading back to Los Angeles.
In the storyline, Noah informed his mother, Sharon (Sharon Case) and half-sister Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that he and Sienna made the decision to move back to the West Coast to put distance between themselves and Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Although Noah did not say it was a permanent move, he did assure his mom that once Matt is hopefully gone from Genoa City they could return.
However, as previewed already on the video teaser for this week’s episodes of Y&R (see below), it appears Noah left Genoa City’s The Shadow Room to be run by a returning Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). So with that, coupled with today’s episode, it would appear the move could wind up being more permanent.
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COMINGS AND GOINGS
Adams made his Y&R debut on November 4, 2025 as the successor to Rory Gibson who last played Noah on-screen in April of 2023. Earlier in 2025, Gibson took over the role of Michael Corinthos on Genera Hospital replacing Chad Duell, who stepped away from the part after 15 years.
Braun who played Adam’s mother on Days of Our Lives when she was Ava Vitali and he was Tripp Dalton, first appeared on Y&R back on October 14, 2025, where we soon learned she had become Noah’s lover as the new character, Sienna Bacall. It should be noted, Adams was on contract with the number #1 soap, while Braun has been on recurring status.
With Josh Griffith now exited as head writer of The Young and the Restless, and the newly announced co-head writing team of Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor having taken his place and starting their new tenure this week, it will be interesting to see how the duo resets the show, and if a Noah and Sienna return is in the cards for the future or not.
So, what do you think about the seeming departures of Lucas Adams and Tamara Braun from The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out our recent live chat with Tamara and Lucas on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she plans to head back to a seat at the table of ABC’s morning talk show The View.
The announcement came during Monday’s episode of The Tangle Podcast where she shared she will participate in “in whatever way they want” her or “just as a guest” for its upcoming 30th season.
The View’s season 30 will kick-off this fall in September. O’Donnell explained, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”
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ROSIE ON HER PREVIOUS GO-ROUNDS ON THE VIEW
As fans of The View know, O’Donnell famously had two different one-year stints on the talk show in 2007 and again in 2014- 2015. She often feuded with then co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
However, during her discussion with host, Kyle Ridley on The Tangle Podcast, O’Donnell also noted she often had tense moments with longtime moderator and anchor, Whoopi Goldberg.
O’Donnell also expressed, “Many, many people got the short end of the stick there. It was, you know, it was a factory where people were being churned in and out and their tenuous security, nobody got to be calm. It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about. And that didn’t sit right with me, you know.”
Back in 2023, Brooke Shields had asked Rosie on her podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, about how she felt on her two stints at The View and all the controversy that surrounded it. Rosie at that time, stated, “I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again.”
You can check out the clip with Rosie and Kyle Ridley discussing her return to The View in some form for its upcoming 30th season below.
Then weigh-in: Would you be excited to see Rosie, even for a one-day or a week guest stint on the upcoming celebratory season of The View, or not so much? Let us know via the comment section.
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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Check out some more arrival images featuring: Laura Wright (Carly), Cassandra James (Terry), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane) and more in the gallery below.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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