Y&R #1 for 29 years!

 

An iconic, enduring soap opera, this is the steamer set in Genoa City, where the Newman and Abbott dynasties stir it up in the bedroom and the boardroom. Best known for long-term love triangles, issue-oriented plots, a multi-ethnic cast and slick production values, `Y&R' has been showered with Emmys, launched countless careers and spawned the equally la (more…)
 A Big Milestone!

 

Great news for The Young and the Restless Fans fans. The soap sure has staying power, as evidenced by the fact that it can boast–count ’em–1500 back-to-back weeks as the winner in the daytime ratings race. That figures to about 29 years as a ratings winner!

How Far It Has Come! 

Y&R first hit the airwaves on March 26th, 1973, originally in half hour installments. The show upped to an hour in 1980. It of course is introduced by the very recognizable musical piece, “Nadia’s Theme.” Characters come and go; however, but the mainstays on the show became iconic: Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) and nemesis Katherine Chancellor (the late, great Jeanne Cooper), Victor Newman (Eric Braeden)–and we’re sure you dear  readers out there have some of your fave classics, too!

 

The show has also garnered nine Daytime Emmys in the Outstanding Drama category. And then there are the numerous Emmys won in other categories by the sudser. Quite the list of achievements and a consistently impressive showing for this still-standing soap!