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CBS soap The Young and the Restless has been chalking up the milestones, recently winning 1,000 consecutive weeks as the #1 rated daytime drama series in the US.
The streak began more than 19 years ago in December, 1988.
On Wednesday March 26 it will celebrate 35 years on air, and promises “a launch party thrown by the magazine during which surprises occur, former favorites return and old rivalries are renewed.”
Spoilers continue.
In the episode to screen on March 26 in the US, fan favorite Michael Damian, who played Danny Romalotti from 1981-1990, 1993-1998 and 2002-2004, returns for several episodes, and actors Eileen Davidson and Lesli Kay cross over from sister show The Bold and the Beautiful as their characters attend the Restless Style party. Tatyana Ali appears as Roxanne, Patty Weaver appears as Gina Roma and Entertainment Tonight Correspondent Thea Andrews appears as herself.
Press Release:
Airing weekdays at midday and exclusive to the W. channel, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS premiered on US television in 1973 and has consistently been the number one rating daytime drama around the world.
Revolving around the powerful Abbott and Newman families in the fictitious town of Genoa City, the much-loved daytime soap premiered in Australia on the Nine Network in 1975 and has notched up more than 50 Daytime Emmy® Awards during its lengthy run.
Y&R has broken ground with storylines dealing with sensitive social issues including alcoholism, illiteracy, breast cancer, abortion and cosmetic surgery.
Eva Longoria, Tom Selleck and David Hasselhoff are amongst Y&R’s alumni cast.
The show’s current cast include Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott), Eric Braeden (Victor Newman), Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Reed Newman), Eileen Davidson (plays Ashley Abbott) and Don Diamont (Brad Carlton), as well as newer cast members Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers Abbott) and Josh Morrow (Nicholas Newman).
One of Y&R’s most recent additions is Australian Daniel Goddard, who plays Cane Ashby. His previous credits include Home & Away and Beastmaster.
Former Home & Away star Tammin Sursok joined the cast of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, playing Colleen Carlton, in June 2007. Her first Y&R episode airs in Australia on May 14.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Airs weekdays at midday on W. and at 2pm on W2
Plus see a week’s worth of Y&R on Saturdays from midday.
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Congratulations to Y&R!
The Best of the Best … such a crime that it ended up on pay TV!
Channel Nine were fools for letting it go, as they have been with their treatment of so many other shows in the past year!
Such a pity that I never did win that comp to go to tour the set in the US!
Jack!