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| The Young and the Restless | |
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| Also known as | Y&R |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | William J. Bell Lee Phillip Bell |
| Written by | Mal Young |
| Directed by | Sally McDonald Owen Renfroe Conal O'Brien Casey Childs Michael Eilbaum See below |
| Starring | Present cast Former cast |
| Theme music composer | RC Cates Sharon Farber Rick Krizman Dominic Messinger |
| Opening theme | "Nadia's Theme" by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 11,000 (as of September 1, 2016) |
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| Producer(s) | Supervising Producers Lisa de Cazotte John Fisher Producers Matthew J. Olsen Jonathan Fishman See below |
| Location(s) | CBS Television City Los Angeles, California |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1973–80) 60 minutes (1980–present) |
| Production company(s) | Bell Dramatic Serial Company (1973–present) Corday Productions (1973–present) Screen Gems (1973–74) Columbia Pictures Television (1974–2000) CPT Holdings, Inc. (1988–present) Columbia TriStar Television (2000–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present) |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | |
| Audio format | Mono (1973–87) Stereo: CBS StereoSound (1987–97) Digital Stereo (1997–present) |
| Original run | March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26) – present (present) |
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The Young and the Restless is a very popular American soap opera. The show is the highest-rated soap opera, which means that more people watch it than any other soap opera. It aired its first episode on March 26, 1973. It is set in fictional Genoa City, Wisconsin. In the beginning, the show was about the Brooks family, who were very rich, and the Foster family, who were poor.
Today, the show tells stories about two cosmetics companies: Newman Enterprises and Jabot Cosmetics. Newman's president is Victor Newman (played by the actor Eric Braeden) and Jabot's president is Jack Abbott (played by Peter Bergman). These two men don't like each other very much and would like to see the other fail. This is a part of many stories on the show.
The serial is also a sister series to The Bold and the Beautiful, as several actors have crossed over between shows.
| Actor | Role |
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| Hunter Allan | Noah Newman |
| Peter Bergman | Jack Abbott |
| Vail Bloom | Heather Stevens |
| Eric Braeden | Victor Newman |
| Tracey E. Bregman | Lauren Fenmore Baldwin |
| Bryton | Devon Hamilton |
| Hayley Erin | Abby Carlton |
| Sharon Case | Sharon Abbott |
| Judith Chapman | Gloria Bardwell |
| Jeanne Cooper | Katherine Chancellor |
| Doug Davidson | Paul Williams |
| Michael Muhney | Adam Wilson |
| Matthew and Riley Esham | Fenmore Baldwin |
| Adrienne Frantz | Amber Moore |
| Daniel Goddard | Cane Ashby |
| Michael Graziadei | Daniel Romalotti |
| Amelia Heinle | Victoria Newman Hellstrom |
| Elizabeth Hendrickson | Chloe Mitchell |
| Christel Khalil | Lily Winters |
| Christian LeBlanc | Michael Baldwin |
| Kate Linder | Esther Valentine |
| Thad Luckinbill | J.T. Hellstrom |
| Joshua Morrow | Nicholas Newman |
| Emily O'Brien | Jana Hawkes |
| Nia Peeples | Karen Taylor |
| Eyal Podell | Professor Adrian Korbel |
| Greg Rikaart | Kevin Fisher |
| Melody Thomas Scott | Nikki Newman |
| Ted Shackelford | Jeffrey Bardwell |
| Michelle Stafford | Phyllis Summers Newman |
| Kristoff St. John | Neil Winters |
| Jess Walton | Jill Foster Abbott |
| Patty Weaver | Gina Roma |
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