The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless
Also known as	Y&R
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	William J. Bell Lee Phillip Bell
Written by	Josh Griffith
Directed by	Sally McDonald Owen Renfroe Casey Childs Conal O'Brien Michael Eilbaum Steven Wilford See below
Opening theme	"Nadia's Theme" by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr.
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	52
No. of episodes	13,000
Production
Executive producers	Anthony Morina Josh Griffith (and others)
Camera setup	Videotape Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes (1973-1980) 60 minutes (1980-present)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26) – present

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, very few members of either family are still on the show.

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 hate each other very much and would like to see the other fail. This hatred is the root of much of the story on the show.

List of actors/characters on the show

Actor	Role
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

Other websites

• The Young and the Restless on IMDb