The back story was that Stephanie Douglas, the strong-willed daughter of wealthy Chicago businessman John Douglas, met her husband-to-be Eric Forrester, who aspired to become a fashion designer, while they both studied at Northwestern University in 1959. Another enduring B&B storyline is the star-crossed love of Brooke and the Forresters' eldest son Ridge. The rivalry between Forrester matriarch Stephanie Forrester and the Logan's eldest daughter Brooke Logan plays a key role in the drama of B&B, like the Katherine Chancellor– Jill Abbott rivalry in Y&R. Like the Fosters of Y&R, the Logans were also initially headed by a single mother. Like many soap operas, B&B looks into the lives of wealthy families and how love affairs, scandals, and betrayals affect each of the family members and their relationships with each other.įollowing the original premise of sister show The Young and the Restless ( Y&R) with the wealthy Brooks and the working-class Foster families, B&B also introduced the middle-class Logan family as a source of conflict with the Forresters. Set in Los Angeles, it centers around the Forrester family and their fashion house business, Forrester Creations. The Bold and the Beautiful debuted on March 23, 1987. 2008 (l–r): Kristen ( Tracy Melchior), Thorne ( Winsor Harmon), Felicia ( Lesli Kay), Eric ( John McCook), Stephanie ( Susan Flannery) and Ridge ( Ronn Moss) Currently, the series has been renewed by CBS to run through the 2023–2024 television season. The serial aired its 8,000th episode on January 4, 2019. It is the youngest airing daytime soap opera in the United States, celebrating its thirtieth anniversary on March 23, 2017. B&B was the last American soap opera to make the transition due to the cancellation of ABC's One Life to Live before it returned along with All My Children on April 29, 2013. On September 7, 2011, the series switched to high-definition television, making it the second-to-last American soap to make the switch, at the time. The Bold and the Beautiful has also won 77 Daytime Emmy Awards, including three for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, in 2009, 2010, as well as 2011. As of 2010, it continued to hold on to the second-place position in weekly Nielsen Ratings for daytime dramas. Since its premiere, the show has become the most-watched soap in the world, with an audience of an estimated 26.2 million viewers.
The program features an ensemble cast, headed by its longest-serving actors John McCook as Eric Forrester and Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan.
Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family and their haute couture business. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera The Young and the Restless several characters from each of the two shows have crossed over to the other since the early 1990s. The Bold and the Beautiful (often referred to as B&B) is an American television soap opera created by William J.
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