The Young and the Restless facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Young and the Restless
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
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	11,000 (as of September 1, 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith (and others)
Producer(s)	Supervising Producers Lisa de Cazotte John Fisher Producers Matthew J. Olsen Jonathan Fishman See below
Production 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
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	NTSC (480i) (1973–2001) HDTV 1080i (2001–present)
Audio format	Mono (1973–87) Stereo: CBS StereoSound (1987–97) Digital Stereo (1997–present)
Original release	March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26) – present (present)
Chronology
Related shows	As the World Turns The Bold and the Beautiful

The cast photo of The Young and the Restless, taken in celebration of the soap's 11,000th episode (2016).
Front row (l-r): Hunter King, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Melissa Ordway, Sean Carrigan, Mishael Morgan, Bryton James, Amelia Heinle, Jason Thompson, Eileen Davidson, Gina Tognoni, Peter Bergman, Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott, Steve Burton, Sharon Case, Joshua Morrow, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, Jess Walton, Tristan Rogers, Christel Khalil and Daniel Goddard
Second row: Robert Adamson, Sofia Pernas, Michael E. Knight, Beth Maitland, Tracey E. Bregman, Christian LeBlanc, Doug Davidson, Lauralee Bell, Kristoff St. John, Camryn Grimes, Greg Rikaart, Mara McCaffray, Catherine Bach and Kate Linder

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.

List of actors/characters on the show

See also

In Spanish: The Young and the Restless para niños