The Young and the Restless

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
ActorRole 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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