Who were the original main characters of "The Young and the Restless?"!
Question: Who were the original main characters of "The Young and the Restless!?"
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The main families were the FOSTERS and the BROOKS!.
When it debuted, the show originally focused on the personal and professional lives of two core families in Genoa City: the wealthy Brookses and the poor Fosters!. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, most of the original characters were written out and the show shifted to the Abbotts, the Newmans, and the Williamses!. One basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the show's history is the rivalry between Jill Abbott and Katherine Chancellor!.
The series was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week!. It was expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980!. Young and the Restless is currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television!. As of 2008, it has appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen Ratings in that category for more than 1000 weeks since 1988!.
Young and the Restless has won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series; only General Hospital has won more times (Ten)!.
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The original March 1973 cast consisted of a mixture of veterans and young, relative unknowns!. The most notable cast member was Robert Colbert, star of the 1960s TV series The Time Tunnel, as Stuart Brooks!. Dorothy Green, a frequent guest star in numerous 1950s-60s TV programs, was cast as Stuart's wife Jennifer, while veteran actress Julianna McCarthy played Liz Foster!.
Among the current cast members, longtime veteran actress Jeanne Cooper, who plays Katherine Chancellor, has been on contract with Young and the Restless since Fall 1973!. The other current senior cast members who joined the show in the 1970s are Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, 1978) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, 1979)!. Eric Braeden joined Young and the Restless as Victor Newman in 1980 after becoming notable for his roles in The Rat Patrol and Colossus: The Forbin Project, as well as a variety of guest starring roles in numerous primetime TV shows during the 1970s!.
The only original character remaining since the program's debut in 1973 is Jill Foster Abbott, who has been played by Jess Walton since 1987!. Katherine Chancellor, played by Jeanne Cooper debuted on-screen in November 1973!. Cooper is the show's longest-serving actor!.
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Storyline
Main article: The Young and the Restless storylines
When The Young and the Restless premiered in 1973, the show revolved around the dramas which befell two families: the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters!. Patriarch Stuart Brooks was an upper class newspaper publisher while matriarch Liz Foster was a single parent struggling to pay the bills!.
The rivalry between Liz's daughter Jill and socialite Katherine "Kay" Chancellor became one of the show's first and longest-lasting storylines!. Kay was a boozy matron trapped in a loveless marriage to Phillip Chancellor II!. After Jill went to work as Kay's paid companion, she and Phillip fell in love!. After he returned from obtaining a divorce in the Dominican Republic, Kay picked him up at the airport, and in an attempt to kill both Phillip and herself, drove the car off a cliff!. On his deathbed, Phillip married Jill and bequeathed her and their love child his fortune!. Kay ended up getting a judge to declare that Jill and Phillip's marriage was illegal since Kay was drunk when signing her divorce papers!. After the ruling, the rivalry between the two ladies spiraled out of control, each blaming the other for Phillip's death!.
After a series of recasts and departures in the late 1970s-early 1980s, the Brookses and the Fosters were phased out, and two new core families were introduced: the Abbott and the Williams families, and later the Newmans!. The Abbott–Newman family rivalry also extended to the corporate warfare between their respective companies, Jabot Cosmetics and Newman Enterprises!. Core African American characters, the Barbers and the Winterses, were later introduced in the 1990s!.
Show creator William J!. Bell resigned as head writer in 1998, and since 2002, Young and the Restless has suffered audience erosion!. Despite remaining the most watched daytime drama on American television since 1988, later head writers such as John F!. Smith and Lynn Marie Latham began to rely on several highly publicized, retcon storylines to attract more viewers!. Notable retcons introduced in the 2000s include revealing that Kay is Jill's actual birth mother, and Phillip II and Jill's baby was switched at birth!. In 2007, the show began a new storyline with the Clear Springs explosion, promoted as "The Young and the Restless: Out of the Ashes"!. Several of Genoa City's most prominent residents were trapped under the collapse, though none were killed!.
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When it debuted, the show originally focused on the personal and professional lives of two core families in Genoa City: the wealthy Brookses and the poor Fosters!. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, most of the original characters were written out and the show shifted to the Abbotts, the Newmans, and the Williamses!. One basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the show's history is the rivalry between Jill Abbott and Katherine Chancellor!.
The series was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week!. It was expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980!. Young and the Restless is currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television!. As of 2008, it has appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen Ratings in that category for more than 1000 weeks since 1988!.
Young and the Restless has won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series; only General Hospital has won more times (Ten)!.
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The original March 1973 cast consisted of a mixture of veterans and young, relative unknowns!. The most notable cast member was Robert Colbert, star of the 1960s TV series The Time Tunnel, as Stuart Brooks!. Dorothy Green, a frequent guest star in numerous 1950s-60s TV programs, was cast as Stuart's wife Jennifer, while veteran actress Julianna McCarthy played Liz Foster!.
Among the current cast members, longtime veteran actress Jeanne Cooper, who plays Katherine Chancellor, has been on contract with Young and the Restless since Fall 1973!. The other current senior cast members who joined the show in the 1970s are Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, 1978) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, 1979)!. Eric Braeden joined Young and the Restless as Victor Newman in 1980 after becoming notable for his roles in The Rat Patrol and Colossus: The Forbin Project, as well as a variety of guest starring roles in numerous primetime TV shows during the 1970s!.
The only original character remaining since the program's debut in 1973 is Jill Foster Abbott, who has been played by Jess Walton since 1987!. Katherine Chancellor, played by Jeanne Cooper debuted on-screen in November 1973!. Cooper is the show's longest-serving actor!.
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Storyline
Main article: The Young and the Restless storylines
When The Young and the Restless premiered in 1973, the show revolved around the dramas which befell two families: the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters!. Patriarch Stuart Brooks was an upper class newspaper publisher while matriarch Liz Foster was a single parent struggling to pay the bills!.
The rivalry between Liz's daughter Jill and socialite Katherine "Kay" Chancellor became one of the show's first and longest-lasting storylines!. Kay was a boozy matron trapped in a loveless marriage to Phillip Chancellor II!. After Jill went to work as Kay's paid companion, she and Phillip fell in love!. After he returned from obtaining a divorce in the Dominican Republic, Kay picked him up at the airport, and in an attempt to kill both Phillip and herself, drove the car off a cliff!. On his deathbed, Phillip married Jill and bequeathed her and their love child his fortune!. Kay ended up getting a judge to declare that Jill and Phillip's marriage was illegal since Kay was drunk when signing her divorce papers!. After the ruling, the rivalry between the two ladies spiraled out of control, each blaming the other for Phillip's death!.
After a series of recasts and departures in the late 1970s-early 1980s, the Brookses and the Fosters were phased out, and two new core families were introduced: the Abbott and the Williams families, and later the Newmans!. The Abbott–Newman family rivalry also extended to the corporate warfare between their respective companies, Jabot Cosmetics and Newman Enterprises!. Core African American characters, the Barbers and the Winterses, were later introduced in the 1990s!.
Show creator William J!. Bell resigned as head writer in 1998, and since 2002, Young and the Restless has suffered audience erosion!. Despite remaining the most watched daytime drama on American television since 1988, later head writers such as John F!. Smith and Lynn Marie Latham began to rely on several highly publicized, retcon storylines to attract more viewers!. Notable retcons introduced in the 2000s include revealing that Kay is Jill's actual birth mother, and Phillip II and Jill's baby was switched at birth!. In 2007, the show began a new storyline with the Clear Springs explosion, promoted as "The Young and the Restless: Out of the Ashes"!. Several of Genoa City's most prominent residents were trapped under the collapse, though none were killed!.
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The original main characters were the Mr!. & Mrs!.Chancelor, Jill Abbott nd her mother and brothers, Nikki and her sister, Paul, his sister, His mom and dad!. Pauls's sister is the one that brought the Abbot into the picture, Paul's sister married Jack!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The Fosters and Brooks family!. Jill Foster Abbott is the original character (then played by Brenda Dickson)!. Katherine Chancellor came onto the show in late '73!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
<> cool,,,a blast from the past !!!
The Foster's ( Jill's family ) and the Brooks> Eric Forrester from Bold and Beautiful was on Y&R as Lance > ( he was handsome back then too) I've watched Y&R since High School 1973 ( aging myself, yes) and still a HUGE fan!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
The Foster's ( Jill's family ) and the Brooks> Eric Forrester from Bold and Beautiful was on Y&R as Lance > ( he was handsome back then too) I've watched Y&R since High School 1973 ( aging myself, yes) and still a HUGE fan!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
If you go to www!.soapcity!.com you can get all of the back storylines from the very beginning of Y & R!. This is a great website it gives all of the Y & R news and you can look at family trees to see how families have evolved!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_The!.!.!.
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