Somewhere Stephanie Forrester is smiling.
Is it too early to stir a pitcher of martinis? As The Bold and the Beautiful was approaching its 35th anniversary, CBS announced on March 2 that it had renewed The Young and the Restless’s sister soap for not one but two years during the 2023-24 season.
That the show will continue is almost as surprising a development as, say, one of our regular sections of “Bridge” or Sheila, which ticks another box on its 2022 Scheme-a-Day calendar. But still, this is great news. “For 35 years, The Bold and the Beautiful has been the cornerstone of our number one day,” said Margo Wayne, the network’s senior vice president of the day. “Congratulations to our talented cast and crew as well [headwriter/executive producer] Bradley Bell, who made this show a creative and rated success, and thank you [the] dedicated fans whose passion for these characters and stories is unsurpassed. ”
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For his part, Bell, whose parents William J. and Lee Philip Bell created the soap, wondering that “35 years ago I would never have imagined what awaited me. Since our premiere in 1987, it has been a fantastic journey and an amazing experience for all of us.
“We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the invaluable support of CBS,” he added, “and our millions of fans around the world for their loyalty and support.”
In the course of its long history, according to the network, Bold & Beautiful won 100-day Emmys, aired 8,734 episodes, filmed 393,750 pages of dialogues, organized 100 weddings (whether they all ended with “I dos”) or not, had 23 babies born on screen, created 1,700 sets and went through 1,793 boxes of hairspray and 415 tubes of lipstick.
What? No number of slaps?
While you’re here to celebrate the show’s two-year resumption, stop here to find out who’s back for the special 35th anniversary episode and click below to view photos that take you back from the soap opera’s debut to today.