THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Celebrates 45th Anniversary & Posts Largest Audience Since February

For the week ending March 30, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which celebrated its 45th anniversary last week) delivered 4.41 million viewers, the show's largest weekly audience since Feb. 9. The daytime series, which is also celebrating 29 straight years as daytime's #1 drama, began its winning streak the week of Dec. 26, 1988.

Since its debut, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS has won nine Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. It is also currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television. As of 2008, it had appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen ratings in that category for more than 1,000 weeks since 1988. As of December 12, 2013, according to Nielsen ratings, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was the leading daytime drama for an unprecedented 1,300 weeks, or 25 years. The serial is also a sister series to The Bold and the Beautiful, as several actors have crossed over between shows. In June 2017, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was renewed for three additional years.

Source: Nielsen, Live Plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending March 30, 2018.