THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Posts Largest Audience Since January

For the week ending April 20, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which celebrated its 45th anniversary last month) delivered 4.57 million viewers, the show's largest weekly audience since the week ending Jan. 19. Y&R is also up +3% versus the same week last year (from 4.46m). 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.

Source: Nielsen, Live Plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending April 20, 2018.

Since its debut, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESShas 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.