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On German Free-TV only the full years 1986-1987 were shown. It then moved to Pay-TV for the following 1988-1989 episodes. On another Pay TV channel the Y&R then returned with episodes starting September 1995 until Fall 1997. Most of these episodes were never re-broadcast. The episodes in the Vault are from a (rare) rerun cycle. Y&R made a surprise comeback to broadcast television in conjunction with B&B with Sheila's 2005 return. It was cancelled after 100 episodes, though.

Didn’t recognize her, BUT she was on Falcon Crest for two seasons (1988-1990) which of course aired in CBS, so your eyes probably did not deceive you. IMO, B&B was amazing as soon as Taylor came back from the dead in May 2005, had a breakout fall with the legendary Kay Chancellor visit and Stephanie kicking Eric in the groin and Felicia’s cancer return. It probably fizzled sometime in 2006 when Brad Bell undid Felicia dying and paired her with Antonio Sabato Jr, Nick Marone going ballistic over Brooke modeling (a huuuuuge WTF exit story for Massimo Marone) and the very prominent arrival of NuDonna which was such a crappy nonstory. 2006 was painful to watch at times.

Bill Bell had loooooong and detailed story projections most of the time. The scab writers could always work on these outlines for at a couple of months before they had to invent their own storylines, so depending on the length of the strike it was not that noticeable. And I always thought it was interesting that many classic Bell show writers for the ad agency circles started around the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe they filled in during the strike and started their career back then.

Kristen's return was never intended to be about Kristen. She was plot device to anchor the Latin/HIV story. And I fully agree; I had no idea what a big character she used to be. Felicia's returns were always more on point albeit much briefer in comparision.

Have you been watching the crossover episodes as well? I always wanted to watch in synch but then got too greedy to wait out on the plentiful consecutive B&B uploads while Y&R is incomplete. But by the January 1993 episodes, I decided to watch Y&R along (at least the Sheila/Lauren/Molly/Scott scenes) to have the full experience. Boy, it is STELLAR TV. EDIT: I'll label the episodes available here: 1993-January 7, 8, 12 (partially used as flashbacks in #1459), 13 (partially used as flashbacks in #1459), 14 ...

By 1993 Karen's story was mostly over... She's getting some PSA type material and romance with Connor, but nothing much comes out of it. Her airtime will decrease dramatically if I remember right. As for Connor: I only REALLY remember his first few months (major BEEF with Ridge and being Brooke's attorney during the fight for BeLieF) before he was insta-fixed up with Karen and started to fizzle. In my memory, the bigest "role" Connor then had was to play the same sex version of Murder She Wrote's Jessica Fletcher and Seth Hazlitt with his significant other being Dr. Warwick. I swear they spent YEARS sitting in either character's office talking about Taylor, Brooke and/or Sheila. That said: I found Connor likeable but very bland because he was simply under-developed as character.

Ahem, this loonie tunes version of Diane does not fit the previous portrayals at all!? And: I haven't watched Y&R in a while but was shocked at the bad make-up/lack thereof on Jason Thompson, Peter Bergman and Eileen Davidson. They all looks really unflattering I that promo. Nice that the show keeps Beth Maitland around, though. She's always great.

Christmas 1992, Episode 1445, has the first Christmas greetings adressed to the audience it seems. And looks who is there. The ENTIRE Bell family! Whilst only Bill Sr. is speaking, we also have Bill Jr, Lauralee, Lee and a young Bradley (with his later wife Colleen!) front and center. PS: Brad has honored this tradition occasionally over the years...

While she is always close to KKL, we have seen loads of pictures of Ashley (ex-Bridget) around Television City/The Grove the last couple of weeks, so my best guess is that Bridget returns in a recurring capacity. Not sure about the twist, though.

Huh? The set which is now called "the design office" and was originally Ridge's office has been around since the first episode!?

Any suggestion where to buy PRINT ISSUES of Soap Opera Digest these days? My parents toured various Publix, WholeFoods, CVS locations and it is nowhere to be found in Miami Beach. I'm asking because the current issue has B&B on the cover and it is retailed on Amazon for 11.99...

Also of note is that originally Sally was not that funny but rather menacingly dangerous sort of Rose DeVille II. They quickly fleshed her out and added the camp factor, but I found it fascinating nonetheless.

Videoland is a DUTCH pay-for-view site like Netflix. They want content for Dutch viewers, hence the subtitles. There is zero corelation, IMO.

Thanks for the update. All the best to you and a stressfree move!

I found 1988 to be more interesting than 1987 because the Logan angle is soon DROPPED. Donna and Nick had more potential than they got. Clarke & Kirsten were one of the draws for me...

The show put in A LOT of effort into the Grant character when he was introduced in 1996. He got a backstory with Taylor and was very much into country music and yoga (?). Least that I remember, he also gave Brooke a porcelain turtle (?) as a keepsake attached to a long pep-talk that Brooke should sell herself short by going after Ridge. It was pretty moving - and I liked Grant, too. He then became JR Ewing 2.0 out of a sudden and was shot by Rick. Eventually, Grant entered Macy's orbit with whom I liked him the best. It was pretty sad when the show killed him off so soon. That said, as of 1997 the show stopped defining him as a proper character.

WInsor was Thorne during the "Throoke"...

Present for the B&B anniversary cast photo shoot were - in addition to the current cast (minus Heather Tom) - WINSOR HARMON, JACK WAGNER and ASHLEY JONES. Only the latter has been on B&B in recent years. Hmmm....

Bill Spencer Sr. is probably Ridge's father and not Massimo Marone IV. 😉

This was a GOOD one.

Cool - thanks for sharing! Minor roles there is a ton, but going for a contract role, only Don Diamont comes to mind even though he did a crossover from Y&R before becoming Bill Spencer - and was not a guest star in the classic sense.

Sigh! A time period of goodness where Nikki, Victoria, Jill, Diane and Phyllis were all walking around town to pick a fight with someone. LOL

This is pretty cool of her; clearly she did her research before stepping into the role. Thumbs up!

He is a producer at B&B for more than a decade, even though well into the usual retirement age.

Thanks for sharing!