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10 years ago this month: RIP Darlene Conley.

By the early 1990s, the Abbotts were almost all recasts, the Williams family was almost all gone, and the Newman family expanded.

YRfan23, thanks so much for the December 1989 episodes. I believe Peter Bergman's first episode was about a week or so prior to the ones you posted. You wouldn't happen to have Victor and Jack's first scene with Peter Bergman as Jack do you? From watching these episodes, Peter Bergman is trying so hard to emulate Terry Lester (RIP) but it's not working. Brenda Epperson was still relatively new as Ashley here, she had only been on about a year at this point. I believe Eileen Davidson left around October or November 1988 and Brenda started shortly after. I remember on Christmas 1998 CBS aired the episode from December 23, 1988 and Brenda was playing Ashley then.

Flammable hairspray fumes LOL

If there was a channel somewhere airing 1980s and 1990s Y&R I would so watch that. Maybe it's me, but I never felt Y&R became a pop culture phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s the way General Hospital was in the late 1970s/early 1980s and Days was during the supercouple and Reilly years. I don't recall Soap Opera Digest or People releasing special commemorative issues for Y&R's 40th anniversary in 2013 the way they did for General Hospital's 50th anniversary that same year and Days's 50th anniversary in 2015.

BetterForgotten, I hope you're enjoying the summer 1990 episodes that have surfaced on YT. I'm hoping that poster uploads the next two years, so much more good stuff awaits. Do you think the Blake recast took away the scheming homewrecker aspect of the character? I wonder who else GL considered when the role was recast. That character needed a Michelle Stafford/Kimberlin Brown type of actress I'd say.

There's a YT user mentioned here before that's posting June 1990 episodes. I'm actually looking forward to their uploads more than I am to current Y&R LOL.

I hadn't watched any clips for a long time due to regular life getting in the way, but since I'm on vacation I spent some time rewatching fall/winter 1989, and early 1990. I had forgotten there were some hints dropped of a potential Alan-Michael/Blake affair at the end of 1989 and then the actual affair began in February 1990. I thought Carl T. Evans's Alan-Michael looked like a little boy next to Sherry Stringfield's Blake. Then in the summer Alan-Michael was recast with Rick Hearst and he at least looked like a grown man. Roger/Alexandra was also beginning at this time, leading to their marriage in the spring. That pairing was more cat-and-mouse/power play. I didn't think there was any great love between them. Summer 1990 to spring 1991 was a big transition period, but I thought the show actually got better when all was said and done. Sadly by the end of summer 1992 all the momentum was gone.

I loved the game show crossovers with the CBS soap stars. That was a big part of why CBS Daytime was so awesome back in the day.

Jennifer Brooks maybe?

I don't think there's a CBS Daytime pre-emption guide anywhere. We have to guess based on memories and Google Another 1989 event I thought of: San Francisco earthquake on October 17. Although the earthquake occurred in the late afternoon/early evening in San Francisco, there might have been some CBS news coverage in the morning/afternoon the next day. Forgot about CBS coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics. Can't believe I missed Bill Clinton's inauguration in the 1993 list LOL. Also missed in 1993, Major League Baseball playoffs from October 5-13 but I'm not sure if there were any weekday afternoon games. Since 1994 was mentioned, some pre-emptions I can think of January 17: Los Angeles earthquake March 17 and 18: NCAA Men's Basketball June 30-July 8: OJ Simpson trial September 5 and 9: US Open Tennis November 24 and 25: Thanksgiving I believe Black Friday pre-emptions have been happening since at least the mid-1990s if not earlier, that's why I include that day whenever I compile a pre-emption list.

Going by holidays, history, and CBS sports coverage, these are the pre-emption dates I compiled for 1987-1992. 1987 January 1: New Year's Day May 25: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that July 13-August 7: Iran-Contra Hearings; not sure how much the daytime lineup was affected September 7 and September 11: US Open Tennis November 26 and 27: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas 1988 January 1: New Year's Day May 30: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 5 and 9: US Open Tennis November 24 and 25: Thanksgiving 1989 January 2: Cotton Bowl; New Year's Day was Sunday so the bowl games were on Monday January 20: George Bush Inauguration May 29: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 4 and 8: US Open Tennis November 23 and 24: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall, Czechoslovakia revolution have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1990 January 1: New Year's Day May 28: NBA Playoff Memorial Day afternoon game but not certain on that September 3 and 7: US Open Tennis October 4-12: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 22 and 23: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Desert Storm may have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1991 January 1: New Year's Day March 14 and 15: NCAA Men's Basketball; the first year CBS had the broadcasting rights for the entire tournament September 2 and 6: US Open Tennis October 8-17: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 28 and 29: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas Desert Storm, Yugoslavia breakup, Magic Johnson announcement, Soviet Union breakup may have resulted in pre-emptions but not certain on that 1992 January 1: New Year's Day March 19 and 20: NCAA Men's Basketball September 7 and 11: US Open Tennis October 7-14: Major League Baseball playoffs; there may have been some weekday afternoon games but not certain on that November 26 and 27: Thanksgiving December 25: Christmas

1993 dates I'm pretty certain Y&R didn't air: Friday January 1 - New Year's Day Thursday March 18 and Friday March 19 - NCAA Men's Basketball Monday September 6 and Friday September 10 - US Open Tennis Monday September 13 (possible but not 100% certain) - CBS news coverage of Oslo Accords signing Thursday November 25 and Friday November 26 - Thanksgiving

I never thought of Ryan (and Scott Reeves) as being any kind of prize catch. Speaking of which, Scott Reeves guest starred on Finding Carter recently and he hasn't aged very well.

I second soapfan770s sentiments Spring 1990-Summer 1994, Summer 1997-end 1999 were Y&R's best years of the 1990s.

I wouldn't want that at this point anyways. That would mean Billy and Victoria are related. Yuck! Lol Besides, it would have been discovered during baby Katherine's DNA test.

For years there was speculation that Billy was Victor's child and not John Abbott's. The Jill/Victor affair took place around October/November 1992. Jill learned she was pregnant in March 1993. Billy was born on-screen in July 1993 and he was not premature. Just from the math I can see why the possibility of Victor being Billy's father was out there. Given storylines over the last 6 years, thankfully that didn't happen.

Mine too. Loved her as Blake. Losing both Sherry Stringfield and Beverlee McKinsey (RIP) in the same month was a huge blow to the show. I stopped watching not long after. I was feeling nostalgic over the holiday weekend and found myself rewatching summer/fall 1989 episodes. CBS daytime on the whole was so awesome in the late 1980s/early 1990s, with the game show block and 4 daytime dramas at full steam. I had totally forgotten Michelle Forbes was on GL. I started watching in spring 1989 and I believe she was gone by the end of year, so I only watched the tail end of her run. I looked Michelle Forbes up on IMDb and she's been working steadily for the last 25 years and in some big hits, I'm impressed. Her latest entry on IMDb is the upcoming Hunger Games movie, wow. Anybody know what became of Kimberley Simms? I thought she was really pretty, and looked a lot like Christie Brinkley. I read that she was considered for two major recasts in the mid 1990s, Jennifer on Days and Ashley on Y&R, but as we know nothing came of it. Her IMDb entry only has a couple of entries post-GL so she might have retired from acting. I didn't watch GL for very long (spring 1989 to summer 1992) but I'm glad I did for those great years.

25 years ago this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Ixvi-8CJg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DhPHA_7vpc (clip is dubbed in French) I watched this episode when it originally aired on CBS, and I cried so much afterwards.

YRfan23, what other July 1991 episodes do you have? I believe that month would also have Scott Reeves first episode.

YRfan23, thanks for posting the May 1990 episodes you have. What a treat it was to see Victoria Rowell's first two episodes. I was surprised to find out she was almost 31 years old when she started on Y&R. So Dru arrived before Olivia and Sheila, and Mamie was also recast the same month. I'm pretty sure Tonya Lee Williams's first scenes were with Veronica Redd's Mamie.

And we got stuck with the then Mrs. Ronn Moss for three years.

New Year's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas have usually been the holidays with no episodes. Then there are the March Madness and US Open breaks.

YRfan23, how much of January 1994 do you have? I remember some pre-emptions during the week of January 17-21 due to coverage of the Los Angeles earthquake.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the arrivals of Kimberlin Brown, Victoria Rowell, and Tonya Lee Williams. I know Kimberlin's first episode was online years ago, but I don't recall seeing Victoria or Tonya's first episodes anywhere. Sadly, yesterday was the 2nd anniversary of Jeanne Cooper's passing. May she RIP. Don't know if this video is posted but Jeanne is hilarious in this (starting at 4:00): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzendVxnqJI