Young & Restless - November 2022 Episode Counts

[YRfan23]

Ah thanks! I was thinking she still had to be doing that. 

[Taoboi]

I find this discussion quite interesting. And now I'm paying attention to how often Victor and Michael appear.

[DaytimeFan]

The ‘Fake Contract’ group is interesting to consider that it is simply about appearances.

Given Christian appeared in heavy rotation for years, I always found his drop in episodes the most jarring and obvious that something went on behind the scenes. 

It only reinforces that people like Jess Walton and Eileen Davidson had the right idea: keep your dignity and go recurring at your own choice. 

[Broderick]

Pay attention to Sharon Case, too.

Sharon's lack of airtime and lack of storyline has been so evident in 2022 that Soap Opera Digest named her "Biggest Waste of Talent".  All she does is appear sporadically, pour coffee, and offer advice like a glorified extra.

It seems possible she's become too expensive to use as frequently as before, resulting in a declining number of appearance and an unwillingness to showcase her in a story of her own.    

Sharon Case and Joshua Morrow, having been on the show 25+ years, are now "senior cast members", in a tier somewhere below Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott, Peter Bergman, Kate Linder, and Christian LeBlanc.   

The next group, seniority-wise, are Bryton and Amelia Heinle, both of whom were hired in the early 2000s, when the "big budget days" were over.   

[YRfan23]

Yet this show always can find something to do with Morrow it seems 

Edited December 16, 2022 by YRfan23

[Broderick]

You'd imagine that he and Case are paid about the same, since they've been on the show relatively the same length of time and in the same positions.  But it wouldn't surprise me if she makes a little more, since she arrived (in 1994?) a bit more experienced/seasoned and she's a little bit older than he is.  

Plus, he's a Newman on the show, and she's an ex-Newman.  If one of the two gets curtailed faster than the other for budgetary reasons, you can guess which one it'll be.