Starting with the week of December 4th:

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Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 on CBS
(Fri. Dec. 1st on Global-Canada)
Episode #12758 (CBS Season 51, Episode 43)
Victor vows revenge. 
Nikki struggles with her drinking. 
Jill gives Billy the third degree.

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 on CBS
(Mon. Dec. 4 on Global-Canada)
Episode #12759 (CBS Season 51, Episode 44)
Victor warns Devon about making amends with Nate. 
Victoria faces a tough decision about Claire. 
Daniel navigates his new normal with Heather.

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 on CBS
(Tues. Dec. 5 on Global-Canada)
Episode #12760 (CBS Season 51, Episode 45)
Victor is concerned about Nikki's sobriety. 
Lily confides in Nick. 
Tucker schemes to recruit Nate.

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 on CBS
(Wed. Dec. 6 on Global-Canada)
Episode #12761 (CBS Season 51, Episode 46)
Billy shares unsettling news with Jack. 
Devon helps Lily during a crisis. 
Tucker stirs the pot between Jill and Mamie.

Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 on CBS
(Thurs. Dec. 7 on Global-Canada)
Episode #12762 (CBS Season 51, Episode 47)
Michael surprises Phyllis. 
Danny cooks up a romantic night for Christine. 
Ashley stands her ground with Jack and Billy.
 

And here is B&B: 

Monday, December 4, 2023
Episode #9160 (Season 37, Episode 51)
Donna panics when Eric suffers a medical emergency. 
Zende confronts RJ about his new place at Forrester.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Episode #9161 (Season 37, Episode 52)
Brooke, Katie and Donna worry about Eric's determination to continue the party as planned. 
Thorne Forrester returns to Los Angeles at the invitation of his father, Eric.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Episode #9162 (Season 37, Episode 53)
Thorne and Bridget learn the truth about Eric's medical condition. 
Hiding his illness, Eric kicks off his soiree, making a toast to his family.

Thursday, December 7, 2023
Episode #9163 (Season 37, Episode 54)
Eric shares a special moment with each of his family members and guests. 
Li becomes suspicious of why Finn is researching when he should be with Steffy at the Forrester Mansion.

Friday, December 8, 2023
Episode #9164 (Season 37, Episode 55)
Donna intervenes when she overhears the truth about who really won the fashion showdown. 
Eric makes a final speech.

Did CBS go cheap all of a sudden? Starting with Colleen Zenk's joining the show, CBS seems to be giving up on properly coordinated promos for the soaps. When I say properly, I mean the network having a promo department that does this as their job. Did CBS/Paramount conduct layoffs recently? Or is this just because of the holidays?

It just seems odd, IMO.

Maybe I'm imagining things...

 

5 minutes ago, Errol said:

The official Y&R youtube channel is run by CBS and is usually geoblocked outside the US.
I posted the same "next week on Y&R" preview from the official Y&R facebook page a few posts back in this thread.  link to post 
Their facebook page is usually viewable internationally.

The "Next week on Y&R" preview video is always bits of miscellaneous scenes.
It's not the promo.
Usually Y&R has both the NextWeek preview AND a promo.

There was no promo released (on any social media) for Y&R or B&B for the week of Dec. 4th.   It was odd.
(There was only the regular "next week on Y&R" clip for week of Dec. 4th which is bits of scenes).

More info to come ...

16 minutes ago, janea4old said:

There was no promo released (on any social media) for Y&R or B&B for the week of Dec. 4th.   It was odd.
(There was only the regular "next week on Y&R" clip for week of Dec. 4th which is bits of scenes).

More info to come ...

Right. That's why I asked if people got laid off or something. It is odd. This makes it two weeks in a row we don't have a promo (as of this writing). Usually the promos are out on Saturday or Sunday mornings.

The B&B promo stands out in that it was done in house. Just curious if something more is going on than we know.

It used to be ...

(long detailed analysis of cbs soaps promos in past few months, putting behind spoiler tag so you can skip it if it's uninteresting, LOL)

Spoiler

The CBS youtube channel (just plain CBS)
https://www.youtube.com/@CBS/videos
would have daily scene clips for B&B (after the episode aired)
AND the weekly promo. 
But you had to look because these videos would be on the channel interspersed with clips and promos from other CBS shows.
The CBS youtube still has the daily B&B scene clips,
but they stopped posting the weekly promos on youtube a few months ago.

The official Y&R youtube channel
would have daily scene clips for Y&R (after the episode aired)
AND the "Next Week on Y&R" preview,
AND the weekly promo.
That YT channel still has the daily Y&R scene clips,
and the "Next Week" preview.
but they stopped posting the Y&R promos on youtube a few months ago.

MEANWHILE ...

The weekly B&B promos (and an *occasional* episode clip) would be posted onto the official B&B accounts for twitter, facebook, and instagram.

The weekly Y&R promos (and an *occasional* episode clip)
would be posted onto the official Y&R accounts for twitter, facebook, and instagram. 
The "Next Week on Y&R" preview would be posted on the Y&R facebook and youtube accounts but not on twitter or instagram.

That was the system for many years.
As I said above, several months ago, they stopped uploading the weekly promos for both shows to youtube. 

MEANWHILE, in the past year, both B&B and Y&R would often release the promo to one of the featured actors in the promo, and that actor would release the promo on their personal social media.  Sometimes the actor got to release it a day early. This didn't happen every week but it was fairly often.  Then the show's accounts would release the promo at regular day/time.

At one point, you could get the weekly promos for both shows on the official twitters and instagrams, but not youtube or facebook.


Then they changed how they posted the promos on facebook.
The B&B and Y&R facebook accounts used to post the promo as 
regular "facebook videos".
But a few months ago, they changed it so that the promos were
"facebook reels".
And recently (maybe month or two ago?),
they stopped posting the weekly promos on the Y&R and B&B twitter accounts.

So now we were at this:

• Y&R and B&B promos only on instagram and on facebook reels,
  but not on twitter or youtube.
  But still sometimes the promos were also on actor personal accounts.
• "Next Week on Y&R" on facebook video and youtube.
• Daily episode clips for both shows posted onto yt, and sometimes fb or ig,
  after the episode airs.

Starting week of December 4th they stopped posting the promos completely for both the CBS/B&B accounts and the Y&R account.

Starting week of Dec. 4th, all that was left was
just the Next.Week.on.YR  (and the daily clips for both shows)
in their usual locations and that's all.

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With all of THAT happening I found it very interesting
that for week of Dec. 11th,  B&B producer Casey K seems to have created a different sort of promo, made "in house" as you said, uploaded onto his personal accounts and on the show's free international youtube instead of on the CBS youtube.

And no promo so far from Y&R for week of Dec. 11th.  Just the usual "NextWeek" preview.

Several months or a year ago, both shows would release the weekly promo on YT, FB, IG, and twitter, but it's been a long time since they used all four.

(I know that was long-winded but my point was that there have been changes happening over several months: different methods used; and then incremental lessening of availability).

Edited December 11, 20231 yr by janea4old

Btw this is such an unusual story for B&B to tell. 

Yes where is Taylor Hayes and the other Forresters??

 

The promo on Casey Kasprzyk's ig:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0sjxCGLrmi/ 

 

 

 

 

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A post shared by Casey Kasprzyk (@caseykas)

Tracy Melchior posted several comments onto this ig.
(see my next post below)

Edited December 11, 20231 yr by janea4old

11 hours ago, Errol said:

Did CBS go cheap all of a sudden? Starting with Colleen Zenk's joining the show, CBS seems to be giving up on properly coordinated promos for the soaps. When I say properly, I mean the network having a promo department that does this as their job. Did CBS/Paramount conduct layoffs recently? Or is this just because of the holidays?

It just seems odd, IMO.

Maybe I'm imagining things...

 

@Errol neither show had a promo released last week and then we get the one Casey psoted on twitter/IG and YR has YET to have a promo for this week released

From the comments section of Casey K’s promo on Instagram:

tracy_melchior
Why does Ridge get all the say so?? 😳😫🤨😉😆

tracy_melchior
I think all of us siblings should be discussing
 

hayley_bert (Hayley Bertucci)
@tracy_melchior well apparently you’re on a safari 😂

tracy_melchior
@hayley_bert yea it is so lame it’s funny… Not agreeing w how they are writing Kristen! She had a very good relationship w her dad and would be there … she had a colorful relationship w her mom Stephanie and came back for her 🤨

jameslottjr
@tracy_melchior you should be there 😂😢

tracy_melchior
@jameslottjr thanks James! They are making my character look awful not there for my son EVER now not there for my dad!!

lingenfeltercodylynne
@tracy_melchior are you an actor if you are that’s so cool

tracy_melchior
Yes I played Kristen Forrester since 2001 😁

tracy_melchior
@tracy_melchior @caseykas

 

 

@dragonflies we posted at the same time, LOL.   Tracy Melchior had even more to say, see my post just before yours.

This story with Eric is an epic failure. 

Melchior is hardcore MAGA…Brad would be insane to bring her back. 

5 minutes ago, EdibleFlowers said:

Melchior is hardcore MAGA…Brad would be insane to bring her back. 

Kimberlin is a MAGA, but I don't know if she's hardcore and he hired INGO once lol 

5 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

Kimberlin is a MAGA, but I don't know if she's hardcore and he hired INGO once lol 

That’s a good point. Of the three, Kimberlin is at least a good actor.