Y&R: January 2026 Discussion Thread

8 hours ago, Sapounopera said:

I loved Chris Engen, he had the vintage Y&R look (just like the first Heather).

I liked Chris too. Whatever his reasons for going were I thought he embodied what Adam should have been.

They've had four liked or well-liked actors in the role of Adam, which is more than you can say for many Y&R recasts. The writing has well and truly been the failing of this character, that and the show's worship of certain Newmans.

3 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

The Guiding Light thread moves faster 🤣

58 minutes ago, Khan said:

You ain't kiddin'! Between all the talk about Douglas Marland vs. the Dobsons and all the re-watches of episodes from the Rauch/Esensten & Brown era, you'd think GL was still on the air, lol!

Part is probably because we can discuss decades and decades (sometimes even the radio days), which we can't with Y&R in this thread, but there's also just something so ossified, so numbing about Y&R's last few decades. The exact opposite of anything Bill Bell wanted his show to be.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by DRW50