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The Bold & The Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful
2017 Title Card for the daytime serial, The Bold and the Beautiful beginning on the 23 March 2017 episode.jpg
Also known as B&B
Genre Soap opera
Drama
Created by William J. Bell
Lee Phillip Bell
Written by Bradley Bell
Michael Minnis
Directed by Michael Stich
Deveney Kelly
Cynthia J. Popp
David Shaughnessy
Jennifer Howard
See below
Starring
Theme music composer Jack Allocco
David Kurtz
John Nordstrom
Opening theme "High Upon This Love"
by Jack Allocco and David Kurtz
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Spanish (SAP)
No. of episodes 7,000 (as of January 23, 2015)
Production
Executive producer(s) Bradley Bell
Producer(s) Supervising Producers
Rhonda Friedman
Edward Scott
Casey Kasprzyk
Producers
Cynthia J. Popp
Mark Pinciotti
Location(s) CBS Television City
Los Angeles, California
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time
  • 19 minutes (approx.) (US)
  • 21 minutes (approx.) (International)
Production company(s) Bell-Phillip Television Productions Inc.
Distributor New World Entertainment (1987-1997)
20th Television (1997)
BBL Distribution, Inc. (1997-present)
Release
Original network CBS
Picture format
Audio format Stereo
Original release March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23) – present
Chronology
Related shows The Young and the Restless
External links
Website

The Bold and the Beautiful (often referred to as B&B) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987 as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera The Young and the Restless; several characters from each of the two shows have crossed over to the other since the early 1990s. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family and their fashion house business Forrester Creations.

The program features an ensemble cast, headed by its longest-serving actors John McCook as Eric Forrester and Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan. Since its premiere, the show has become the most-watched soap in the world, with an audience of an estimated 26.2 million viewers. As of 2010, it continues to hold on to the second-placed position in weekly Nielsen Ratings for daytime dramas. The Bold and the Beautiful has also won 31 Daytime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Drama Series in 2009 and again in 2010, as well as in 2011.

On September 7, 2011, the series switched to high definition, making it the second-to-last American soap to make the switch, at the time. B&B was the last American soap opera to make the transition due to the cancellation of ABC's One Life to Live before it returned along with All My Children on April 29, 2013. It is the youngest airing daytime soap opera in the United States, celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in March 2012. Since December 2, 2013, The Bold and the Beautiful now airs same day CBS repeats on Pop.


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