‘The Bold And The Beautiful': Fascinating Factoids About The Just Renewed CBS Daytime Drama
LOS ANGELES - Set in the glamorous world of the Los Angeles fashion industry, THE BOLD AND THE ... More BEAUTIFUL premiered on CBS on March 23, 1987. Pictured from top L to R: Darin Brooks, Tanner Novlan, Kimberlin Brown, Sean Kanan, Delon de Metz, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Rena Sofer, Matthew Atkinson, Diamond White, Krista Allen, Annika Noelle, Scott Clifton, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, and Don Diamont. (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)
CBS has announced a three-season renewal for the veteran daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, which will bring the show through its 41st season. Per the official logline, 'The Bold and the Beautiful follows the entangled lives, passionate loves and high-stakes dramas of the Forrester, Logan and Spencer families, set against the backdrop of the glamorous Los Angeles fashion world and the family's fashion house, Forrester Creations."
The Bold and the Beautiful debuted on March 23, 1987.
In honor of this daytime mainstay, here are seven fun factoids about The Bold and the Beautiful you may not know:
1) When The Bold and the Beautiful premiered in 1987 there were 11 network daytime dramas on the air. At present, and including recent CBS entry Beyond the Gates, there are only four. The other two are General Hospital on ABC and The Young and the Restless on CBS. Days of Our Lives, formerly on NBC, now streams exclusively on Peacock.
The other daytime dramas back in 1987 were Ryan's Hope, Loving, All My Children and One Life to Live on ABC; As the World Turns and Guiding Light on CBS; and Another World and Santa Barbara on NBC.
2) The original working title for The Bold and the Beautiful was Rags.
LOS ANGELES - MARCH 20: The Bold and the Beautiful, the daytime drama. A wedding photo. Ronn Moss ... More (as Ridge Forrester) and Joanna Johnson (as Caroline Spencer). Image dated March 20, 1987. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
3) The Bold and the Beautiful replaced the former soap opera Capitol on CBS, which aired from 1982 to 1987.
4) John McCook and Katherine Kelly Lang are the only original cast members still in the show. Talk about job security!
PASADENA, CA - APRIL 30: John McCook, left, and Katherine Kelly Lang speak at the 44th annual ... More Daytime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on April 30, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by)
5) The legendary Betty White appeared as Ann Douglas, Stephanie Forrester's (Susan Flannery) long-lost mother, in 23 episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful from 2006 to 2009.
LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 27: Betty White guest stars in THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, on CBS. Pictured ... More from left to right: Susan Flannery, Ally Mills, Betty White, and John McCook. (Photo by Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images)
6) Two other classic stars guest starring on The Bold and the Beautiful was The Price is Right host Bob Barker and Gilligan's Island star Dawn Wells. Barker appeared in three episodes, reenacting his famous fistfight from the 1996 movie Happy Gilmore. And Dawn Wells played Alice, a member of the Forrester family, in one episode.
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 5: Multiple Emmy Award-winning television legend and animal rights activist ... More Bob Barker will return to CBS Daytime's THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in a guest starring role Thursday, August 28 (1:30-2:00 PM, ET; 12:30-1:00 PM, PT), on the CBS Television Network. This will mark Barker's third appearance on the show. His first was in March 2002. Pictured L-R: Bob Barker as Himself, Scott Clifton as Liam Cooper, and Darin Brooks as Wyatt Spencer (Photo by Lisette M. Azar/CBS via Getty Images)
7) Patrick Duffy, post Dallas, had the recurring role of Stephen Logan in The Bold and the Beautiful from 2006 to 2011, with more recent appearances in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Susan Flannery, who clocked in over 3,900 episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful from 1987 to 2018, appeared on Dallas as the conniving Leslie Stewart in 11 episodes in 1981.
LOS ANGELES: Coverage of the CBS Original Daytime Series THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, scheduled to ... More air on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Katherine Kelly Lang, Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl, Jennifer Gareis and Heather Tom. (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)
The Bold and the Beautful airs weekend afternoons at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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