CBS Soaps B&B + Y&R See Significant Increase In Audience Viewership, Snagging Soap Rating Top Spots
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CBS has been airing sister soaps The Young and the Restless (Y&R) and The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B), back-to-back, for decades now. The two are part of the remaining four daytime dramas that air and both shows have very loyal fan bases.
This makes it much more interesting to note that a recent report reveals both shows up in viewership.
Paramount’s Press Release Regarding CBS Daytime Audiences
Paramount recently unveiled a media release that was titled, “Four CBS Daytime Shows Post Year-Over-Year Growth,”, which revealed some great news for a variety of shows
When it came to game shows like Let’s Make a Deal and The Price is Right, both series saw an increase of four percent, which brought in millions of audiences, each.
Meanwhile, on the daytime drama side of things, both B&B and the Y&R had increased viewership by five percent.
The B&B has 4.13 million viewers watching each day, while the Y&R has a total of 5.09 million viewers daily. This makes both shows top-rated soaps, with Y&R in first place, and the B&B taking second spot.
CBS – Is Bringing On The Drama (Daytime Drama, That Is!)
The press release also talked about CBS’s newest daytime drama, Beyond the Gates (BTG), which is set to debut on Monday, February 24, 2025.
The new sudser will take the 2 p.m. ET time slot on the network and will replace The Talk, which has recently been canceled. It will also be available to stream on the Paramount+ app after it airs.
BTG is being dubbed as the first-ever one-hour Black daytime drama and is the first brand-new soap to debut on a network since Passions premiered on NBC in 1999.
Soap fans everywhere are quite excited about BTG, as there were once close to 20 daytime dramas airing at the same time, and now only four are left.
Are you excited about Beyond The Gates? Join the conversation below! Tune into CBS daily to catch all the drama on the Young and the Restless and the Bold and the Beautiful, plus visit CTS often for the best soapy spoilers, updates, and news.
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