"The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987) TV series 1987-????

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Creators:

Lee Phillip Bell
William J. Bell

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

23 March 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Designed as a sister soap to "The Young and the Restless", this is a high-rated, glossy, campy soap with fast-paced storylines about beautiful people behaving badly.

Plot Keywords:

Soap Opera | Male Female Relationship | Lie | Love | Fashion

Awards:

44 wins & 180 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 2	1:30 PM	CBS
Wed. Dec. 3	1:30 PM	CBS

Cast

Katherine Kelly Lang	...	Brooke Logan / ... (1,801 episodes, 1987-2008)
Ronn Moss	...	Ridge Forrester / ... (1,639 episodes, 1987-2008)
Susan Flannery	...	Stephanie Forrester / ... (1,501 episodes, 1987-2008)
John McCook	...	Eric Forrester (1,195 episodes, 1987-2008)
Jack Wagner	...	Dominick Marone / ... (1,036 episodes, 2003-2008)
Hunter Tylo	...	Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester / ... (921 episodes, 1990-2008)
Winsor Harmon	...	Thorne Forrester (848 episodes, 1996-2008)

Also Known As:

Belleza y poder (USA: Spanish title)
Rags (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (1999-) | Stereo (1987-1998)

Certification:

Australia:M | Australia:PG | Australia:G | Canada:PG | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Bridgetown, Barbados

Company:

Bell-Phillip Television Productions

Trivia:

Several actors, appearing on "Dallas" (1978), later played characters on the show: Susan Flannery (Leslie Stewart on "Dallas" (1978)/Stephanie Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987), Charles Grant (David Shulton/Grant Chambers)Lesley-Anne Down (Stephanie Rodgers/Jacqueline Payne), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen Ewing/Priscilla Kelly) and Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing/Stephen Logan Sr.).

Quotes:

Sheila Carter: [while drowning Lauren in the jacuzzi] Die Lauren! Die bitch!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Gold & the Beautiful (2008)

Soundtrack:

High Upon This Love

A shell of its former self

I first discovered this show back in the winter of 1999, and with the first storyline I watched being with the whole Morgan DeWitt thing, I was immediately pulled in. I, of course, watched it whenever I could (I didn't get out of school until 2:30 back then) and viewed many interesting storylines (Amber taking Becky's baby, Becky's terminal illness, Macy's "death", Bridget marrying Deacon, he getting Brooke pregnant, the aforementioned Taylor/Ridge/Morgan storyline, and so on.) But when Brooke started to pursue Ridge on a regular basis, Taylor's death and the untimely return(s) of Sheila (as well as other unneeded plots) just annoys and sickens me to the point where I can't watch this like I did in high school. The writers have certainly lost something in the magic of their writing, at least with me, and I'm truly sorry to hear that, not even the great talent of Jack Wagner on board, who shook things up on my beloved Melrose Place, can save this soon to be train wreck of a soap opera. *Sighs* And it had all the potential, too...