The Young and the Restless - MESSAGE BOARDS

Quote Memory24: You don't need young characters to attract a young audience. What the show needs is good s/ls and some romance. Lots of young people watch all different kinds of drama and teens aren't focused. I started watching Y&R when I was very young and I never watched just for the young set.

Look at shows like Grey's Anatomy or Scandal. Two prime time soaps that don't feature young people. They still do good in those demos.

Y&R's ratings are falling because the s/ls are horrible and it's the same characters featured all the time. No imagination when it comes to this show.

Quote Pauls:

ITA about the romance. And really, what is Y&R saying to the young people? That it's an exciting thing for a daughter-in-law to have a relationship with her child's grandfather? Or that it's okay for a young woman (Daisy) to rape a young man (Daniel), have a child and then use that child as a pawn in a game of marriage with no love? Or that a past rapist can work his way to the top and become a DA? Or that a woman can attempt to murder someone by running them down (Phyllis) and then go on to do more horrific acts but be put on a pedestal? Or that jumping from bed to bed to bed (Phyllis, Sharon, Nikki, Billy, Nick, Victor, Eden, etc., etc.) is a good way to go through life? Where is the romance? Where are at least a few residents of GC who have had and will have morales and ethics? I think it's great to have some of these SLs to keep the show interesting, but I think they'd do better to have a little mix or true love and romance (or is that Cane and Lily who we rarely see because the show is saturated with Victor and Phyllis?). Personnally, I'm sick to death of Victor and Phyllis. They act the same exact way in every scene. Victor with his superior attitude and his, "Ummm...Ummm...Ummm..." to every word he says and Phyllis with her yelling, arms flying, repeating everything at least twice. It's no wonder the show is sinking.

Quote Lanealways:


hey Mems its good to see you sweetie, how have you been. I've missed you around here. Hope all is well with you love.
ICA with your post and suds

Quote Pauls:

ITA about the romance. And really, what is Y&R saying to the young people? That it's an exciting thing for a daughter-in-law to have a relationship with her child's grandfather? Or that it's okay for a young woman (Daisy) to rape a young man (Daniel), have a child and then use that child as a pawn in a game of marriage with no love? Or that a past rapist can work his way to the top and become a DA? Or that a woman can attempt to murder someone by running them down (Phyllis) and then go on to do more horrific acts but be put on a pedestal? Or that jumping from bed to bed to bed (Phyllis, Sharon, Nikki, Billy, Nick, Victor, Eden, etc., etc.) is a good way to go through life? Where is the romance? Where are at least a few residents of GC who have had and will have morales and ethics? I think it's great to have some of these SLs to keep the show interesting, but I think they'd do better to have a little mix or true love and romance (or is that Cane and Lily who we rarely see because the show is saturated with Victor and Phyllis?). Personnally, I'm sick to death of Victor and Phyllis. They act the same exact way in every scene. Victor with his superior attitude and his, "Ummm...Ummm...Ummm..." to every word he says and Phyllis with her yelling, arms flying, repeating everything at least twice. It's no wonder the show is sinking.

Quote Pauls:

ITA about the romance. And really, what is Y&R saying to the young people? That it's an exciting thing for a daughter-in-law to have a relationship with her child's grandfather? Or that it's okay for a young woman (Daisy) to rape a young man (Daniel), have a child and then use that child as a pawn in a game of marriage with no love? Or that a past rapist can work his way to the top and become a DA? Or that a woman can attempt to murder someone by running them down (Phyllis) and then go on to do more horrific acts but be put on a pedestal? Or that jumping from bed to bed to bed (Phyllis, Sharon, Nikki, Billy, Nick, Victor, Eden, etc., etc.) is a good way to go through life? Where is the romance? Where are at least a few residents of GC who have had and will have morales and ethics? I think it's great to have some of these SLs to keep the show interesting, but I think they'd do better to have a little mix or true love and romance (or is that Cane and Lily who we rarely see because the show is saturated with Victor and Phyllis?). Personnally, I'm sick to death of Victor and Phyllis. They act the same exact way in every scene. Victor with his superior attitude and his, "Ummm...Ummm...Ummm..." to every word he says and Phyllis with her yelling, arms flying, repeating everything at least twice. It's no wonder the show is sinking.

Quote Backstreet:

I miss those wonderful romantic dinners at the Collinade room and those fabulous corporate stories at Chancellor and Newman and the wonderful Abbott family and those family breakfast scenes. I miss Mammie and I miss the inegrity of John Abbott. I miss those romantic buildups. The angst. The show is not like that anymore. It is dark, hard core sex, no romance at all. The writers don't obviously don't know hot to write romance. They have no clue what makes the audience want more either. They write junk and it shows everyday on this show. They don't know anything about being creative or even how to build a story. I don't where they get these writers but I do know that two of them were completely responsible for the ending of ATWT. The flopped that show out just like MAB is doing this one. It is horrible.

Quote MsSuperSuds: Hardcore daily gloom & doom on Y&R is difficult to watch. I miss the friendships, the dating, the romances, the love relationships, the family dramas, the parties, the fun times on Y&R. I hope some of that returns soon.