The Young and the Restless
American daytime soap opera
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| June 16 2025 | Billy Flynn joins the cast of The Young and the Restless during the week of June 16, 2025 |
| May 28 2025 | Jai Rodriguez joins the cast of The Young and the Restless, playing the character Pietro |
| May 14 2025 | Vincent Stalba appears as Carter on The Young and the Restless |
| May 2 2025 | Allison Lanier begins portraying Summer Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless |
| 2025 | Nathan Owens set to appear as Holden |
| 2024 | Camryn Grimes returns to the show, reprising her role as Mariah Copeland, and several new actors join the cast including Christopher Cousins as Alan Laurent and Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis. |
| 2024 | Christopher Cousins begins playing Alan Laurent, Redding Munsell starts as Harrison Locke, Valarie Pettiford begins her role as Amy Lewis, and Loren Lott returns to the show |
| 2024 | Camryn Grimes returns to the show, continuing her recurring appearances as various characters. |
| 2024 | Camryn Grimes reprises her role as Cassie Newman. |
| November 13 2024 | The show aired its 13,000th episode. |
| October 9 2024 | Scott announced to return to the soap as a senior producer. |
| February 27 2024 | CBS renewed the series to run through the 2027-2028 television season. |
| 2023 | Veronica Redd returns to the show as Mamie Johnson, J. Eddie Peck returns as Cole Howard, Chene Lawson returns as Yolanda Hamilton, and Lily Brooks O'Briant begins playing Lucy Romalotti |
| 2023 | Hayley Erin returns to the show, this time playing Claire Grace after previously portraying Abby Newman. |
| March 2023 | Updated the opening title sequence in celebration of the soap's 50th anniversary. |
| 2022 | Zuleyka Silver joins the cast as Audra Charles, and Michelle Stafford returns to her role as Phyllis Summers. |
| 2022 | Several notable cast changes occurred, including the arrival of Jordi Vilasuso as Rey Rosales and his subsequent departure |
| 2022 | Kelsey Wang begins her role as Allie Nguyen, Paxton Mishkind debuts as Johnny Abbott, and Michael Damian returns as Danny Romalotti |
| 2022 | Kelsey Wang begins her role as Allie Nguyen, and Paxton Mishkind starts playing Johnny Abbott |
| 2022 | Allison Lanier joins the cast as Summer Newman, and Zuleyka Silver debuts as Audra Charles. |
| 2022 | Susan Walters returns to the show as Diane Jenkins Abbott, and Zuleyka Silver debuts as Audra Charles. |
| September 29 2022 | The show announces the production of showcasts (audio episodes) for its 50th season. |
| 2021 | Reylynn Caster starts as Faith Newman, Conner Floyd begins playing Chance Chancellor, and Rory Gibson first appears as Noah Newman |
| 2020 | Doug Davidson's long-running role as Paul Williams ended after 42 years on the show. |
| 2020 | Courtney Hope joins the cast as Sally Spectra. |
| 2020 | Leigh-Anne Rose begins her role as Imani Benedict |
| 2020 | The show ends its long-standing run as the number-one rated soap opera after maintaining the top position since 1988. |
| December 1 2020 | The show airs its 12,000th episode. |
| March 20 2020 | After 32 years, The Young and the Restless loses its number-one soap opera position to The Bold and the Beautiful, but reclaims the top spot the following week. |
| January 30 2020 | CBS renews the serial through 2024. |
| 2019 | Kristoff St. John passes away, ending his nearly three-decade run on the show as Neil Winters. |
| 2019 | Mishael Morgan transitions to playing Amanda Sinclair, and Judah Mackey starts as Connor Newman |
| 2019 | Mark Grossman starts playing Adam Newman, and Sean Dominic begins portraying Nate Hastings. |
| 2019 | Jordi Vilasuso joins the cast as Rey Rosales, a character he would play until 2022. |
| 2019 | Mal Young concludes his tenure as Executive Producer and Head Writer of The Young and the Restless |
| 2019 | Doug Davidson, who played Paul Williams for over 40 years, is written out of the show after a long-running role from 1978 to 2020. |
| 2018 | Michael Mealor begins playing Kyle Abbott. |
| December 2018 | Mal Young announces his decision to leave the serial. |
| December 2018 | Young announces his decision to leave the serial. Anthony Morina is announced as executive producer, with Josh Griffith named co-executive producer and head writer. |
| 2017 | Cait Fairbanks begins portraying Tessa Porter |
| October 25 2017 | Mal Young begins his tenure as head writer, succeeding Sally Sussman. |
| February 2017 | Updated the opening title sequence in anticipation of the soap's 44th anniversary. |
| 2016 | Jason Thompson begins playing Billy Abbott, and Michael Graziadei briefly returns to the show. |
| 2016 | Nichelle Nichols appeared as Neil Winter's mother Lucinda for two appearances. |
| 2016 | Kay Alden becomes Story Consultant, a role she continues to hold at the time of this record. |
| 2016 | Mal Young begins his role as Executive Producer and Head Writer of the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless |
| 2016 | Jill Farren Phelps concluded her tenure as Executive Producer of The Young and the Restless |
| 2016 | Sally Sussman Morina becomes Head Writer. Michael Montgomery becomes Script Editor |
| December 2016 | Mal Young announces his decision to leave the serial |
| 2015 | Peter Bergman temporarily plays the character of Marco Annicelli alongside his main role of Jack Abbott. |
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