The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictionalized version of Genoa City, Wisconsin. First broadcast on March 26, 1973, "The Young and the Restless" was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing encore episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when it moved to TVGN (now Pop). As of July 1, 2013, Pop still airs the encore episodes on weeknights. The series is also syndicated internationally.
Ryan's Hope
In 1981, CBS moved its ascendant "The Young and the Restless" to the same slot "Ryan's Hope" occupied, 12:30 Eastern/11:30 Central. The CBS soap garnered a 7.4 rating to a 6.9 for "Ryan's Hope". By the following year, CBS earned an 8.0 for the timeslot while "Ryan's Hope" slid to a 5.6. ABC fared better against the second half of "The Young and the Restless", as "All My Children" had ratings of 9.4 for 1982–83. The ratings continued to decline for "Ryan's Hope", and ABC realized it couldn't perform apace its other soaps. "Ryan's Hope" was moved to 12 noon Eastern/11:00 a.m. Central in October 1984 with the thought that if it had built an audience in a soap-free timeslot in its first 18 months, perhaps it could do so again.