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.
As the World Turns
On February 4, 1980, CBS moved and expanded "The Young and the Restless" to a full hour after the cancellation of the soap opera "Love of Life". "The Young and the Restless" moved from noon/11:00 am to 1:00 pm/noon (the former affiliate break timeslot) and "As the World Turns" was bumped up to 2:00 /1:00 pm and "Guiding Light" to 3:00/2:00 pm. On June 8, 1981, "As the World Turns" returned to its longtime 1:30/12:30 pm start time with "Search for Tomorrow" following at 2:30/1:30 pm and "The Young and the Restless" leading off the serial lineup at either noon/11:00 am or 12:30 pm/11:30 am (depending on affiliate preference).