List of The Young and the Restless characters (2016)
"The Young and the Restless" is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the soap opera in 2016, by order of first appearance. In the first half of the year, characters were introduced by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps until her replacement in the summer of 2016 by supervising producer Mal Young Young was first credited as executive producer on July 13, 2016. Co-executive producer and head writer Charles Pratt Jr. oversaw the creation and introduction of the characters until his replacement by Sally Sussman Morina. Sussman's tenure as head writer began taping on October 20, 2016, and is aired on December 7, 2016.
KMOV
From 1987 until September 11, 2015, KMOV aired "The Young and the Restless" on a same-day delay at 4:00 p.m. (serving as a lead-in for its early-evening newscasts), with "The Price Is Right" airing on a one-hour delay at 11:00 a.m.; KMOV also delayed "The Late Late Show" by a half-hour since 1997 under original host Tom Snyder (one of several CBS stations that have done this practice), in order to run syndicated programming after the "Late Show with David Letterman" (KMOV completely preempted "The Late Late Show" during the program's first two years on the air). On September 14, 2015, KMOV moved "The Price Is Right", "The Young and the Restless" and "The Late Late Show" to their recommended network time periods with the first full season under Meredith ownership, with the relocation of the former two shows occurring as a result of the launch of a half-hour 4:00 p.m. newscast.