CBS has two soap operas on the air. The Young and the Restless has the highest ratings of any of the broadcast soaps. The Bold and the Beautiful is in a distant second place. Are the ratings high enough for it to be renewed for the 2017-18 season or, could it be cancelled? Stay tuned.
Premiering on CBS on March 23rd in 1987, The Bold and the Beautiful revolves around the Forrester family and their fashion house in Los Angeles. Castmembers include Ashleigh Brewer, Darin Brooks, Dick Christie, Scott Clifton, Felisha Cooper, Don Diamont, Pierson Fodé, Linsey Godfrey, Reign Edwards, Rome Flynn, Sean Kanan, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Alley Mills, Karla Mosley, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Rena Sofer, Aaron D. Spears, Heather Tom, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, and Jacob Young.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available. You can see how the ratings for the four soap operas compare here.
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For comparisons: The 2015-16 season of The Bold and the Beautiful averaged a 0.85 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 3.70 million total viewers.
Raw data courtesy Soap Opera Network.
What do you think? Do you still like The Bold and the Beautiful TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for additional seasons?
6/20/17 update: CBS has renewed The Bold and the Beautiful for the 2017-18 season.
Renew it! Both of them. I am a bigger fan of The Bold and Beautiful but like the Young and the Restless as well. These are the only two Soap Operas I enjoy. Sad to see it go as I just heard it is canceled effective immediately.
I would hate to see the Bold and The Beautiful cancelled since I have been a fan since it first aired in 1987. Anything you put in it place would lose me has a viewer because that is the one soap I watch so please keep it on the air and save our soaps!!!!!
Please renew! I love The Bold and Beautiful. Always was a big fan.
Renew it!
Personally I prefer it to any other soap opera, I want you to keep the show going. The actors act each day as if it is fresh and new, I do not want to see this show go off the air.
Please do not take off I watch it every day and always tape it when i am not hpme
The young an restless an bold an the beautiful need to be renewed their great shows.
Please don’t cancel! I have lot of my friends and I watch it everyday that they are on a Tv . We call each other or gather together to talk about the series.
Both my mom and I have been watching B&B for years – would hate to see it canceled! And I particularly like the storyline of Quinn changing for the better – it’s nice to see something positive on a soap rather than all the back-stabbing and negative stuff.
Please do not cancel my soap …. I record this every day , never miss it…
Just watch the show you recorded it’s the same as next one, and the one after that…Brooke,Bill,Ridge then Steffy,Liam, Wyatt repeat and then music and flash backs
I think cancelled. It’s boring. Tired of the story of Steffy and Liam. And Brooke. Make the characters Bold and Beautiful,everyone’s love life is crazy. Stuffy should be head strong and classy like her grandmother was. Instead the story line is more like Brooke was back in the day . Want more about the Fashions.
I like it. Please don’t cancel.
Bold and the Beautiful is the best soap opera on TV. Thorsten Kaye is an amazing actor. Stopped watching Young and the Restless and started watching B&B when Thorsten joined the cast. Been hooked ever since!!
QUINN SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED FOR HER PAST BAD BEHAVIOR. THAT’S WHY VIEWERS HAVE STOPPED WATCHING. SHE DOES ALL THOSE HORRIFIC CRIMES THEN SHE BECOMES THE “ANGEL” OF THE SHOW. WHERE IS THE REPENTENCE? DON’T MAKE HER INTO A MARTY SO QUICK. THIS STORYLINE HAS ALIENATED MANY VIEWERS .
i agreed i strongly agreed . quinn cant expect people to believe that she changed because of man . no never will buy . quinn dont deserve to have any happiness for her bad behavior.
Perhaps the writers should shift their focus from empowering the show’s more villainous characters to what, I believe, is what most of us would like to see happen. I’m so sick and tired of seeing the greedy, power-hungry, self-serving characters get away with everything on the show that I’ve actually stopped watching for long periods of time. I, for one, would much rather see characters like Steffie and Ridge knocked down a peg or two for a change. Perhaps we could see Quinn slowly become accepted by Eric’s family. We all love an underdog story line. It just seems to… Read more »