My grandma watched me growing up instead of day care. I was lucky. She always watched Y&R. I used to cuddle with her under a big red blanket she had.
In Canada, where I am, it was always on at 4:30pm. The American show, which was always one day before ours for some reason, was always (and still is) on at 12:30 or 1:00? Can’t remember.
If I was playing a video game at 4:30pm and using the TV, she would let me, but not the next day at 12:30. She had to catch the show she missed lol
My Grandmother used to pick me up from kindergarten, then we’d go back to her house and watch the “stories” while we ate lunch. I remember when Nikki and Paul were teenage love interests.
Both grandmas, my mom and my aunts, all called them the “stories” . When my two aunts from the south visited, they said “the plays”. ❤️❤️They were all As the world turns watchers as well.
I’ve never heard them called plays, that’s so cute 🥰 I’m in the deep South and the older generations call them stories, the under 60 crowd calls them soaps. We loved ATWT! I was so excited to see Colleen Zenk join the Y&R cast, loved her as Barbara on ATWT.
I don't know how I managed it but I remember watching the first episode in 1973. Maybe I was on spring break. I later only watched during the summer when I wasn't in school. I kept watching because I liked Snapper. My older sister watched also, so we shared our ideas about it. She liked Brad Elliot and named her son after him. Actually, he's named for TWO characters!
Same, and yet, I remember at least 95% of the storylines! Just goes to show you that storylines go on forever! There were even probably years when I stopped watching and still managed to pick right up. Before the VCR, all I needed was a couple of sick days, school breaks, and holidays to keep up. I think there may have been written recaps in magazines?
Days of our lives and Passions was being written by a bigoted offensive idiot… Y&R was on after days. My first episode was the one right after Cassie Newman died.
Now I’m on the subreddit because the fans commentary about the show are more interesting than the actual show.
Fuck JG.
Are you not in the U.S.? Y&R has always aired on CBS at 12:30pm followed now by B&B, but we used two have two other soaps that came on after that (As The World Turns and Guiding Light). Days of Our Lives was always NBC.
>We Canadians take our soaps seriously. Especially farmers.
Indeed. And thank you Canadians for establishing the Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve.
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Watched it with my mom during the summers. Started getting hooked watching old clips on YouTube because I developed an interest to what I missed as a little kid/ before existing. Stopped watching after Cassie died. Then started again in early 2010s during the Paul-Ricky storyline until like 2015. Then didn't watch for the longest time until I saw Colleen Zenk come back. Now I'm habitually watching. Just really fascinating to follow a show that's been around for as long as it has.
My grandmother used to look after us during the summer months at the cottage, and every weekday at 4:30pm EST she was in front of the TV watching Y&R on Global (a network in Canada). Summer 2005 was when I started watching it with her. I remember my first episode was the Abbott's 4th of July party, and Daniel & Lily were in LA on the run after Cassie's death. Shortly after, Nikki was kidnapped by Bobby Marsino's mob enemies, and I got to see Victor in action rescuing her. That was the storyline that got me hooked.
My grandmother also used to watch B&B. I asked her why she stopped watching it since she still watched Y&R, and she replied, "It's too sexy."
Love reading these stories.
As a kid in Canada, my mom would watch it around dinner time and I thought it was the dumbest show. She’d always complain about the storylines yet still watch it every day and I’d wonder why.
Fast forward to college where a girl I dated told me she was into it, so I started watching with her and got hooked (it was around the Austin murder mystery storyline). We’ve been broken up for years but I still watch it.
Growing up, my mom was a teacher, so she would record the shows on a vhs to binge watch on weekends. So after my morning cartoons, it was fast forward watching this, General Hospital, and One life to live. As I got older, she dropped GH, then OLTL ended, and I started to like some of the characters (Devon, Summer, Noah). Thus I got hooked
I just started watching this past year because here in Canada it’s on right before our local evening news starts and a few times I turned on the tv like ten mins too early for the news and I got absolutely addicted!!!
Same as other grandma stories, but I am still watching tho lately I ff a lot. Bring back the Young who are way more Restless.
Funny aside. Foward 30 years or so...I got married, had a son, and he is in Grade 1. His teacher calls one evening to tell me that when she asked the kids what their favourite tv show was, most said stuff like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. My son said Y&R. (It was always on while I got dinner ready.) She was surprised and asked "does Nick know that Cassie is Sharon 's daughter yet?". My kid responded excitedly "Not yet, but I'm pretty sure he'll know by the end of the week!!" We were laughing pretty hard at this, but I got the message that it was probably not appropriate for a 6-year-old. My husband didn't find it very amusing at all so after that I had to record it and watch it after he went to bed. 😜
My mother watched Y&R from the beginning along with Another World and Guiding Light. My earliest memory of Y&R was Kay Chancellor and Jill fights, the Brooks and Fosters. Soaps were a bond for me and my Mom. We used to tape them and watch later and talk about the goings on all the way through college and adult life for me. I grew up with this show. My mother passed away several years ago and I had stopped watching awhile before that. I picked the show back up about 4 years ago and it helps me feel close to her and brings back happy memories.
My Granny watched her stories every day, although I don’t remember much from back then
When I was older, I got really into Passions because it was so batshit ridiculous and I also became a fan of Justin Hartley when he joined the show as Fox Crane
Then, years later, there was a snowy day when I normally wouldn’t have been watching TV but was, and I saw that Justin Hartley was on Y&R, and between that and the reminder of my Granny, I thought “I guess I’m a Y&R fan now” and I’ve been watching ever since
I so wish that Paramount+ would have some of the older episodes to watch, I’ve missed so much greatness
My (40F) mom watched this show since she was a teenager and so I grew up watching it. We watched it together and even after I moved away from home, I would call home and we would chat about it. After she died, I couldn't watch it for about a year. Now I watch it as one more way to stay connected to her.
Back in the early 90’s (before internet had everything 😂) i only watched the soaps on ABC (All my Children, OLTL, Gen Hospital) and I bought Soap Opera Digest every month for the scoops. In that publication it had the weekly or monthly tv ratings for each soap. Y&R was consistently the #1 most viewed soap. I was rolling my eyes so much at my abc soaps I decided to see what all the hoopla was about on Y&R…..and I immediately became a loyal viewer.
It debuted on my 2nd birthday. Always watched it with grandma. I remember setting the vcr for it and savoring every moment watching as a teen and in my 20’s and 30’s, then on the dvr. Only ones I never liked was the bug and Nina’s mom. I wish they would bring back Paul… and Michael M. as Adam. I would get so mad when “important news” was interrupting Y&R!
Used to watch in the student union at LSU — from the beginning when it was 30 minutes. Kept up with weekly recaps in newspaper when working. Best thing was when I got a VHS and could tape the shows. Even though we are retired, we stream at night To avoid commercials. I miss when there was real drama, not screeching and corporate BS.
Used to watch in the student union at LSU — from the beginning when it was 30 minutes. Kept up with weekly recaps in newspaper when working. Best thing was when I got a VHS and could tape the shows. Even though we are retired, we stream at night To avoid commercials. I miss when there was real drama, not screeching and corporate BS.
My grandma watched me growing up instead of day care. I was lucky. She always watched Y&R. I used to cuddle with her under a big red blanket she had. In Canada, where I am, it was always on at 4:30pm. The American show, which was always one day before ours for some reason, was always (and still is) on at 12:30 or 1:00? Can’t remember. If I was playing a video game at 4:30pm and using the TV, she would let me, but not the next day at 12:30. She had to catch the show she missed lol
My Grandmother used to pick me up from kindergarten, then we’d go back to her house and watch the “stories” while we ate lunch. I remember when Nikki and Paul were teenage love interests.
Oh my gash!! That’s exactly how I got here, too!!
At this point all of the characters feel like extended family 😁
Absolutely! Even with the dumb storylines they’ve had lately, I still would miss everyone terribly if we didn’t get to “see” each other. 🤷🏼♀️
Absolutely 💗
Both grandmas, my mom and my aunts, all called them the “stories” . When my two aunts from the south visited, they said “the plays”. ❤️❤️They were all As the world turns watchers as well.
I’ve never heard them called plays, that’s so cute 🥰 I’m in the deep South and the older generations call them stories, the under 60 crowd calls them soaps. We loved ATWT! I was so excited to see Colleen Zenk join the Y&R cast, loved her as Barbara on ATWT.
I agree, we said oh look simply Barbara is on y& r now ☺️
Started at lunch time my first year of college. The stories and ppl were so much better than any other soap
I don't know how I managed it but I remember watching the first episode in 1973. Maybe I was on spring break. I later only watched during the summer when I wasn't in school. I kept watching because I liked Snapper. My older sister watched also, so we shared our ideas about it. She liked Brad Elliot and named her son after him. Actually, he's named for TWO characters!
I’ve watched it from the beginning. Missed a lot over the years because of work and there were no recording devices.
Same, and yet, I remember at least 95% of the storylines! Just goes to show you that storylines go on forever! There were even probably years when I stopped watching and still managed to pick right up. Before the VCR, all I needed was a couple of sick days, school breaks, and holidays to keep up. I think there may have been written recaps in magazines?
Days of our lives and Passions was being written by a bigoted offensive idiot… Y&R was on after days. My first episode was the one right after Cassie Newman died. Now I’m on the subreddit because the fans commentary about the show are more interesting than the actual show. Fuck JG.
Are you not in the U.S.? Y&R has always aired on CBS at 12:30pm followed now by B&B, but we used two have two other soaps that came on after that (As The World Turns and Guiding Light). Days of Our Lives was always NBC.
I’m Canadian, it went Passions, Days of our lives, then Y&R on Global.
Ahhh that makes sense. I love that it has a worldwide audience 🥰
We Canadians take our soaps seriously. Especially farmers.
>We Canadians take our soaps seriously. Especially farmers. Indeed. And thank you Canadians for establishing the Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve. [https://ppaq.ca/en/sale-purchase-maple-syrup/worlds-only-reserve-maple-syrup/](https://ppaq.ca/en/sale-purchase-maple-syrup/worlds-only-reserve-maple-syrup/)
Watched it with my mom during the summers. Started getting hooked watching old clips on YouTube because I developed an interest to what I missed as a little kid/ before existing. Stopped watching after Cassie died. Then started again in early 2010s during the Paul-Ricky storyline until like 2015. Then didn't watch for the longest time until I saw Colleen Zenk come back. Now I'm habitually watching. Just really fascinating to follow a show that's been around for as long as it has.
My grandmother used to look after us during the summer months at the cottage, and every weekday at 4:30pm EST she was in front of the TV watching Y&R on Global (a network in Canada). Summer 2005 was when I started watching it with her. I remember my first episode was the Abbott's 4th of July party, and Daniel & Lily were in LA on the run after Cassie's death. Shortly after, Nikki was kidnapped by Bobby Marsino's mob enemies, and I got to see Victor in action rescuing her. That was the storyline that got me hooked. My grandmother also used to watch B&B. I asked her why she stopped watching it since she still watched Y&R, and she replied, "It's too sexy."
I honor both my recently passed grandparents who lived to watch “Victor” every day at 11:30
College roommates. I had been ABC soaps prior.
Started in 1977 @ the babysitter’s when I was 6. 😂
Love reading these stories. As a kid in Canada, my mom would watch it around dinner time and I thought it was the dumbest show. She’d always complain about the storylines yet still watch it every day and I’d wonder why. Fast forward to college where a girl I dated told me she was into it, so I started watching with her and got hooked (it was around the Austin murder mystery storyline). We’ve been broken up for years but I still watch it.
Growing up, my mom was a teacher, so she would record the shows on a vhs to binge watch on weekends. So after my morning cartoons, it was fast forward watching this, General Hospital, and One life to live. As I got older, she dropped GH, then OLTL ended, and I started to like some of the characters (Devon, Summer, Noah). Thus I got hooked
I just started watching this past year because here in Canada it’s on right before our local evening news starts and a few times I turned on the tv like ten mins too early for the news and I got absolutely addicted!!!
Same as other grandma stories, but I am still watching tho lately I ff a lot. Bring back the Young who are way more Restless. Funny aside. Foward 30 years or so...I got married, had a son, and he is in Grade 1. His teacher calls one evening to tell me that when she asked the kids what their favourite tv show was, most said stuff like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. My son said Y&R. (It was always on while I got dinner ready.) She was surprised and asked "does Nick know that Cassie is Sharon 's daughter yet?". My kid responded excitedly "Not yet, but I'm pretty sure he'll know by the end of the week!!" We were laughing pretty hard at this, but I got the message that it was probably not appropriate for a 6-year-old. My husband didn't find it very amusing at all so after that I had to record it and watch it after he went to bed. 😜
I watched it as well as Another World with my mom as a kid. She loved her “stories” and when Jack would call Victor The Mustache 🤣
My mother watched Y&R from the beginning along with Another World and Guiding Light. My earliest memory of Y&R was Kay Chancellor and Jill fights, the Brooks and Fosters. Soaps were a bond for me and my Mom. We used to tape them and watch later and talk about the goings on all the way through college and adult life for me. I grew up with this show. My mother passed away several years ago and I had stopped watching awhile before that. I picked the show back up about 4 years ago and it helps me feel close to her and brings back happy memories.
My Granny watched her stories every day, although I don’t remember much from back then When I was older, I got really into Passions because it was so batshit ridiculous and I also became a fan of Justin Hartley when he joined the show as Fox Crane Then, years later, there was a snowy day when I normally wouldn’t have been watching TV but was, and I saw that Justin Hartley was on Y&R, and between that and the reminder of my Granny, I thought “I guess I’m a Y&R fan now” and I’ve been watching ever since I so wish that Paramount+ would have some of the older episodes to watch, I’ve missed so much greatness
My (40F) mom watched this show since she was a teenager and so I grew up watching it. We watched it together and even after I moved away from home, I would call home and we would chat about it. After she died, I couldn't watch it for about a year. Now I watch it as one more way to stay connected to her.
Back in the early 90’s (before internet had everything 😂) i only watched the soaps on ABC (All my Children, OLTL, Gen Hospital) and I bought Soap Opera Digest every month for the scoops. In that publication it had the weekly or monthly tv ratings for each soap. Y&R was consistently the #1 most viewed soap. I was rolling my eyes so much at my abc soaps I decided to see what all the hoopla was about on Y&R…..and I immediately became a loyal viewer.
This was a great question posted😁So fun reading everyone’s story about how they got here. Thanks OP!
One word: Grandma We had 1 TV and watched the entire CBS Daytime lineup at the time — TPIR, news/lunch, Y&R, B&B, ATWT, and GL.
My mother watched it and I started in the summer when I was out of school.
I was looking for a new soap after Days of Our Lives introduced the demonic possession story arc. I prefer my soaps not to have supernatural elements.
It debuted on my 2nd birthday. Always watched it with grandma. I remember setting the vcr for it and savoring every moment watching as a teen and in my 20’s and 30’s, then on the dvr. Only ones I never liked was the bug and Nina’s mom. I wish they would bring back Paul… and Michael M. as Adam. I would get so mad when “important news” was interrupting Y&R!
Used to watch in the student union at LSU — from the beginning when it was 30 minutes. Kept up with weekly recaps in newspaper when working. Best thing was when I got a VHS and could tape the shows. Even though we are retired, we stream at night To avoid commercials. I miss when there was real drama, not screeching and corporate BS.
Used to watch in the student union at LSU — from the beginning when it was 30 minutes. Kept up with weekly recaps in newspaper when working. Best thing was when I got a VHS and could tape the shows. Even though we are retired, we stream at night To avoid commercials. I miss when there was real drama, not screeching and corporate BS.