Browsing: The Bold and the Beautiful

Ratings Report for the Week of May 19-23, 2014

With the traditional 2013-2014 television season (September to May) now concluded, CBS Daytime has posted overall year-to-year growth in total viewers, while also posting 2014 May Sweep increases in viewers and in the key sales demos compared to the 2013 May Sweeps period.

Ratings Report for the Week of May 12-16, 2014

For the ninth consecutive year CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” received a nomination for the Monte Carlo Television Festival’s International TV Audience Awards, which honors programs that garnered the highest number of viewers worldwide in 2013 across five continents. “B&B” is nominated in the “Telenovela/Soap Opera” category. To coincide with its nomination, the soap has announced the addition of Australian actress Ashleigh Brewer (ex- Kate Ramsay, “Neighbours”) to its cast in the newly created contract role of Ivy Forrester, who is the niece of patriarch Eric Forrester (John McCook).

This is literally the best time of Linsey Godfrey’s life; not only is “The Bold and the Beautiful” star engaged…

Ratings Report for the Week of May 5-9, 2014

Ratings Report for the Week of April 28 – May 2, 2014

While “The Bold and the Beautiful” is bringing awareness to pet adoption with the recent Liam (Scott Clifton) and Hope…

Just before learning he was once again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Liam Spencer on CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful,” actor Scott Clifton took time out of his busy day to speak with Soap Opera Network about a topic that he is very passionate about: Animals. Although Clifton was battling pneumonia at the time of our discussion, his passion for those animals desperately in need of the love and companionship that one can bring helped him push forward as he provided details on how the storyline featuring the Los Angeles Animal Shelter came about, the behind the scenes reality surrounding Liam’s gift to girlfriend Hope Logan (Kim Matula), and how he went from a dog person to a cat person.

CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” celebrated its 27th anniversary last month, which happened to coincide with yet another international trip – Dubai and Abu Dhabi. But it is the show’s principle Southern California setting that has truly helped the series shine after all these years. Beginning today, CBS.com has launched “The Bold and the Beautiful On Location,” a new interactive feature that gives fans a virtual tour to 22 locations throughout Southern California, where the daytime soap has filmed some of its most memorable scenes. To see the map, visit www.cbs.com/BoldOnLocation.

Ratings Report for the Week of April 21-25, 2014

First “General Hospital” snagged “The Young and the Restless” alum Michelle Stafford (ex-Phyllis Summers), and now comes word that the ABC soap has snagged “The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Ronn Moss (ex-Ridge Forrester) as well!

When Bradford Anderson woke up this morning he didn’t immediately know that he had received his fifth Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Damian Spinelli on ABC’s “General Hospital.” How is that even possible, you ask? “I sleep with my phone off,” the actor admits. “That’s the fun thing about being on the west coast. You generally wake up to the news.” He adds, “Just turning on my phone and seeing how many emails and texts I get is generally an indication of a ‘yay’ or a ‘nay.'”

In case you were wondering how the networks and the shows stacked up when nominees for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, Soap Opera Network has you covered! As previously reported, CBS leads the pack with 61 nominations overall with “The Young and the Restless” in particular leading all shows with 26 nominations. But, how do the other networks and shows stack up?

The cast and crew of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” woke up to the exciting news that their show received 18 nominations for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. While the nominees wait to find out which of their nominations result in a win from each of their respective categories, the show itself has released an interesting breakdown on the history of each category as it relates to their individual nominees.

Like it did last year, CBS swept “The 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” nominations with 61 nominations in total, leading all networks. This was an increase from the 49 nominations it received last year. “The Young and the Restless” led the way for the network with 26 nominations overall. It was followed by “The Bold and the Beautiful” with 18. Like last year, “The Talk” had 5 nominations. “CBS Sunday Morning” and “Let’s Make a Deal” each received 3 nominations, while “The Price is Right” had 2 and “CBS This Morning” had 1.

When CBS opted to honor the life of Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor, “Y&R) with a special tribute airing in place of an original episode of the daytime soap, the decision resulted in an Emmy nomination for the emotional road down memory lane.

While acting, drama, writing, and directing are some of the more popularized categorizes, and will be part of “The 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” whether or not its televised or streamed online on Sunday, June 22, those individuals behind the scenes are just as important to the success of a daytime drama as those that appear onscreen. With that in mind, Soap Opera Network breaks down the nominees in the creative arts categories, which will be awarded on Friday, June 20.

Today, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences officially announced the nominees of the 41st annual Daytime Emmy Awards! The list of pre-noms in the categories for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor and Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress, Younger Actor and Actress and more was whittled down to just a few final contenders who will compete for the coveted National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy award statuettes during the event that will be taking place on Sunday, June 22. Read on for the official list of nominees in the major categories!

During the final minutes of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the morning show revealed selected nominees for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” which remains without a TV home despite being scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 22 live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. According to David Michaels, Senior Executive Director and Co-Executive Producer of the awards show, however, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences does plan to stream the ceremony online if no TV deal can be made for this year.

“The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) already has a lot on his plate these days, but it’s possible the writers are looking to throw him one more loop: An unknown love child! Or at least, that’s what Dr. Chris Brown, host of the Australian series “Bondi Vet,” guessed could be the case when the sudser reportedly offered him a role on the series!