Back in March 2022, CBS renewed The Bold and the Beautiful for two more seasons. The show’s 37th year, aka the current 2023-24 broadcast television season, is the final year in that order. Could this end up being the end of the youngest network serial in daytime? Stay tuned.
Premiering on CBS on March 23rd in 1987, The Bold and the Beautiful revolves around the Forrester family and their fashion house, Forrester Creations, in Los Angeles. The daytime drama’s cast includes Krista Allen, Matthew Atkinson, Kimberlin Brown, Darin Brooks, Scott Clifton, Delon de Metz, Don Diamont, Joshua Hoffman, Sean Kanan, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Annika Noelle, Tanner Novlan, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Heather Tom, Diamond White, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, and Lisa Yamada. Recurring players include Dick Christie, Cassandra Creech, Justin Davis, Jennifer Gareis, Sophia Paras McKinlay, Ashley Jones, Ted King, Dan Martin, Naomi Matsuda, Alley Mills, Romy Park, Aaron D. Spears, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Jeremy Ray Valdez.
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 three soap operas compare here.
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For comparisons: The 2022-23 season of The Bold and the Beautiful averaged a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 2.81 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 a 38th season?