The Bold and the Beautiful
Air Dates: 1987 - ????
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The Bold and the Beautiful, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell, debuted on March 23, 1987. The show's 5,000th episode aired February 16, 2007.
The show, which focuses upon the Forrester family and its Los Angeles, California fashion empire, Forrester Creations, has a number of unique characteristics that set it apart from other American soaps.
The show has the largest foreign audience of all American soaps. It is well known in Italy, where it airs under the title Beautiful, and in France, where it airs under the title Top models and Amour, gloire & beauté. It also has a huge fan base in Australia.
It is the only American soap opera to simulcast in Spanish for Hispanic viewers in the U.S. (under the title Belleza y poder).
This is also the only soap of the nine currently airing on American TV that runs for 30 minutes (the other shows run for an hour). It reaches around 450 million viewers daily, making it the #1 show the world.
Quotes
Eric Forrester: [the ownership of Forrester Creations is once again in question, so that lawyers are summoned] For the love of god, who is running this company?Stephanie: I am!
Ridge: I should be.
