What plans does the soap opera, “The Bold and The Beautiful” have to improve its online presence?”
It will be the only other soap opera to legally broadcast on the Internet video sharing entity, second to its sister show, “The Young and the Restless”. Full episodes in the U.S. are only accessible from CBS.com.
The Bold and the Beautiful (often abbreviated to B&B) is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their fashion house business Forrester Creations. The program features an ensemble cast, headed by its longest-serving actors Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester, John McCook as Eric Forrester, Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan, Ronn Moss as Ridge Forrester. The soap was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell as a sister show to their other soap opera The Young and the Restless. B&B is currently the only American soap opera with a running time of 30 minutes, and the only one to simulcast in Spanish utilizing SAP technology for Hispanic viewers in the United States. Since its premiere on CBS Daytime on March 23, 1987, the show has become the most-watched soap in the world with an audience of an estimated 26.2 million viewers. With the cancellation of Passions on August 7, 2008, B&B retakes its place as
BS.com [June 2] announced that beginning [June 2] it will offer its online full streaming episodes of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in Spanish. CBS’s THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL began as the only Daytime Drama to simulcast in Spanish via SAP (Secondary Audio Program) technology on the CBS Television Network on May 28, 2001. The Spanish feed of the series is dubbed by a second cast of Latino actors who do the voiceovers for each of the characters. The Spanish feed will also be available across the CBS Audience Network. Every day, thousands of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL fans visit www.cbs.com/bold to watch, interact, and share. “There is no more passionate fan than that of the CBS Daytime audience,” said Bill Binenstock, Vice President, CBS.com. “Working with the Bell-Phillip team and using SAP technology provides
