Five Things That Happened On March 26 In Soap History

In 1973, Young and Restless premiered on CBS. Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, the show debuted as a half-hour series and was originally focused on the moneyed Brooks family and the working class Foster clan. In the first episode, Dr. Brad Eliot, who was presumed dead in a car accident, was seen hitchhiking his way to Genoa City. As the series unfolded, rich alcoholic Katherine Chancellor, played by Jeanne Cooper, became a fan favorite, and her early rivalry with Jill Foster would fuel storyline for years.

In 2008 on Bold and Beautiful, Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo) swore up and down to her ex-husband, Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss), that she would not cross the line and fall in love with his younger half brother, Rick. Unbeknownst to Taylor, Rick was eavesdropping on the conversation, and later, he challenged Taylor to be honest with him about her feelings for him. Taylor admitted that part of her wanted to see where things led between them, but the other part of her felt too guilty to do so, as Rick was the first love of her daughter Phoebe.

In 2012, General Hospital's presumed-dead Robin was revealed to be alive — to the audience, at least. It would be nearly two years before she was properly reunited with her loved ones, who continued to mourn her "death." Kimberly McCullough, who began playing Robin in 1985, had made the decision to leave the show to focus on her burgeoning directing career, and explained to Soap Opera Digest in 2021, "I got into the ABC Directing program and I could really just commit and say, 'I’m a director, that’s what I do.' I remember that I was so supported. I remember all of the people on the show were like, 'We’re so sad to see you go, but you need to go,' you know? It was almost like graduating college or something and hoping to make my parents proud. At the time, I had no idea if any of this was going to work out. Thankfully, it has."

In 2013 on Young and Restless, Billy Abbott (Billy Miller) was taken aback when Victoria Newman Abbott (Amelia Heinle), his wife, told him that she wanted them to have a baby together and, to that end, she hoped to begin fertility treatments. He noted, "You're the one who's gonna have to do all the heavy lifting, with the appointments and the shots and the hormones and then all the aggravation. And that's a lot of work just to get pregnant." "I know," she replied. "And I love our little mishmash of a family. I love Reed and Johnny and Delia. I do." But, she explained, "Something's missing."

In 2018 on General Hospital, Kim Nero (Tamara Braun) and Julian Jerome (William deVry) slept together for the first time.