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The Bold and the Beautiful

American television soap opera
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Summary

The Bold and the Beautiful is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,422 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: William J. Bell[3], Lee Phillip Bell[4]
  • Award received: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series[5], Zilveren Televizier-Tulp[6], International TV Audience Award for Best Telenovela/Soap Opera[7]
  • Director: Michael Stich[8], Deveney Kelly[9], Cynthia J. Popp[10], David Shaughnessy[11]
  • Composer: David Kurtz[12]
  • Genre: soap opera[13]
  • Cast member: John McCook[14], Susan Flannery[15], Jim Storm[16], Darin Brooks[17], Alley Mills[18], Jacqueline MacInnes Wood[19], Winsor Harmon[20], Eugena Washington[21], Jerry Ayres[22], Katherine Kelly Lang[23], Maitland Ward[24], Reign Edwards[25], Karla Mosley[26], Felisha Cooper[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Commons category: The Bold and the Beautiful[29]
  • Soundtrack release: Music of Passion and Romance[30]
  • Original broadcaster: CBS[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32]
  • Start time: March 23, 1987[33]
  • Characters: Caroline Spencer Forrester[34], Caroline Spencer[35]
  • Distributed by: New World Pictures[36]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[37]
  • Official website: https://www.cbs.com/shows/the_bold_and_the_beautiful/[38], https://www.boldandbeautiful.com[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Bold and the Beautiful[40]
  • Filming location: Lake Como[41]
  • Location of creation: Television City[42]
  • Number of episodes: 9898[43]
  • Executive producer: Bradley Bell[44]
  • List of characters: list of The Bold and the Beautiful characters[45]
  • Duration: 20[46], 21[47]
  • Number of seasons: 40[48]
  • Camera setup: multiple-camera setup[49]

Why It Matters

The Bold and the Beautiful has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did The Bold and the Beautiful receive?

Honors received include Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series[5], Zilveren Televizier-Tulp[6], and International TV Audience Award for Best Telenovela/Soap Opera[7].

Related Entities

Los Angeles United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  2. 5w ago · Tomasz Domański 21.05.1993 · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of seasons → {'amount': '+40'}
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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