<P> On September 18, 2014, former All My Children, Santa Barbara and General Hospital head writer Charles Pratt, Jr. was named as the new head writer of the show . Passanante, Altman and Thomson have been demoted to breakdown writers . Pratt was also named as co-executive producer sharing the credit with Phelps . On June 7, 2016, Serial Scoop announced that Phelps had been terminated from her position as executive producer; a replacement was not named at the time of their reporting . The following morning, Sony Pictures Television confirmed to several media outlets that Phelps had been let go from her position; British television producer Mal Young was announced as Phelps' replacement . Phelps' last appearance as executive producer was July 12, 2016, while Young's first appearance occurred the following day on July 13 . On September 13, 2016, it was announced that Pratt was named as executive producer and show - runner of Lee Daniels' Star . The same day, Daytime Confidential revealed that former Generations and Days of Our Lives head writer Sally Sussman, who previously had positions with the show, such as Associate Head Writer, was in - talks to replace Pratt as Head Writer . On September 15, 2016, it was confirmed that Sussman was named as the soap's new head writer . </P> <P> On September 21, 2016, Daytime Confidential reported that after ten years since leaving the soap, Alden had been re-hired to be a story consultant under Sussman's regime . Sussman's tenure as head writer began taping on October 20, 2016, and began airing on December 7, 2016 . On June 20, 2017, CBS announced its decision to renew the serial for three years . On July 31, 2017, it was announced that both Alden and Sussman would retire from their positions; Young was named as Sussman's successor as head writer . Sussman last aired as head writer on October 24, 2017 . Young's tenure as head writer aired on October 25, 2017 . </P> <P> Taped at CBS Television City, studios 41 and 43 in Hollywood since its debut on March 26, 1973, the show was packaged by the distribution company Columbia Pictures Television, which has now been replaced by Sony Pictures Television . The Young and the Restless originally aired as a half - hour series on CBS and was the first soap opera to focus on the visual aspects of production, creating "a look that broke with the visual conventions of the genre ." Similar to the radio serials that had preceded them, soap operas at the time primarily focused on dialogue, characters, and story, with details like sets as secondary concerns . The Young and the Restless stood out by using unique lighting techniques and camera angles, similar to Hollywood - style productions . The style of videotaping included using out - of - the - ordinary camera angles and a large number of facial close - ups with bright lighting on the actors' faces . Conboy said he used lighting to create "artistic effects". Those effects made the series look dark, shadowy, and moody . The Young and the Restless' look influenced the taping styles of other soap operas . When H. Wesley Kenney replaced Conboy as executive producer, he balanced the lighting of the scenes . </P> <P> Due to the success of the series, CBS and their affiliates pressured Bell to lengthen the series from 30 minutes to a full hour . Bell attributed this change to the show's fall from number one in the Nielsen ratings, since the lengthening of the show led to the departure of a number of cast members . "The issue of performing in a one - hour show had not been part of their contracts," Bell said . This forced the show to recast multiple main characters and eventually phase out the original core families in favor of new ones . The show expanded to one hour on February 4, 1980 . It airs at 12: 30pm ET / 11: 00am CT / PT, although some stations opt to air it at 11: 30am CT . </P>

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