The Young and the Restless (1973)
elb11 1 points 1 month ago.

Yeah I’ve watched since day 1 also at the knee of my grandmother then my dad after he retired in my teens lol, CBS from 1230EST until 4pm when all the soaps were still on…Y&R,TBTB, ATWT, then my fave GL. Yes Melody Thomas Scott is the original and only actress to play Nikki to my knowledge, she’s still the Queen of the mansion, recovering alcoholic mostly but slipped up recently with help from her nemesis Jordan(actress Colleen Zenk who played Barbara on ATWT on CBS for yrs before it went off the air)who was the sister of Eve Howard(actress Margaret Mason also on DOOL) who Victor had an affair with back in the day but she killed herself because Victor wouldn’t take her back so Jordan is reeking revenge on the Newman’s. Nikki’s sister is Casey a DR who lives in Cali I believe right now. Sadly since the main Mr. Bell (writer) died the writing has gotten sucky and repetitive way too much, but I still have to watch it lol, they’re like my 2nd family lol. The stories pretty much stay the same just maybe a different person endures the situation. I guess once it stops airing on tv I’ll stop watching it…maybe lol.

AmieWarren 2 points 1 month ago.

Looked it up, and Erica Hope played Nikki in 1978 and Melody Thomas Scott took over in 1979. Yes! Casey! I remember how disgusted she was when Nikki first showed up working as a stripper. Y&R, DOOL, Another World and The Doctors were my three shows. I watched The Doctors with my mom when I was a tiny girl. It went off the air, then I watched a few short-lived soaps until I didn’t have time to watch anymore. The reason we watched NBC shows originally was because back in the 60s, there was no cable and we could only get NBC clearly because it was the local station. We had VHF and UHF channels, and UHF needed a rooftop antenna to come in clearly. We never had one, so we just watched NBC.