<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> The Young and the Restless </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Also known as </Th> <Td> Y&R </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Soap opera Drama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> William J. Bell Lee Phillip Bell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written by </Th> <Td> Mal Young </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Td> Sally McDonald Owen Renfroe Conal O'Brien Casey Childs Michael Eilbaum See below </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Starring </Th> <Td> Present cast Former cast </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Theme music composer </Th> <Td> RC Cates Sharon Farber Rick Krizman Dominic Messinger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opening theme </Th> <Td> `` Nadia 's Theme '' by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin , Jr . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language ( s ) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 11,000 ( as of September 1 , 2016 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive producer ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mal Young </Li> <Li> ( and others ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Supervising Producers John Fisher Anthony Morina Producer Mary O'Leary Coordinating Producer Matthew J. Olsen Associate Producer Jimmy Freeman See below </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location ( s ) </Th> <Td> CBS Television City Los Angeles , California </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Camera setup </Th> <Td> Multiple - camera setup </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 30 minutes ( 1973 -- 80 ) 60 minutes ( 1980 -- present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production company ( s ) </Th> <Td> Bell Dramatic Serial Company ( 1973 -- present ) Corday Productions ( 1973 -- present ) Screen Gems ( 1973 -- 74 ) Columbia Pictures Television ( 1974 -- 2000 ) CPT Holdings , Inc. ( 1988 -- present ) Columbia TriStar Television ( 2000 -- 2002 ) Sony Pictures Television ( 2002 -- present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> Sony Pictures Television </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> CBS </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> NTSC ( 480i ) ( 1973 -- 2001 ) </Li> <Li> HDTV 1080i ( 2001 -- present ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Audio format </Th> <Td> Mono ( 1973 -- 87 ) Stereo ( 1987 -- present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> March 26 , 1973 ( 1973 - 03 - 26 ) -- present ( present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> As the World Turns </Li> <Li> The Bold and the Beautiful </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the young and the restless first aired
March 26 , 1973