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The Young and the Restless New Archives: 2001
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January 2001
Donnelley To Make Sweeping Exit
According to published reports, Alex Donnelley (Diane) will leave The Young and the Restless for an undefined period of time beginning sometime in February.
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January 2001
Young Stars Dominated Nominations
One could dismiss the nominations in this year's Dankies as the result of an influx of teenager voters. However, looking at the work presented by the top nominees, that charge is easily dismissed.
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February 2001
Davidson Reportedly Found New Beau
Reports have surfaced that recently separated Eileen Davidson (Ashley) may have found comfort in the arms of co-star Vince Van Patten (Christian). Davidson and husband Jon Lindstrom (Kevin, Port Charles) separated in November.
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February 2001
Donnelley To Exit
CBS confirms that Alex Donnelley (Diane Jenkins) will leave The Young and the Restless this month.
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February 2001
Moore Extends Stay at Y&R
Fans dreading the announced departure of Shemar Moore (Malcolm) from The Young and the Restless in May have been granted a reprieve. The actor has extended his stay through the end of 2001.
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February 2001
GH Star on Y&R's Bunny Trail
Though her scheduled appearance was originally designed to last four episodes, Shell Danielson (ex Dominique, General Hospital) may be sticking around Genoa City a lot longer than that.
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February 2001
Ashley Bashes the Competition
We're not sure about the "restless" part, but we do know that this year's Y&R Online Awards winners definitely fell under the category of "young."
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April 2001
Hearst Released as Matt Clark
It may be fun to watch the bad guys (and the bad girls) on the soaps, but being a troublemaker usually comes with one big caveat - you can only be so bad for so long. When it comes to villains and villainesses on soap operas, there usually are only a few ways to go - a character goes through a really tough time and comes out as one of the good guys or the character goes to jail or sometimes a the character ends up the victim of a major whodunit.
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May 2001
Behind The Scenes at the Emmys:
Finding Direction
It was just one year ago when The Young and the Restless received a whopping 28 Daytime Emmy nominations. That total put the soap in the Guinness Book of World Records under the category of "Most Emmy Nominations." Seven of those nominations turned into Emmys wins. That mark, however, was not a record. The mark had been set the previous year by General Hospital's eight Emmy wins.
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June 2001
Y&R and HDTV
At the close of this month, The Young and the Restless will become the first daytime television program to broadcast in High Definition Television (HDTV).
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August 2001
CBS Says Scott is Staying
According to a published report, Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) will remain on The Young and the Restless. The report has been confirmed in a very brief statement by a Y&R spokesperson.
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October 2001
Fear in the Sky for Y&R Star
It was supposed to be a routine flight, an attempt to return to normalcy. But it was anything but normal.
Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) was aboard an Air Canada flight that was forced to make an emergency landing late last week.
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October 2001
Serrano To Play Diego
Another World veteran Diego Serrano (ex Tomas Rivera) has joined the cast of The Young and the Restless. It had been believed that Serrano would play the role of a character named "Dante." That character has since been renamed to Diego -- and given a last name -- Guittierez.
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November 2001
Hearst's Future With Y&R Uncertain
When Rick Hearst's (Matt Clark) character on The Young and the Restless was killed off in May, it looked like the end of the actor's run on the show. The exit was storyline dictated - and it was a move that the writers and Hearst's fellow castmates weren't necessarily looking forward to.
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December 2001
Y&R Names New Executive Producer
There are changes atop the behind-the-scenes staff at The Young and the Restless.
On December 4th, CBS announced that Emmy award-winning producer David Shaughnessy had been named Y&R's new executive producer.
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December 2001
Veterans Replace Newcomers Atop the Dankies Nominations
What a difference a year makes. Last year's Y&R edition of the Soap Opera Central Awards were dominated by the show's younger talent. David Tom (Billy Abbott) earned his feathers by besting some of the show's top male performers in the Outstanding Lead Actor category.
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