Due to CBS Sports coverage of the March Madness NCAA college basketball tournament, The Young and the Restless did not air.
This was a planned preemption, and there were no "lost" episodes as a result of the less-than-soapy schedule change. Regular programming resumed on Monday, March 25, and picked up where the Wednesday, March 20, episode concluded.
To celebrate Soap Central's 30th anniversary, here is a look at what was happening on Y&R during the March Madness period in other years -- and there has been a lot of drama, including a shocking maternity reveal, two look-alikes, a long-lost relative, and, of course, Y&R's very first episode!
MARCH 1973
The Young and the Restless debuted. The mysterious Brad Elliot arrives in Genoa City, and viewers are introduced to the legendary Brooks and Foster families. Click here for the complete recap of this week
MARCH 1993
Neil and Drucilla honeymooned in Antigua. Brad secretly had the newlyweds' apartment completely overhauled by an interior designer. Nikki found herself torn between Jack and Victor. Jill told John that she was pregnant, but John's reaction was not what she expected. Click here for the complete recap of this week
MARCH 2009
Amber begged Kevin to go home, but he wanted to drive to Canada instead. Michael and Daniel found Clint's dead body. Jana was rushed to the hospital because she had severe headaches. Jeffrey hired a bounty hunter to search for Kevin. Cane proposed to Lily, but she turned him down because she did not agree with his quest to obtain full custody of Cordelia. Jill fired Billy, Ashley, Jack, and Mary Jane from Jabot and appointed Cane as CEO of the company. In order to prove that Katherine was alive, Nikki and Katherine asked Jill to exhume Marge's body and conduct a DNA test. Initially, Jill refused, but she eventually said yes when Victor offered to give her his Jabot stock in exchange for a third DNA test. The DNA test proved that Jill was not related to Katherine or Marge. Katherine told Jill that Jill was not her daughter. Jill scoffed but seemed worried. Click here for the complete recap of this week
MARCH 2019
Rey agreed to help Nick and Billy make things right for Nikki, Victoria, and Sharon. Rey staged it to look like the women's prison transport van had been in an accident, allowing Nick to whisk the women away to the Abbott cabin. Hoping to lure J.T. out of hiding, Nick and Billy plotted to make it look like the women were being held at a Dark Horse warehouse before being smuggled out of the country. At the cabin, J.T. knocked out the guards, swiped the women's burner phone, and cut the power. J.T. tied Nikki, Victoria, and Sharon up at gunpoint. Complaining of horrible pain in his head, J.T. flew into a rage, smashing everything around him and damaging a gas line. The women begged J.T. to release them, but he collapsed. Phyllis followed Billy to the cabin. A clearly shaken Summer proceeded with the transplant surgery. Abby speculated that Summer had blackmailed Kyle into marriage, but he denied it. Nate reported that Lola was in recovery, but he told Kyle that Summer's surgery hadn't gone as well. Mia and Arturo reflected back on having sex on the night of the storm. Mia threatened to tell Abby that they'd slept together unless Arturo convinced Rey to take Mia back. Devon discovered that Ana had tracked down her biological father, singer Jet Slade, and had been providing money to help with his health problems. Ana and Jet continued to decline Devon's offers of financial assistance. Click here for the complete recap of this week
MARCH 2022
Victor received bank statements Michael had sent before his disappearance, proving that a shell company owned by Ashland had deposited large sums of cash into the account of the Peruvian doctor who'd claimed he'd been paid to falsify Ashland's medical records. Victor showed the statements to Victoria, whose faith in Ashland began to waver. Victor appealed to Nick to try to make Victoria see reason. Adam was appalled that Nick was Victor's strategy to combat Ashland, and he asserted that Victoria was the one who'd failed their family. Victoria started to voice her doubts to Nick, but Ashland interrupted. Nate confronted Ashland with medical evidence that Ashland had faked his cancer diagnosis. Ashland threatened to have Nate's medical license revoked and claimed he could prove his innocence. Nate went to Victor and Adam and announced he had the smoking gun they'd been looking for. Sally sought Sharon's advice about Adam. Lauren's worry about Michael's absence escalated when Sally blabbed that Victor was having his people search for Michael in Peru. Chelsea and Sally declared a tentative truce. Jack learned that Allie was Keemo's daughter and that Keemo had claimed he'd never met his father. A shell-shocked Allie told Jack that she wasn't interested in getting to know him, but she later gifted him with a figurine that Keemo had treasured. Jack decided to return to Genoa City without figuring out who'd sent the mysterious text messages that had lured him to L.A. Click here for the complete recap of this week