The Young and The Restless Daytime Soap Operas’ Hits and Misses of 2024

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If you still haven’t finished the last of the bubbly from New Year’s Eve, you should probably go ahead and pour it out. Though we’re loath to waste champagne, it has got to be flatter than a Friday episode without a cliffhanger by now:  We’re already a quarter of the way into 2024.

Hard to believe, right?

Having reached the three-month mark on the calendar, Soaps.com is looking back at the best and worst of the year (so far) on The Young and the RestlessThe Bold and the BeautifulGeneral HospitalDays of Our Lives and our primetime favorites. And the shows have certainly given us a lot to review, from a shocking death that surely belongs in air quotes to a villainess with as many wigs as she has dastardly plans, from a storyline that left us in desperate need of some “special mints” to a secret that was miraculously kept until the moment it was intended to be revealed.

Included in the below photo gallery, you’ll find our picks for 2024’s most engrossing soap as well as the one most in need of improvement, the silliest plot twist and the most upsetting real-life development. And yes, of course we singled out what had to be one of the weirdest episodes of any daytime drama ever. Maybe of any television show, period.

To see who “won” the awards, just click on the below photo gallery. Then hit the comments with any categories you think we should add at the six-month mark!

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