{"id":68546,"date":"2026-01-25T18:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=68546"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:08:27","slug":"yrrave2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/yrrave2\/","title":{"rendered":"Y&#038;R Raves and Rants #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b>Young and the Restless Opinion Article<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-68543\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chelseanikkiweekof011926.png\" alt=\"Chelsea and Nikki of &quot;The Young and The Restless&quot; on CBS weekdays (screencap)\" width=\"342\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chelseanikkiweekof011926.png 481w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chelseanikkiweekof011926-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Article written by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/28\/barbbbio\/\">Barbara<\/a> 1\/25\/26<\/p>\n<p>Here is what I liked and disliked about Y&amp;R for the week of 1\/19\/2026 (just my humble opinions, no particular order, just random musings)<\/p>\n<p><u>Raves:\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f44d\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4d\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udc4d\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udc4d\" \/><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Adam and Chelsea &#8211; I am really liking these two together, I think they have great chemistry, an organic and easy rapport and I&#8217;m rooting for them to stay together.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2665_fe0f\/72.png\" alt=\"\u2665\ufe0f\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" data-emoji=\"\u2665\ufe0f\" aria-label=\"\u2665\ufe0f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nikki bonding with Chelsea &#8211; I was touched by the scenes at Newman Ranch when Nikki told Chelsea she was happy to have her supporting the family, that Chelsea fits in and that she can see why Adam loves her so much.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f642\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\ude42\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\ude42\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tessa and Daniel make a nice couple, there&#8217;s definite sparks and chemistry between these two.\u00a0 (I prefer Tessa&#8217;s dark hair, the blonde makes her pretty face look kind of washed out)<\/p>\n<p>So nice to see Abby and Devon again and nuDominic is adorable. Unfortunately, Mariah, who I do not like, is going to become involved in their storyline, but the trade off is seeing Ian Ward, who I enjoy, even though he&#8217;s just a hallucination for Mariah.<\/p>\n<p><u>Rants:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f44e\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" \/><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Sally&#8217;s attitude &#8211; it seems like her sole purpose is to strut around whining and complaining to Billy and about him to her bestie, Audra.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes in the 1\/22 episode of Sally and Billy separately flashing back to previous conversations about Abbott Communications were overkill. Having to watch them arguing about their current situation is enough, don&#8217;t need to see them reviewing things in their minds.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s with Billy&#8217;s hair?! It looks like he was plugged into an electrical outlet!<\/p>\n<p>Amy &#8211; this week was the first time I&#8217;ve seen her in the current storyline, and I have no prior familiarity with the character because I wasn&#8217;t a Y&amp;R viewer back when she was initially on &#8230; ugh, I can&#8217;t stand her. She is abrasive and nosy, and the actress is horrible. Imho, she is trying way too hard (and falling flat). She is painful to watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style1\" align=\"left\"><i>The opinions in these articles are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TVMEG.COM or its other volunteers.<\/i><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style1\" align=\"left\">Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-68544\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/billyweekof011926.png\" alt=\"Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) on &quot;The Young and The Restless&quot; on CBS (screencap)\" width=\"285\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/billyweekof011926.png 497w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/billyweekof011926-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style1\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/20\/yrarticles\/\">Back to the Y&amp;R Articles Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/daytime\/yr\/\">Back to the Y&amp;R Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young and the Restless Opinion Article &nbsp; Article written by Barbara 1\/25\/26 Here is what I liked and disliked about Y&amp;R for the week of 1\/19\/2026 (just my humble opinions, no particular order, just random musings) Raves:\u00a0 Adam and Chelsea &#8211; I am really liking these two together, I think they have great chemistry, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,233],"tags":[433,126,125,124,75,273,421,234,237],"class_list":["post-68546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-yr","tag-cbs","tag-essay","tag-opinion","tag-writing","tag-yr","tag-young","tag-young-the-restless","tag-young-and-restless","tag-young-and-the-restless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68547,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68546\/revisions\/68547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}