Bradley Bell

So they're kind of, like, the company that's, like, starting to elevate all of, like, this space.

And so, I mean, Hollywood Starlet was actually created by Bradley Bell, who did Build It Beautiful.

And they're trying to make that a long-running...

The first long running vertical soap opera.

Yeah, that feeds perfectly into how we're conditioned to consume media right now.

Like Bradley Bell, the guy who writes The Bold and the Beautiful, he just launched a new series called Hollywood Starlet.

But it's not for TV?

No, it's a 40-episode micro drama designed exclusively to be watched vertically on your phone.

And we enjoyed it.

But, you know, the producer, Brad Bell, just said, you know, That show with the Foresters was like Dynasty and Knotts Landing and Falcon Crest and Dallas.

Everybody was just dressed to the nines.

Sure.

The white room.

I went completely like I was somewhere else.

And the producer was up in the control room.

And they came over the loudspeaker.

but yeah.

I knew they were rich because Beyoncé bought Brad Bell's old house for millions and millions of dollars, so I knew [laughs] they might literally have $2 billion.

I think it's great that, you know, The Young and the Restless is gonna have episodes on N- on Netflix Canada.

It's sad it's probably Josh Griffith-penned episodes, but I guess that's nice, too.

[laughs] I mean, it's just, their story is what they wrote, uh, f- on their shows.

Um, I have to commend, you know, commend this, this family.

I mean, b- Brad Bell celebrating 40 years of Bold and the Beautiful next year and, uh, the way William Bell Jr. is able to, you know, able to get that deal where they were able to o- you know, get ownership of at least of Bold and the Beautiful, where they have creative control and autonomy and, you know, the, the power to do what they want.

I wish that extended to The Young and the Restless throughout these years, but hey, what can you do? At least they still have stakes in that show.

The fact is Katie needs another designer to do couture, but the cast is so small.

I don't know if Brad Bell would hire somebody new.

And don't forget, Zenday worked closely with Eric and Ridge on KOTOR, even though ready to wear is his passion, as Zenday has said before.

But he might like KOTOR more if Zenday had total creative control, because before over at Forrester, he was answering to Ridge and Eric and was kind of having to work off their aesthetic.

I think it'd be pretty funny if Will runs into Brooke and mentions any of this to his aunt, because she might be really ticked off at Katie with this Stephanie comparison even more than Brooke's already ticked off at her.

And then next week, September 28th through October 2nd on The Bold and the Beautiful, Brooke's going to be back on screen soon after Katherine Kelly Lang took a break from filming and And Brad Bell said that Brooke has her own storyline coming up for fall that's going to be really dramatic.

We'll find out fallout after RJ alienates Zenday over Elektra's youth line.

And I'm curious to see if RJ mishandles things.