Bold and Charmed: The American soap opera that broke a ratings record and entered Guinness

The American soap opera “Tolmi and Charm” premiered on March 23, 1987 in , entered the Guinness record book and in 2012 television celebrated 25 years of continuous viewing. By early November 2021 about 8,900 episodes had been broadcast. It has been 37 years since the screening of the first episode of “Tolmi and Charm” by a CBS television station in the US but everyone remembers the series that entered and stayed home for good and made the fanatical television audience stop whatever she did at noon to watch dramatic developments. Especially the love triangle. Ridge – Caroline – Brooke monopolized interest and discussion. The series entered the Guinness record book as it managed to pin some 400 million viewers onto their screens. The direction of the first cycle was signed by Bill Glenn and Michael The script by William Bell, John Smith, Meg Bennett and Bradley Bell. In the main roles appeared: John McCook (Eric Forrester), Susan Flaney (Stephany), Ron Moss (Ritz), Clayton Knockron (Thorn), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brook), Joanna Johnson (Carolin), etc. The case The history of the perennial successful series unfolds in the bright Los Angeles, where two large fashion houses run by two powerful families, Forrester and Spectra, compete with each other. The stories of these two dynasties, their complex lives, their enmity, their love and intense strife unfold dramatically in the series. The Forrester Empire was founded by inspired designer Eric and his dynamic wife Stephanie. Their four children were born and raised in riches. Their firstborn son Ridge, also a designer at the Forrester house, Thorne who feels to be in the shadow of his great brother, Kristen who has married an AIDS carrier and lives outside Los Angeles, and their little daughter Felicia who is an independent spirit. On the other hand Sally Spectra is determined to reach the top of world fashion even stealing Forrester plans. He has two children, Macy and C.J. His father is Clark Garrison, an ambitious fashion designer who works at the Spectra house. He used to be married to Kristen and worked at the Forrester house. One of the most important and most recognisable characters in the series is undoubtedly Brooke Logan. Her relationship with Ridge is at the heart of developments without having lost any of her glamour. Chemical Brooke became general manager of the Forrester house, a position she won after her marriage to Eric. She is the eldest daughter of the Logan family and has three brothers, Storm, Donna and Katie. The Logan family used to connect with the Forresters long before Ridge met Brooke. Their mother, Beth, was a fellow student and Eric’s favorite but were forced to divorce after Stephanie became pregnant with Ridge. When Eric appeared to be coming close to Beth again, Stephanie transferred her husband Stephen Logan to Paris and she was forced to go with him. Although it was but a classic soap opera, the series “Tolme and Charm” wrote its own story on television. The recipe simply proved perfectly successful. Love triangles, intrigues, twists, and eviction between the two families. The series on Greek television The series “Tolmi and Charm” began airing in Greece at 13:30 noon from ET1 in the winter of 1988 and from the first days marked huge ratings and identified with the 1980s. Greek viewers coordinated every day on the first public television channel to watch the adventures of members of the Forrester family in Los Angeles, to discuss Ridge’s relationship with Caroline, Brooke and evil Stephanie Forrester and much more. Sometime in the mid – 1990 ’ s, the series’ promotional rights were taken by ANT1 who kept the same viewing time to follow in the coming years by SKAI, Star, Alter, Channel 10, NET, ET3 and finally Macedonia TV. Although its viewing time changed from one point on, “Tolmi and Charm” was a constant value of the lunch zone on Greek television. Although it has stopped airing in our country, it is the only American soap opera that has “consisted” for so many years, since all the rest have been shown for a few years during the ’90s – except for the Atithasa Niata series – before their screening was discontinued. “Tolme and Charm” continues to air in the U.S. with over 9,000 episodes and new actors.