LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2012 – THE TALK will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of CBS Daytime’s Emmy award-winning soap opera THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL on Monday, March 19, 2012, (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT), with a special commemorative show featuring cast members John McCook, Texas Battle, Jacob Young, Katherine Kelly Lang, Kimberly Matula and Heather Tom.

The B&B cast will join THE TALK co-hosts in studio to discuss the legacy of the show and how it has touched and entertained viewers for the last 25 years. They’ll also look back on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s most memorable show moments, both on-camera and behind the scenes.

THE TALK, CBS’s daytime talk show, features a panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities discussing current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day. The daily one-hour series is co-hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler and airs weekdays (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT).  John Redmann and Gilbert, who developed the show, are executive producers.  

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is the recipient of three consecutive Daytime Entertainment Emmy® awards for “Outstanding Daytime Drama Series,” six consecutive Golden Nymph International TV Audience Awards in the “Telenovela/Soap Opera” category at the Monte Carlo Television Festival (B&B is seen daily by more than 35 million people in more than 100 countries), and was named the “Most Popular Daytime Soap Currently on TV” by Guinness World Records®. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is a Bell-Phillip Television production, broadcast weekdays (1:30-2:00 PM, ET; 12:30-1:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network. Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

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Press Contacts:

Kelli Raftery           The Talk      818-655-1598     kelli.raftery@cbs.com

Erin O’Brien           The Talk      818-655-1590     erin.obrien@cbs.com

Jennifer Solari        The Talk       818-655-7222     jennifer.solari@cbs.com

Cindy Marshall       CBS/B&B    818-655-1586     cindy.marshall@cbs.com

Eva Demirjian         B&B            323-575-3553     evad@boldandbeautiful.tv