Many fans of soaps lament the fact that it’s not very easy to check out older episodes. In the past, there was a cable and satellite channel called SoapNet that provided evening showings of all soaps that aired on a given day. Sadly, it only dabbled in past episodes and is no more. But now, fans of The Bold and the Beautiful can rejoice. Classic episodes are being served up on a new streaming platform, and it could open the floodgates for other shows to do the same.
Shout It to the Mountaintops
Shout! Factory is a video distribution company that releases cult and classic film and TV shows, often with restored, high-quality versions, appealing to fans everywhere. Now, they’ve got a deal that will definitely appeal to B&B fans. Its television arm, Shout! TV, has taken its Free Ad-supported Streaming Television channel, aka FAST, and AVOD, its Advertising Video On Demand channels, and struck a deal to have them on Prime Video.
Now, fans can catch episodes from 1987, streaming live. According to Michael Fairman TV, Shout! TV had added FAST to the streaming service Plex in April, and it’s spreading internationally. Countries like the UK, Ireland, Denmark, and more are also enjoying classic B&B on Rakuten TV, a European-based video-on-demand (VOD) and free ad-supported streaming television service.
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Revisit Classic Episodes
FAST and AVOD will also be found on Roku Canada, starting this June. The outlet also reported on the very first episode of B&B on Prime, which was chock full of soapy plots: “Eric (John McCook) is insulted when Ridge (Ronn Moss) tells him the new line lacks sex appeal. Bill (James Storm) tells Ridge to break up with Caroline (Joanna Johnson). Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) is attacked by two men on campus.” (Learn more about B&B’s history.)
Already, seeing the original Ridge as well as Bill Spencer Sr. makes us want to binge almost all 38 years of the show. Unfortunately, only the first season is available, but this is just the tip of the iceberg and we can’t wait to see the rest of the series unfold. Hopefully, the platform will acquire the rights to other beloved soaps and play them from the beginning as well.
The B&B live stream of 1987 episodes can be seen here.
