'The Bold and the Beautiful' Is World's Most-Watched Soap Opera For 11th Year in a Row

The Bold and the Beautiful was the recipient of the International TV Audience Award in the “Telenovela/Soap Opera” category this evening at the Monte Carlo Television Festival, confirming that it remains the world’s most watched series in its genre. This is the 11th consecutive year that the series has been the recipient of this award.

The Bold and the Beautiful Executive Producer and Head Writer Bradley Bell, accompanied by actors Darin Brooks (“Wyatt”), Scott Clifton (“Liam”), Katherine Kelly Lang (“Brooke”), John McCook (“Eric”), Rena Sofer (“Quinn”), and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (“Steffy Forrester”), accepted the award on stage at the Closing Awards Ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum.

The 11th Annual TV Audience Awards category rewarded the programs that gathered the highest number of viewers worldwide in 2015 across five continents. The nominees were pre-selected among the 15 best-performing foreign fiction programs in 62 countries. The win signifies that The Bold and the Beautiful delivered higher ratings worldwide in 2015 than any other telenovela or daily drama series. Created by Médiamétrie, Eurodata TV Worldwide distributes programming and audience information based on its partnership with the national institutes operating people meter systems throughout the world.

Thanks to the ratings data provided by Médiamétrie that led to past wins at the Golden Nymph Awards, Guinness World Records® has acknowledged that The Bold and the Beautiful is the world’s Most Popular Daytime Soap Currently on TV.