DVR Survival Guide — How The Bold and the Beautiful, Beyond the Gates, and The Young and the Restless episodes are affected

The Bold and the Beautiful, Y&R, and BTG logos | Images: Paramount
The Bold and the Beautiful, Y&R, and BTG logos | Images: Paramount

DVR Alert — but is it for Beyond the Gates, The Young and the Restless, or The Bold and the Beautiful? A CBS daytime serial will be pre-empted on Tuesday, May 6th and Wednesday, May 7th this coming week due to CBS Sports coverage of the UEFA Championships. Yes, again.

Will The Bold and the Beautiful be pre-empted?

The Bold and the Beautiful | Images: ParamountPress
The Bold and the Beautiful | Images: ParamountPress

It’s time for soap fans to put down their remotes and squeeze over a little to make some room for soccer fans who are anticipating the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. And we get it, right now you’re crossing your fingers and hoping you won’t be kicked out of Fairmont Crest, Genoa City, or fake L.A. for a couple of days.

Unfortunately, if you’re a Beyond the Gates viewer (isn’t that all of us?!), then you’re going to have to miss out for a couple of days this week. But, that doesn’t mean you’ll miss episodes, there will just be a little delay.

For those who aren’t a fan of both European football and daytime serials, the UEFA Champions League is an annual competition featuring Europe's top club teams. The 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League season began last July, and the semi-finals will be Saturday, May 3rd. To know who is playing next weekend, the semi-finals will be interrupting our daily visit to Fairmont Crest. On Tuesday, May 6th and Wednesday, May 7th, Beyond the Gates will be pre-empted for CBS Sports coverage of the UEFA semi-finals.

Beyond the Gates, just like The Bold and the Beautiful and its sister show The Young and the Restless, can be viewed weekdays on CBS and streamed live and on demand on Paramount Plus when it returns to its regular scheduling on Thursday, May 8th.

Can't wait til Monday? We got you! Click here for previews of what's to come next week on The Young and the Restless, Beyond the Gates, and The Bold and the Beautiful.

About the UEFA Semi-Finals

Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS Daytime | Images: ParamountPress
Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS Daytime | Images: ParamountPress

The teams that made it to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals are Arsenal, Barcelona, Inter, and PSG. Arsenal advanced by dominating Real Madrid in the Quarterfinals; manager Mikel Arteta's squad denied Real Madrid a chance for its second straight, and 16th overall, UCL trophy. Elsewhere in the Quarterfinals, Barcelona handled Dortmund; Inter edged Bayern; and PSG held off Aston Villa.

In the semi-finals bracket, Arsenal is pitted against PSG, and Barcelona against Inter. The two teams that survive the semi-final round will meet in the 2025 UEFA Champions League Final.

This season marked the inaugural run of the expanded League Phase format. The new format was designed to introduce more competitive matches throughout the entirety of the competition, as top clubs go head-to-head more often and earlier in the tournament.