soap opera central the young and the restless

Brad was thrilled to have his daughter in his life again, but not willing to make a new family for Colleen with her mother Traci like Colleen had hoped.

But Brad was newly married to Traci's sister Ashley and had adopted Ashley's baby, Abby. Colleen was very resentful of Steve for his betrayal and expected her real father Brad to take his place as the father figure in her life. When her mother discovered Steve having an affair, she left him, taking Colleen back to Genoa City and the Abbott mansion. In New York City, Colleen became a young teen with a promising future, a talented dancer who was earning good grades in school. Brad and Traci divorced, Steve and Traci soon married, and they moved to New York City with toddler Colleen. When novelist Traci's publisher, Steve Connelly, moved to town to help her with her novel, they instantly bonded. When Traci turned up pregnant, they were remarried, but the marriage didn't last long as Brad got more and more involved with his career. Associate Head/Breakdown/Script Writers: Matt Clifford, Natalie Minardi Slater, Jeff Beldner, Amanda L.Colleen was the product of a renewed romance between the divorced Traci Abbott and Brad Carlton.Directing Team: Sally McDonald, Owen Renfroe, Michael Eilbaum & Dean LaMont.Olsen (Producer) & Jimmy Freeman (Producer) Producing Team: Mal Young (Co-Executive Producer), Sally Sussman (Co-Executive Producer), John Fisher (Supervising Producer), Anthony Morina (Supervising Producer), Matthew J.Production Companies: Bell Dramatic Serial Company, Corday Productions Inc., Universal Televison & Sony Pictures Televison.

Soap opera central the young and the restless