Episode seasons mislisted — 39 seasons under Season 1 for The Bold and the Beautiful

No, unfortunately clicking years is not an option. And I’ve been watching the show since Season 1 - 39 seasons ago - and there have always been Season numbers. There are season numbers on every platform.

I’m kind of confused about why you are commenting and speculating.

@Peter_pbn​ Here is a photo. There is only one year listed 1987 - Season 1.  It’s incredibly frustrating to have to scroll through hundreds of episodes, so I hope they can fix it.  

My comment leads you to give more information.

I see the year option on the page, so it's odd if you don't.

@Peter_pbn​ Please post a photo showing the years. Thanks! 

@Peter_pbn​ You're right about soap operas usually not having seasons according to IMDb: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/episode-guidelines/GDF7HR6CCCBKU3CP?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#epnumbers

I checked and at least in 2025, The Bold and the Beautiful aired all year without interruption, so it seems we're still in season 1. I fail to see why it matters how CBS feels about this matter. 

I couldn't see the image above until now. That seems to be the IMDb app, and I agree it's a problem that there is no year option there, or even an option to view the latest episodes.

@Minutelli​ Have you clicked on "Episode Guide" at the top of the page for The Bold and the Beautiful? That should lead to a page where you can search episodes by year, season and top rated episodes.

@Marco​ 

Regarding the policy, the guidelines don't say that all soap operas can't have seasons, and they don't say anything about how a season is defined.

There was another recent thread about a series where IMDb preferred to list it as one season, though one of the points made was that the official season numbers in that case just followed the calendar year. That is not the case with The Bold and the Beautiful, where season 39 started on September 15, according to CBS.

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/episode-numbering/687e07c0c24cdb30217a6761

@Peter_pbn​ I agree IMDb should define the term season. And upthread I said that soap operas "usually" don't have seasons so we're in agreement that some soap operas do have seasons (Dutch soap operas for example have seasons because they don't air for about 3 months in the summer).

But given the term "continious series" it's clear to me that The Bold and the Beautiful is, for IMDb purposes, currently in its first season. The fact that for CBS purposes the series is in its 39nd season shouldn't factor into it.

It's not possible to search IMDb using the only year listed (1987) for the current 39th season (2026), and the currently episode (#9,793).  It's not just CBS that says B&B has seasons - ask the internet - "what season is B&B on right now," and it will tell you - 39th Season.  

So bizarre on IMDb's part to make it impossible to use IMDb's app for B&B, but that's basically what it's done.  To reach the current episode, one would need to scroll through almost 10,000 episodes - which would be time-prohibitive, but it is not even possible to do on the app.  It barely allows me to scroll through over 100 before it kicks me out and I have to start over. 

@Marco​ unfortunately, the episode guide for this show does not provide that option :(

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Agree!  It's not possible to search IMDb using the year (1987) for the current 39th season (2026), and the currently episode (#9,793).  To reach the current episode, one would need to scroll through almost 10,000 episodes, which is not possible on the app.  It barely allows me to scroll through over 100 before it kicks me out and I have to start over.

How can I get this to be fixed?  I would do it myself if they'd let me!

@Peter_pbn​ P.S. How would I report it as an app problem?  I thought that's what I was doing.

@Minutelli​ 

My comment was intended for the IMDb staff, who have not responded. I see that the thread was moved to an app category, though.

As an alternative you can use the IMDb website in a browser.