The popular soap "The Young and the Restless" (1973 - present) takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin. Like most soap operas, the plot deals with two clans/families, the Abbott and Newman clan, and tells the story of their struggles in the business world both financially and emotionally. "Y&R" has always been known as one of the more over dramatic series on air .- especially when it came to "Sheila Carter Grainger Forrester Warwick's "story throughout the series.