“2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) By BROOKS BARNES and MATT STEVENS Victor Newman has survived kidnappings, shootings, amnesia, a heart transplant, poisoning, 15 weddings and countless hostile takeovers in his 46 years at the center of “The Young and the Restless.” But even daytime TV’s most indestructible character wasn’t prepared for the latest villain to arrive in Genoa City: a rogue artificial intelligence program. For 10 months, viewers watched as Victor, played by Eric Braeden, fought an…
