I started watching B&B when TK came on, so I might be biased. I do love TK. I watched him on AMC and thought he was wonderful and sexy. I do wish he would cut his hair because I think he looks much better with short hair. I also love his voice and don't really hear an accent.
I never saw RM play Ridge. I only saw photos of him on soap sites. This is very superficial but I always thought his hair and scarves (and, dare I say, plastic surgery?)were ridiculous and that is actually one of the reasons I never watched B&B before. I couldn't buy him as a romantic lead.
I enjoy B&B. It is fast-paced and the stories are (mostly) entertaining. I thoroughly enjoy BTC Aly. Her crazy-eyes are epic. I enjoy Brooke and Katie and Ridge the most but I think that's because it's the story that drew me in (I also happened to be a HT fan from when she was on Y&R). I consistently fast-forward anything to do with Hope and Wyatt. Wyatt is gross and his relationship with his mother is so dysfunctional (they both seem overly involved in each other's lives, but Quinn's interest in Wyatt borders in obsession and is completely inappropriate as far as I can tell. I find her only tolerable with $Bill, who is so smarmy. I love to hate them. The jury's still out on Liam.
I mostly enjoy B&B, though, because of snark I see on this message board and (formerly) TWoP.