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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Lead Actor Finally Back and Big Debut

A lead actor is finally back and an anticipated debut is happening on DAYS.

By Janet Di Lauro
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An anticipated debut finally happens on Days of our Lives. Here’s the latest comings and goings casting news from the Peacock soap. Find out if any newcomers or popular stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or in the near future and if any of your favorite performers are exiting the show. 

The Week of  August 5, 2024

Long MIA lead actor Drake Hogestyn is finally back on screen as John Black. The character headed to Greece to visit Catharina’s grave and make peace with his role in her death last June. He’ll get significant airtime  this week in scenes with Deidre Hall’s Marlena, Eric Martsolf’s Brady and Cristopher Sean’s Paul among others.  

AnnaLynne McCord resurfaces as the mystery woman presumed to be the late Abigail Deveraux. The 90210 alum originally appeared in a video back in June. This time around, she’ll debut in the flesh in scenes with Billy Flynn’s Chad and Matthew Ashford’s Jack. 

Colton Little continues as Andrew Donovan. On Thursday, August 8, he’ll share scenes with Christopher Sean’s Paul.

Madelyn Kientz pops back in as Sophia Choi. She’ll interact with Ashley Puzemis’ Holly on Thursday, August 8.

It’s a wrap for Blake Berris and his character Everett Lynch (and alternate personality Bobby Stein). The character met his demise last week after being poisoned by Connie (Julie Dove). Berris debuted in the complicated role back in 2023.
Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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