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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Big Family Returns

Beloved actors and big family members are returning to Days of our Lives.

By Janet Di Lauro
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Here’s the latest comings and goings casting news from Days of our Lives. Find out if any newcomers or former stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or soon in contract, recurring, or day-player roles and if any of your favorite performers are exiting the Peacock soap. 

The Week of  October 14, 2024

After two years off the canvas, he last appeared in 2022, Casey Moss is finally back on the screen as JJ Deveraux. The actor begins airing on Thursday, October 17, when JJ turns up in Paris to officiate Chad (Billy Flynn) and “Abigail’s” (AnnaLynne McCord) impromptu wedding. Moss, who debuted as JJ in 2013, is back for a short story arc. 

Meanwhile, there are other big family returns on the horizon. Patrika Darbo will soon be heading home to Salem as Nancy Wesley. The actress made her last appearance on the soap in 2020.This time around, she’ll be bringing her character’s youngest daughter with her. AlexAnn Hopkins, whose credits include The Goldbergs, Criminal Minds and Chicago PD, will be making her daytime debut as Joy Wesley. Both actresses begin airing the week of October 21. 

Madelyn Kientz gets more airtime as Sophia Choi. She airs on Thursday, October 17, in scenes with Leo Howard’s Tate and on Friday, October 18, opposite Tamara Braun’s Ava.

Louis Tomeo pops back in as Aaron Greene. He’ll interact with his Days’ bestie, Tate, on Friday, October 18.
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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