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Soap Opera Comings and Goings: Surprise Casting, Wedding Guests, Stunning Exit

There’s a stunning exit and some surprise guest on soap operas this week.

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What are the latest comings and goings casting moves from all four daytime dramas: The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless?

Casting For The Week of July 15, 2024

Find out if any of your favorite actors and actresses from yesteryear are returning to the shows you watch, if any newcomers have been cast in contract, recurring, or day-player roles, or if any performers are ready to exit.

Days of our Lives

Some special guests will attend the double wedding of Sarah (Linsey Godfrey), Xander (Paul Telfer), and Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) to Theresa (Emily O’Brien) on Days of Our Lives

Zach Tinker is back for a short run as Sonny Kiriakis, Alex’s brother. He makes his first appearance on Friday, July 19. Tinker last aired on the soap in September of 2023,

Xander’s much-talked-about mother is finally materializing, too. Serena Scott-Thomas premieres as Fiona on Friday, July 19. The British actress played Princess Diana in the TV movie Diana: Her True Story and Carole Middleton in William & Kate

Meanwhile, Colton Little is back on the scene as Andrew Donovan to support his sister, Theresa, on her big day. He airs on Friday, July 19.

Arriving with Little will be his offscreen love, Christopher Sean’s Paul Narita. He also appears on Friday, July 19. 

The Bold and the Beautiful 

Jamison Belushi, the daughter of actor Jim Belushi (According to Jim), debuts on The Bold and the Beautiful as April on Monday, July 15. She’s playing a lab technician who interacts with Tanner Novlan’s Finn and Naomi Natsuda’s Li. 

A fond farewell to Hollis W. Chambers, who’s been killed off as Hollis. The dead Il Giardino bartender will make his final appearance on a hospital slab on Monday, July 15. The actor first joined the soap in 2016.

The investigation into Hollis and Tom’s deaths gets underway and brings Dan Martin back as Deputy Detective Brad Baker. Look for the LA cop to take Kimberlin Brown’s Sheila in for questioning on Wednesday, July 17.

General Hospital

Over at General Hospital Charles Mesure pops back in as Jack Brennan. The former WSB director and current Pentonville inmate will receive a mysterious visit from someone on Monday, July 15.

Hudson West is back as Jake Webber, Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Jason’s (Steve Burton) son. The character will interact with his TV father on Monday, July 15.

The Young and the Restless

A new leading man is heading to Genoa City. The Young and the Restless is casting a Black male in his early to mid-40s for a potential three-year contract role, so he’ll play a prominent part on the soap. The tall, attractive, and sexy character is described as passionate, charming, wry, and capable of a dark side. 

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