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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Lead Role Recast

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of our Lives? Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

Days of our Lives C&G News

Are any favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the near future? Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring, or day player roles? Are any well-remembered stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the Days of our Lives fold in surprising new parts?

The week of June 14, 2021
Precious Way will be exiting the soap as Paulina’s (Jackée Harry) wayward daughter Chanel Dupree. The actress has been shooting the new sitcom Partners In Rhyme, starring rapper MC Lyte.

Raven Bowens will be taking over the part. Bowen’s credits include a role in the series Mr. Student Body President. She also appeared in the mini-series The New Edition Story and the TV movie The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar. She’ll debut on DAYS in July.

Thaao Penghlis pops back in as Tony DiMera on Tuesday, June 15. Look for the actor to share scenes with his new TV brother Dan Feuerriegel, who portrays EJ.

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In addition, Leann Hunley returns as Tony’s devoted wife, Anna DiMera, on Friday, June 18.

Please note that air dates may be subject to change.

Days of our Lives History

DOOL made its debut in 1965 and is one of the longest-running daytime soap operas in American history. It has outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households. Needless to say, five decades of storylines have kept viewers locked in and wanting more.

From Sami Brady’s (Alison Sweeney) crazy schemes to Victor Kiriakis’s (John Aniston) one-liners to the epic love story of John (Drake Hogestyn) and Marlena (Deidre Hall), DAYS knows how to entertain and keep fans coming back for more. Fans love their daytime soap operas and the excitement in Salem is non-stop.

Current Soap Operas

It is one of four soap operas currently on the air. The other three daytime dramas include General Hospital (GH), The Young and the Restless (YR), and The Bold and the Beautiful (BB). Days of our Lives (DOOL) airs weekdays on NBC. Check your local listings for airtimes.
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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