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Days of our Lives Comings and Goings: Top Supercouple Back

There’s a top supercouple from yesteryear returning to DAYS.

By Janet Di Lauro
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The soap that coined the word supercouple, Days of our Lives, is bringing one of its all-time best back to the fold. Find out who it is, whether any other actors or actresses are joining the show in contract, day player, or recurring roles, and if any of your favorite performers are leaving the Peacock soap.

The Week of  September 16, 2024

There’s huge news on the casting front regarding a top supercouple from yesteryear. Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso, who began portraying Bo Brady and Hope Williams back in 1983, are returning to the show. (Check out the beloved twosome’s top 10 moments here.)

The pair are on set and filming a story arc that will air next May. Reckell and Alfonso last appeared on screen together in April of 2023. When last seen, Bo had slipped into a coma after being shot by his son, Shawn (Brandon Beemer). 

James Read is back for another appearance as villain Clyde Weston. He airs in scenes opposite Stephen Nichols’ Steve on Thursday, September 19.

Tina Huang clocks back in as Melinda Trask. Look for the character, who’s being held captive by Connie (Julie Dove), to be featured heavily this week beginning on Tuesday, September 17.

Michael J. Craven turns up as a Salem cop on Wednesday, September 18. He’s involved in scenes with Jackée Harry’s Paulina.
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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