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Days of Our Lives Comings and Goings: A Popular Soap Star Joins DOOL!

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of Our Lives (DOOL)?

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 Days of Our Lives fold in surprise new parts?

Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

The week of October 16, 2017

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Greg Rikaart (ex-Kevin,) is joining the Days cast for a multi-episode story arc.

The show is keeping mum about who he’ll be playing and how his character will be involved in the story mix. Look for Rikaart to begin airing in the spring of 2018.

Deidre Hall reprises her role as Hattie, this week. She’ll share scenes with Stephen Nichols (Steve) and Judi Evans (Adrienne).

Longtime leading lady Arianne Zucker leaves town as Nicole on Friday, October 20. Look for the actress to share poignant goodbye scenes with Eric Martsolf (Brady), Greg Vaughan (Eric) and Melissa Reeves (Jennifer).

Days of our Lives airs weekdays on NBC. Check your local listings for air times.

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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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