These soap stars past and present are taking over all the networks this weekend.
The weekend is usually everyone’s favorite time of the week — unless you’re a soap opera fan. If you find yourself still craving those familiar faces from Days of our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, and soaps from yesteryear, here’s where to find some of your favorite soap stars on TV the weekend of August 9 – August 11, 2024.
Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery will be full of soap stars old and new, while a One Life To Live alum will appear on Lifetime and Game Show Network will give you a break from the drama. Also, catch a former Y&R and DAYS alum appear on Great American Family.
A Christmas To Remember, starring Cameron Mathison and Mira Sorvino – Hallmark Mystery
This Christmastime romdram stars Cameron Mathison (Drew, GH, ex-Ryan, All My Children) and Mira Sorvino (ex-Julie, Guiding Light) as an unexpected couple when Sorvino’s character winds up with amnesia and is taken in by Mathison’s character.
A Little Daytime Drama, starring Jen Lilley and Ryan Paevey – Hallmark Channel
It was only fitting former soap stars Jen Lilley (ex-Maxie, GH, ex-Theresa, DAYS) and Ryan Paevey (ex-Nathan, GH) star in this romcom about a soap fan and a soap actor who come together to save their show from cancellation.
Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery, starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison – Hallmark Mystery
Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS) and Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan, AMC, Drew, GH) teamed up as a mystery-solving couple Hannah and Mike, who team up to solve the murder of the local milk delivery man.
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery, starring Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison – Hallmark Mystery
It’s a holiday mystery for Alison Sweeney’s (Sami, DAYS) – who is returning to DAYS next year – and Cameron Mathison’s (Drew, GH, ex-Ryan, AMC) characters when a Christmastime murder takes place and time ticks away for them to solve the case before the holiday.
Beat The Bridge, starring Cameron Mathison – Game Show Network
Catch Cameron Mathison (Drew, GH, ex-Ryan, AMC) hosting Game Show Network’s latest hit Beat The Bridge.
Castle, starring Nathan Fillion — Lifetime
If you’re missing that beloved OLTL cast, Nathan Fillion (ex-Joey, OLTL) stars in Castle, which airs as reruns Friday night on Lifetime.
God’s Country Song, starring Justin Gaston – Great American Family
Justin Gaston (ex-Ben, DAYS, ex-Chance, Y&R) – whose real-life wife Melissa Ordway recently dished on Y&R’s Abby and Devon – stars as a country singer with a secret in this 2023 Great American Family film.
Bottled With Love, starring Bethany Joy Lenz – Hallmark Channel
Bethany Joy Lenz (ex-Reva, ex-Michelle, GL) stars in this 2019 romcom about a hopeless romantic who tosses a letter in a bottle into the ocean and finds love with the fisherman who finds it.
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