Soap Opera Comings and Goings: Surprise Return, New Vixen and Double Duty Ends

Check out the latest casting moves from all four daytime dramas: The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless.

Week of  June 10, 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 set to make their exit.

Days of our Lives

An actor long missing from the Days of our Lives fold is back filming at the studio. Casey Moss is set to bring JJ Deveraux back to Salem. Jack (Matthew Ashford) and Jennifer’s (Melissa Reeves) son was last on the canvas in 2022. His return likely coincides with the story twist hinting that his sister Abigail is actually alive.

James Read is back on the scene as scoundrel Clyde Weston on Thursday, June 13. He’ll share emotionally charged opposite Billy Flynn’s Chad DiMera. 

Cary Christopher pops in as young Thomas DiMera on Friday, June 14. The tyke will interact with Flynn, who plays his TV dad, and Susan Seaforth Hayes, who portrays Julie Williams.

Jonah Robinson portrays Mark on Wednesday, June 12. Look for the shirtless stranger to have an encounter with Greg Rikaart’s Leo Stark. 

The Young and the Restless

Christopher Cousins’ double-duty stint as Ashley’s (Eileen Davidson) good friend, Alan Laurent, and his sociopath twin, Martin Laurent, came to a quick end on The Young and the Restless when Martin met his demise last week. The actor will, however, continue portraying good brother, Alan. Cousins reappears on Monday, June 10, in scenes with Davidson and Beth Maitland, who portrays Traci.

Redding Munsell makes another appearance as young Harrison Abbott. The young actor interacts with Michael Mealor’s Kyle, Hayley Erin’s Claire, and J. Eddie Peck’s Cole on Wednesday, June 12.

Gina Garcia-Sharp has been playing Tucker’s assistant, Anna. The character debuted last week. 

General Hospital

Devon Ogden is playing Barb, the woman Finn (Michael Easton) downed shots with at a bar and later hooked up with at his apartment on General Hospital. She reappears on Monday, June 10, in intense scenes with Easton and Rebecca Herbst’s Elizabeth. A newcomer to daytime, Ogden has appeared on primetime series including This Is Us, Nashville, The Haves and the Have Nots, and more.

Hudson West’s Jake Webber has a new friend. William Ludwig has been cast as Gordo. The actor made his debut last week.

That was Joshua Triplett portraying Marv, the engineer hard at work during Blaze’s (Jacqueline Grace Lopez) recording session.

The Bold and the Beautiful

Lauren Mayo debuts as Tracey on Wednesday. June 12. Look for the character to interact with Don Diamont’s Bill and Scott Clifton’s Liam at Il Giardino.

On the kid front, Jordyn Grace is back on the scene as Liam and Hope’s (Annika Noelle) daughter, Beth Spencer. The tyke airs on Thursday, June 13.