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The Young and the Restless Comings and Goings: Old Favorites FINALLY Return Home

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from The Young and the Restless (YR)? 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 or beloved stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join The Young and the Restless fold in surprise new parts? Here’s the latest casting news from the CBS soap.

The week of March 25, 2019
Get ready for a trifecta of vets, as three fan favorites are about to resurface in Genoa City. Beth Maitland pops back in as favorite Abbott sibling, Traci, on Monday, March 25.

Doug Davidson, who found himself conspicuously missing in action during former head writer/executive producer Mal Young’s tenure at the soap, is finally back onscreen as Paul Williams. He airs as the town’s chief of police on Tuesday, March 26.

Eileen Davidson, who exited the soap back in October of 2018, returns for a two-episode stint as Ashley Abbott. She makes her first appearance on Friday, March 29. The Young and the Restless (YR) airs weekdays on CBS. Check your local listings for airtimes.

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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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