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The Young and the Restless Comings and Goings: Familiar Favorites Back

Familiar favorites are back at The Young and the Restless.

By Janet Di Lauro Jun 21, 2025 12:50 a.m. ET

Here’s the latest comings and goings casting news from The Young and the Restless. Find out if any popular stars from yesteryear are boarding the show this week or in the near future, if any newcomers are joining the soap in contract, recurring or day-player roles, or if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the CBS drama.

The Week of June 23, 2025

More Genoa City favorites join the “Aristotle Dumas” soiree in France this week. Melissa Ordway arrives at the festivities as Abby Newman Winters. She airs on Tuesday, June 24.

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Conner Floyd turns up at the party as Chance Chancellor too. He airs in scenes with Billy Flynn’s “Aristotle”/Cane Ashby and Ordway’s Abby on Tuesday, June 24.

Mishael Morgan continues her story arc as Amanda Sinclair. The attorney interacts with her boss, Flynn’s “Aristotle”/Cane on Wednesday, June 25

Kate Linder pops in as Esther Valentine in scenes at Crimson Lights. She shares scenes with Amelia Heinle’s Victoria and Hayley Erin’s Claire on Thursday, June 26.

Janet Di Lauro

Jun 21, 2025 12:50 a.m. ET 3,819 articles

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.