Comings and Goings

Soap Opera Comings and Goings: Missing Cast Returns & Mystery Solved

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Janet Di Lauro

Who’s coming and who’s going from the casts of The Bold and the Beautiful (BB), Days of our Lives (DAYS), General Hospital (GH), and The Young and the Restless (YR)?

Soap Opera Casting For The Week of August 1, 2022

Here’s a list of the top exit and entrance news from all four daytime dramas. Find out if any of your favorite performers from yesteryear are returning to the shows you follow, or if any new actors or actresses have been cast in contract, recurring, or day player roles.

The Young and the Restless

The Talk host, Natalie Morales, is heading to The Young and the Restless in a recurring role on Y&R. She’ll play Talia Morgan, an investigative reporter who Melody Thomas Scott’s Nikki Newman and Michelle Stafford’s Phyllis Summers recruit to find dirt on Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters). She’ll debut later this month.

Robert Newman has completed his run on the soap opera as Ashland Locke. Newman, who took over the role from Richard Burgi in February, confirmed his exit via a video post on Twitter. In it, he also thanked fans for their support.

Days of our Lives

Kyle Lowder returns to the Days of our Lives fold as Rex Brady, Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) and Roman Brady’s (Josh Taylor) son. He’s back to provide key information regarding a suspect in Abigail Deveraux DiMera’s (Marci Miller) murder investigation.

After plummeting into the river a couple of weeks back, Heather Lindell resurfaces as Jan Spears. The character is back for an explosive confrontation with her baby daddy, Brock Kelly’s Evan Frears.

Meanwhile, Kelly finished up his latest arc on the soap opera this week. His last airdate is Wednesday, August 3.

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Cary Christopher reappears as young Thomas DiMera on Monday, August 1. The tyke will share tender scenes with Billy Flynn, who portrays Chad DiMera, as the father and struggle over missing Abigail Deveraux DiMera.

General Hospital

Lexi Ainsworth is finally back on the General Hospital canvas as Kristina Corinthos-Davis. Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and Sonny Corinthos’s (Maurice Benard) daughter reappears to share some screen time with her TV dad.

Celebrity chef and Food Network star Jamika Pessoa is heading to Port Charles. She’ll appear as herself on Friday, August 5.

Nathanyael Grey is portraying Austin Gatlin-Holt’s (Roger Howarth) cousin, Mason. The character suddenly surfaced and urged Austin to return to Pautuck.

The Bold and the Beautiful

Ayda Field, who portrayed Angela Moroni on the soap opera Days of our Lives from 2000 to 2001, debuts as Cecile on The Bold and the Beautiful this week. She makes her first appearance on Monday, August 1, and appears again on Tuesday, August 2.

B&B is one of four soap operas currently on the air. The other three daytime dramas include Days of our Lives (DOOL), General Hospital (GH), and The Young and the Restless (YR). The Bold and the Beautiful (BB) airs weekdays on CBS. Check your local listings for airtimes.

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