Young and the Restless Comings and Goings

Young and the Restless comings and goings can mean saying hello and goodbye to fan favorites.

Comings and goings can reveal storyline changes on Y&R.

Daytime soap opera Young and the Restless has been the number one rated soap on daytime for nearly two decades. The show prides itself on the relative steadiness of the cast and the number of former stars that return for storyline appearances. Actress Beth Maitland returns frequently to reprise her role as Tracy Abbott while actor Don Diamont left and returned. Actor Shemar Moore left Y&R to pursue prime time opportunities, returning briefly when between jobs.

Sometimes, new faces come to play old roles. For example, Stacy Haiduk, joined Young and the Restless in 2009 as Mary Jane Benson. The character was a disguise for a legacy character returning to the show, that of Patty Williams. Recasting a familiar face is big news, such as when Peter Bergman joined in the role of Jack Abbott when the wildly popular Terry Lester left the part.

Tense contract negotiations nearly resulted in the loss of two long-time veteran actresses in 2009: Jess Walton and Melody Thomas Scott.

All these Young and the Restless comings and goings were reported by the fan sites, soap opera news sites and spoiler message boards because the comings and goings of actors and actresses suggests changes in the storyline.

Soap Central is a very popular news site for fans of the Young and the Restless. Owner Dan J. Kroll has been reporting on soap operas for over fifteen years. His site, birthed originally as a fan site for All My Children, has grown into an influential news outlet that includes comings, goings, story speculation and harder hitting news stories about soap operas, their casts, crews and related subject matter.

{[Toni's Spoiler Site|Toni’s Spoiler Site]] is another popular favorite with Y&R fans. Toni provides spoilers for upcoming episodes as well as a day ahead look as she receives the show a day ahead of many other markets. The spoiler site contains message boards where fans can interact and share their own spoilers.

Other popular spoiler sites and news sites include:

• Soap Opera Digest
• Soap Opera Source
• Soaps.com
• Sony’s Official Young and the Restless Site

Fans of the soap opera can keep track of their favorite actors comings and goings by following them on the popular social networking site: Twitter. Actress Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers Newman) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) are just two Y&R actors that Twitter, but fans that follow them have their finger on the pulse of their

During the 2009 Daytime Emmys, LeBlanc and Stafford both tweeted about getting ready for the show as well as uploading pictures of themselves. LeBlanc would later win the Daytime Emmy for Best Actor. LeBlanc also tweeted about a trip he took with actress Jeanne Cooper to the West Coast where they filmed scenes for the now-defunct Guiding Light.

Many actors and actresses that appeared on the Young and the Restless are known to return, year after year for onscreen family events. One notable storyline in 2009 featured the return of actor Thom Bierdz who played Phillip Chancellor the III. The character died on screen many years ago, but storyline purposes brought him back. His return, though rumored, was passed off as flashbacks. His arrival coincided with the return of another veteran: Tricia Cast. The storyline played out multiple beats of history on the daytime drama. Actress Lauralee Bell was pursued to return to the show in her role as Christine Blair Williams, but the actress refused.

Over the years, many notable faces have come and gone from Y&R:

• Deborah Adair
• Pamela Bach
• Eddie Cibrian
• Vivica A. Fox
• Anthony Geary
• Shemar Moore
• Phil Morris
• Joan Van Ark
• Linden Ashby
• Penn Badgley
• David Hedison
• Brody Hutzler
• Michael Nouri
• Millie Perkins
• Ted Shackelford
• Beth Toussaint
• Eva Longoria Parker
• Andrea Evans
• Monica Potter
• David Hasslehoff
• Thomas Dekker
• Paul Walker
• Tom Selleck
• Michael Gross

Young and the Restless comings and goings can mean great storyline happenings and they can also be red herrings for returning characters with new faces.

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