Soap Opera Comings and Goings: AMC Alum In At DAYS

 

Who’s coming and who’s going from the soap opera 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 January 24, 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.

Days of our Lives

William Christian, who portrayed Derek Frye on All My Children from 1990 to 2007, has landed a major role on Days of our Lives. The daytime vet has been hired to play movie producer TR Coates, Paulina Price’s (Jackée Harry) ex and Lani Price Grant’s (Sal Stowers) biological father. He debuts on Wednesday, January 26. It’s not Christian’s first time on DAYS. Back in 2018, he had a four-day stint as a minion.

Chris Kalhoon has been playing Ned Grainger. The DiMera pilot was responsible for flying Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) out of Salem several months ago.

General Hospital

On the General Hospital front, Alexis Davis’s (Nancy Lee Grahn) and Sonny Corinthos’s (Maurice Benard) eldest daughter is back on the scene. Look for Lexi Ainsworth to resurface on the soap opera as Kristina Corinthos-Davis in scenes with her TV sister, Kelly Monaco’s Sam McCall.

That was Kevin McCorkle playing Dr. Rose. The physician tended to Marshall (Robert Gossett) after he was rushed to General Hospital.

The Bold and the Beautiful

Over at The Bold and the Beautiful Cassandra Creech clocks back in as Dr. Grace Buckingham, Paris Buckingham’s (Diamond White) mother. She appears on Tuesday, January 25, Wednesday, January 26, and Friday, January 28.

Henry Joseph Samiri gets lots of screen time as Douglas Forrester, this week. The talented tyke airs on Monday, January 24, Tuesday, January 25, Wednesday, January 26, and Friday, January 28.

Shireen Crutchfield pops back in as Sequoyah, the Forrester Creations model who’s been flirting with Zende (Delon de Metz). She’ll air on Tuesday, January 25.

The Young and the Restless

Peter Bergman will resume taping scenes as Jack Abbott on The Young and the Restless on Friday, January 28. The character had to be abruptly scripted out of town when Bergman underwent emergency surgery for a detached retina. Jack will be back on screen in February.