Days of our Lives Comings And Goings: ‘Craig’ Heads Home To Salem

 

Who’s coming and who’s going from Days of our Lives (DOOL)? Are any of your favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the not-too-far-off future?

Days of our Lives C&G News

Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring, or day-player roles? Are any well-remembered stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the Days of our Lives fold in surprising new parts? Here’s the latest casting news from the NBC soap.

The week of September 19, 2022

Kevin Spirtas returns to Salem as Craig Wesley on Tuesday, September 20. Look for Nancy Wesley’s (Patrika Darbo) ex-husband to play a pivotal part in Abigail Deveraux DiMera’s (Marci Miller) murder investigation.

Chandler Massey is back for more appearances as Will Horton. He’ll share scenes with Billy Flynn’s Chad DiMera and Zach Tinker’s Sonny Kiriakis on Monday, September 19, as the trio tries to figure out what happened the night Sonny was stabbed.

Gina Gallego has been playing Judge Boderick and presiding over Kristen DiMera’s (Stacy Haiduk) and Brady Black’s (Eric Martsolf) custody battle for Rachel (Finley Rose Slater).  It’s not her first stint on DAYS. She played Warden Smith in 2011. Gallego also portrayed  Santana Andrade on Santa Barbara (1985 to 1989) and Dr. Gina Santana on The Bold and the Beautiful (1993 to 1998).

Days of our Lives History

DAYS made its debut in 1965 and is one of the longest-running daytime soap operas in American history. It has outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households. Needless to say, decades of storylines have kept viewers locked in and wanting more.

From Sami Brady’s (Alison Sweeney) crazy schemes to Victor Kiriakis’s (John Aniston) one-liners to the epic love story of John Black (Drake Hogestyn) and Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), DAYS knows how to entertain and keep fans coming back for more. Fans love their daytime soap operas and the excitement in Salem is non-stop.

DAYS Comings And Goings: Bringing the Drama

Days of our Lives (DOOL) airs weekdays on Peacock+ in the U.S. and The W Network or Global TV App in Canada. For more about what’s coming up in Salem, check out all the latest that’s been posted on DAYS spoilers, and for an in-depth look at the show’s history, click here.

Janet Di Lauro

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.