Soap Hub Weekly News Wrap: CBS Crossover, NBC Move & Fan Support

 

A CBS soap crossover is in the works… Days of our Lives stars urge fans to make the streaming switch… And General Hospital’s Kristina Wagner opens up about her tragic loss… Here’s everything you missed in the daytime world — with links — in the Soap Hub soap opera news wrap.

The Young and the Restless: CBS Crossover

In honor of its upcoming 50th anniversary, The Young and the Restless is planning a big crossover with its sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful. Check out the details here.

Mishael’s Future
Meanwhile, Mishael Morgan (Amanda), whose name recently fell off the closing credits on Y&R, addressed her status with the show. But is it good news or bad news?

Y&R Alum In Ireland
Y&R Alum Michael Damian (ex-Danny) is working on a new project for Netflix with Lindsay Lohan. Here’s what Soap Hub weekly news knows about the film, Irish Wish.

Days of our Lives: Make the Move

With Days of our Lives officially moving to Peacock on September 12, some of the show’s biggest stars, including Peter Reckell (ex-Bo), have been urging fans to make the switch to the streamer and continue watching the soap. You can watch their video messages here. Canadian viewers can watch on The W Network and The Global TV app.

General Hospital: Fan Support

It’s been three months since Kristina Wagner (Felicia, General Hospital) lost her son, Harrison. Now the actress is speaking out about how much the love and support of fans has meant to her.

Singing His Song
GH fans got to hear William Lipton (Cameron) and his band, The Runarounds, perform their original song Darling Darling on a recent episode. We’ve got the details on the platform where you can listen to it right now.

Powerful Conversation
On Maurice Benard’s (Sonny, GH) recent episode of his video podcast series State of Mind, he had a revealing chat with Felicia Patti. The young actress addressed navigating a career in Hollywood as someone with Down Syndrome.

The Bold and the Beautiful: Evolution of Thomas

Matthew Atkinson sat down with Soap Hub weekly news to discuss his evolution as Thomas on B&B. Find out why he thinks his character deserves a chance to be a full-time dad.

In Other Soap Hub Weekly News

Rebecca Budig (ex-Hayden, GH) has a Christmas surprise for fans. It’s of the holiday movie variety, and she shared some details about it.

Travel and Wellness
Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Spencer, GH) has been chronicling his travels to Turkey and Greece on Instagram complete with some fun photos. Meanwhile, the always-toned Robert Scott Wilson (Alex, DAYS) discussed his fitness philosophy with Soap Hub weekly news.

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.