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Bold and Beautiful
Ashleigh Brewer (Ivy Forrester): Electra’s (Laneya Grace) aunt will be beside her when the younger woman receives a huge shock this week.
Christian Weissman (Remy Pryce): Electra’s old “friend” continues to air this week and comes into conflict with Will (Crew Morrow).
Days of our Lives
Karole Foreman (Judge Dabney): The court case that has embroiled Xander (Paul Telfer) and Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier) for control of Titan needs a judge. If the aptly named actress looks familiar, you may have seen her on The Conners, Good Trouble, NCIS or Magnum P.I.
Kennedy Garcia (Felicity Greene): Cat’s (AnnaLynne McCord) younger sister will be seen this week as she learns the truth about her sister.
Jonah Robinson (Dr. Mark Greene): While last seen in jail for trying to kill Chad (Billy Flynn) on Clyde’s (James Read) orders, the not-so-good doctor will be there for his siblings’ reunion.
Louis Tomeo (Aaron Greene): A Greene sibling reunion wouldn’t be complete without the fourth member of the family, so expect to see Tate’s (Leo Howard) BFF this week.
General Hospital
Michael E. Knight (Martin Grey): Laura’s (Genie Francis) and Cyrus’s (Jeff Kober) brother remains in town and will mix it up with Tracy (Jane Elliot) this week.
Indi Star (Gretchen): Star, an actor/musician/dancer who is an alum of the children’s pop group KIDZ BOP!, portrays a short-term character who pops up this week.
Young and Restless
Vail Bloom (Heather Stevens): Though her character was killed off earlier this year, the actress will seen on air this week, possibly in flashbacks as Sharon (Sharon Case) undergoes hypnosis to determine what really happened the night Heather died.
Christopher Cousins (Alan Laurent): Traci’s (Beth Maitland) boyfriend will be on hand to help Sharon with hypnotherapy to remember what happened to her during her recent blackouts.
Telma Hopkins (Denise Tolliver): The actress, who was announced last week as returning, will be seen this week in scenes with Nate (Sean Dominic) and Amy (Valarie Pettiford).
Nathan Owens (TBD): The DAYS alum — he played Cameron from 2012-2013 — has been cast in a new role. Will it be as Nate’s half brother and Amy’s son, Damian? Either way, look for him to begin January 8.
Ray Wise (Ian Ward): The baddie will be continue to cause trouble this week. He is determined to ruin Sharon and by extension the young woman he raised, Mariah (Camryn Grimes).
Colleen Zenk (Aunt Jordan): Look for Claire’s (Hayley Erin) crazy great aunt to be working with her partner-in-crime, Ian, to make life miserable for a couple of folks in Genoa City.
Days of our Lives
James Read (Clyde Weston): The character was shot by Catharina (Susan Elena Matus) and now lingers in a coma. With this being Salem, you never know when he may wake up but for the time being, Read has exited the soap he first started on in 2014. He told Deadline,
General Hospital
Evan Hofer (Dex Heller): It was a shock last week when an on-the-road-to-recovery stabbing victim Dex ended up suffering a similar fate as Sam (Kelly Monaco) when he went into cardiac arrest and died. Hofer debuted on the ABC soap back in 2022. “Thank you guys so much for the last three years and all of the love and all of the support. It has really meant the world to me and you made this so much fun. Not just for me but for my whole family and thank you so much. I’ll never be able to thank you enough. I love you, Mo [Maurice Benard, Sonny],” he said with a laugh in an interview with TV Insider. (To find out what his c0-star Eden McCoy had to say about his exit, click here.)
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Michael Cole (ex-Harlan Barrett, GH), who skyrocketed to fame as a member of The Mod Squad, passed away at the age of 84.