It’s time you start familiarizing yourselves with the new families of soapdom from the mind of its creator and executive producer, Jamey Giddens (former Daytime Confidential editorial director and co-owner).  In Ambitions, it’s the Lancasters. Carlisles and the Banks, who head up the series familial backstabbing power and sex hungry drama.

Giddens new series with producer Will Packer is set to debut next week on Tuesday night, June 18th (10PMET/9PMCST) on OWN.

Robyn Givens heads the cast as Stephanie Lancaster   Look for former daytime favorites, Matt Cedeno (Ex-Brandon, DAYS) and Rick Hearst (Ex-Ric, GH) to show up on the series as well during its run.

Earlier this week, OWN featured an all-access special so viewers can get a preview of the story and learn more about the characters they are about to take a ride with during the first season.   You can watch it in its entirety below.

In addition, the series released a segment on Giddens, illustrating that, as we all already knew, this guy knows his soaps and understands the genre!

Check both videos out below, and let us know if you will be checking out Ambitions when it bows on Tuesday night via the comment section below.

Grab the hankies as Days of our Lives pays tribute to the late Peggy McCay and her beloved character of Caroline Brady next week on the long-running NBC daytime drama series.

As viewers know, McCay passe away over six months ago in October of 2018, and now fans will see how the show will deal with the loss of the matriarch of the Brady clan.  Back for special episodes include Christie Clark (Carrie) who came back to Los Angeles to film the memorial from her home in England, while Alison Sweeney (Sami) also makes another emotional return to the series, as does Brandon Beemer (Shawn-Douglas).

Look for Caroline’s family and dearest friends to all come together at the Brady Pub via an Irish-Catholic wake,

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As previewed in this week’s Soap Opera Digest, Sweeney related on coming back for this special moment in DAYS history to honor McCay:  “I think the script was written so beautifully with everyone having a chance to honor her and say nice things about Caroline that reminded us all of the things about Peggy, things we had done with her, or moments we had with her.”

Check out the latest promo featuring the death of Caroline below, then let us know, if you will be watching this emotional episode featuring many Days of our Lives favorites in the comment section, and if you will miss Caroline Brady on-screen, and what she meant to the Brady’s and the town of Salem.

Kayla invites you to a wake honoring her late mother, Caroline Brady. Watch #DAYS, weekdays on NBC. pic.twitter.com/dFrIBjH4IS

— Days of our Lives (@nbcdays) June 14, 2019

The next part of the story involving the the death of Neil Winters (the late Kristoff St. John) will play out this week on The Young and the Restless, and with it the series brings back two fan favorites.

Daytime Emmy winner, Eileen Davidson (Ashley) is back for two story points 1) the reading of the will and 2) to pay a visit to Dina.  Meanwhile, Christel Khalil (Lily) returns to find out the contents of Neil’s final wishes.  In addition, how will Lily feel if she gets wind of Traci’s attraction to Cane?

As to who else will be at the reading of the will look for: Cane, Nikki, Sharon, Jack, Victor, Anna, Devon, and Nate.  It will be an emotional day for Neil’s loved ones.  Michael Baldwin will tell the family the contents of Neil’s wishes.

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SOD previews from head writer, Josh Griffith, “Many of Neil’s friends were surprised to be included in Neil’s will since many of them are in positions to provide for themselves.  However, they will soon learn that you cannot put a price on Neil’s bequests.”

For more with the cast of Y&R on the passing of Kristoff St. John, make sure to listen to Soap Nation Live’s special tribute to Kristoff here.

So, how will everyone react to the reading?  What will Neil have to say to his loved ones?  Stay tuned.  Then let us know, are you glad to see Christel and Eileen back for visits to the CBS Daytime drama series? Comment below.