I’m going to give Burgess Jenkins a fair chance before judging him.Plus i have no issue with him announcing that he has joined Y&R for his fans who may not watch the show.

Just a thought here I think he came into read for Adam Newman I do think they reached out to Billy Miller to come back and he said no thanks so they plugged him in as Billy.

I’m not really surprised that someone was hired to replace David Tom as Billy Abbott. While Tom was amazing as a teenaged Billy Abbott, he just didn’t have the “oomph” and sweet, biting wit that a more mature Billy Miller brought to the character. It was like watching Billy Abbott go backward to his teen years on the show. I kept wondering when JT, Raul, Brittany and Mac were going to pop up!

Jenkins, while I know nothing of his work, at least LOOKS more mature than Tom, so that’s one strike in his favor, so far, for me. I wish him the best, though. Fans’ memories are very long … it will take an amazing actor to knock the memory of Billy Miller out of their heads!

As for Miller allegedly being approached, I’m sure the show refused him “outs” again, which was the ONLY stopping point during his contract negotiations last October. If you don’t give your best actors what they want, then you’ll constantly end up with upset fans and multiple recasts. Y&R, why not LEARN from your massive mistakes here and do right by Miller, Muhney, Stafford, etc. AND the fans? Then everyone should be happy (or at least happier)…
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we never saw him on the show b4…got to give the kid a chance. DT had his chance and the audience didnt respond well. so be it. I still wish DT good luck in other projects

Anyone would be better then David Tom. Why couldn’t he just be himself acting instead of trying to be Billy Miller? There will never be another Billy Miller and he is missed. Good luck Burgess. Just play the role of Billy and you should be fine

Thrilled that David Tom is gone. He was terrible as Billy Abbott. The final straw for me was the scene in the gym with Stitch and Victor. He came off as a wimpy little boy amongst men. Not right for the role at all – glad the producers realized it and are moving on.

David Tom was put in a really terrible position. Billy Miller has that natural bubbly personality which just fills the room when he enters it. I know people like that in real life, and always envied them for it. Try as I might, I cannot replicate that unique effervescence –I would just end up making a damn fool of myself. On top of following Billy Miller, David Tom had to come in on the heels of Delia’s death and upon Victoria discovering his one night stand with Kelly. Billy Abbot was in a state of abject grief–he was downtrodden with his spirit broken–that is the role David Tom had to step into and taking that baton from Miller could not have been easy. I thought Tom utilized Herculean efforts in tackling this very daunting role. I feel bad he was not only not rewarded for these efforts but that he was treated so badly by the fans and his employers.
I wish the new actor all the best and hope he is afforded a better chance than David Tom received.

Way I see it;
it does not matter how good an actor is, it is all about if can they be seen as being the character,,

IF– Victor or Nikki had to be replaced, it could not be done ..
They, the actors personalities, gestures, facial expression, sound of voice are the characters..

Billy Miller was very unique, had a very distinct charisma, defining persona of Billy Abbott, he made the Billy character his own, he owned it, a trade mark so to say….
So, another actor may be very handsome and a great actor that does mean he will be a great Billy Abbott..
David Tom is a great actor but not a Billy Abbott..

It will be interesting to see how Burgess Jenkins does as being Billy ..
I wish him the best ..

No I am not excited. I still wantBilly Miller back. This the reason for the recast!!! they should have worked with his schedule like they are with Steve Burton!!1 This new recast will BOMB too! I was just getting used to Tom, but didnt think he was a good cast for Billy!! Steve Burton would have been a better Billy. They should havemade Phyllis die. At leasre Michelle Stafford isn’t coming back. They are killing the show. Also don’t like neil either. Time to dump him. Everything with him revolves around sex. Disgusting. No good stories for him. Over him too. Show is boring except for Victori and Stitch. let;s see?

And the backstage drama continues at Y&R

Nothing against David Tom or Burgess Jenkins, but it was a mistake to immediately recast the role of Billy Abbott when Billy Miller left. When David Tom left the show in 2002, it took two unsuccessful Billy recasts over six years before the role was triumphantly recast in 2008 with Miller, who then took the character in a completely different direction. Since viewers are evidently still mourning the loss of Miller and with David Tom’s return not working out, why do Y&R execs believe the audience will accept ANY actor as Billy Abbott at this point in time, especially since Y&R fans seem to want Victoria with Stitch now (according to a recent SOD poll)? Until more time has passed, Billy should be written off the show and recast later.

I wish they would get rid of JFP before she completely destroys Y&R. In the past six months we have lost Jeanne Cooper (no ones fault) 2 Kyles, Finn has been sent to school somewhere, Michelle Stafford, Billy Miller, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Michael Muhney, now David Tom, and that detective who worked with Paul. Ignacio something. Replacing Faith with the original Faith who I thought was best anyway. How many more hits can this soap take?

Whoever the casting director is needs to be fired.

There was nothing wrong with David Tom. His character was always suppose to be cocky. I don’t know why viewers expect him to be more mature simply because Billy Miller took over the role. Miller was (at times) a little cocky as well.

I think all this backlash against David is really because of the number of actors leaving (or fired from) the show. This really doesn’t have anything to do with David.

As for Burgess, he looks way too much like Chris Engen. Y&R keeps miscasting people and I’m ready to take a break from the show…again!

this is too funny….instead of writing for david tom they pushed same old billy miller story line down his throat and then fire his sorry ass for not being popular with the few remaining audience,
tom is a good actor with a folllowing ,he has now been added to the butcher shop as micheal muhney billy miller and so many others,,,honestly you need a life if you are still watching this crap.

Good luck to him.

I have been a fan of Y&R since the beginning. I enjoyed David Tom as the first Billy Abbot. Billy Miller made the role as the adult Billy. Firing Michael as Adam was a huge mistake. The boss at Y&R needs to know what the fans like. She needs to be more flexible with actors who want free time to explore other options.
Thank Goodness they didn’t try to replace Jeanne Cooper.Wonder if the sexual arrasement suit was for real or a publicity stunt?

Hope he does well. It’s not his fault Y&R decided David wasn’t working.

When I first saw a pic of him, he reminded me of the actor who plays Stitch. Coincidence?

What a mess… Casting ppl at y&r, plz get it together- FAST.

Right now, I’m mad as hell that DT was fired so I have no comment about Burgess other than to say I enjoyed his work on Army Wives…A show I miss like crazy. Y&R execs need to get it together, because I for one, and sick of their revolving door.

Just when I was starting to acceptt the fact of David Tom… Is this because he’ll look better paired with victoria or chelsea?? Who knows. What are they doing to the storyline for billy anyway…

David Tom never reconnected with the fans. Maybe the role shouldnt have been recast so quick. It seems like JFPs tried to get Miller back but he wasnt having anything to do with it as she was EP…If they just got rid of Phelps..and refueled some good storylines..this show would return to what it was. JMO..

I love the new Billy Abbott … you could not have found a better character and a great person.