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J. Eddie Peck Returns to The Young and the Restless
Look who’s returning to The Young and the Restless? None other than J. Eddie Peck when he reprises his role of Cole Howard for the first time since 1999.
Look for Peck to first arrive back on the scene later this month. In story, look for Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) to have a surprise reunion with her ex-husband, Cole!
J. Eddie first took on the role back in 1993 and when Cole left Genoa City he took a professorship at Oxford University. During the character’s initial time on the show, Cole was a ranch hand and a novelist who fell in love with both Victoria (then played by Heather Tom) and Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson).
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Cole is the son of the late Eve Howard (the late Margaret Mason), who originally thought Victor Newman fathered her son from an affair they had when she worked as his secretary, while he was married to his first wife, Julia Newman. Cole’s biological father was revealed to be Rick Daros.
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So, looking forward to seeing how J. Eddie Peck’s return impacts the current story with the Newman family? Is his return related to Aunt Jordan and Claire’s conspiring to bring the Newmans down? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Yay
I can’t imagine why he would be returning after all this time. Personally, I couldn’t stand his character so have no interest in seeing him again.
Aunt Jordan is his Mother Eve’s sister out for revenge now whether he is helping her who knows. Notice his picture is in front of the same door as CZ this could be a great story if JG does the history right .
I didn’t care for him then, nor this Peck guy now! Geeze, Victoria and Nicki both slept with him.
That was the bill bell recipe look at all the soaps he wrote for sisters hung up on the same man mom and daughter hung up on the same man /brothers hung up on the same woman it was his legacy from another word days young and restless bold on and on . I like Peck and I figured since he was at the 50th he might fit in for a short arc it sure beats this boring job changing crap they have had going on for months
Hooray
Aging like fine wine
Or old cheese?
I agree!!
This is unbelievable; Nikki was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over 10 years ago (a death sentence) MS has no cure..
there are treatments to help with the symptoms, but no cure..
Before the 10-year time, she would be having multiple treatments including hospital, and would now be disabled in a wheelchair..
So now, Nikki is a strong viral woman with no problems, sigh..
Soap or not..the writers decided to do an MS story to inform people of MS and totally failed to show the public what MN actually is…
What the h is wrong with people making light of MS..
No doubt we will see Nikki’s full strength fighting off her captors is ridiculous for an MS person who now would be disabled in a wheelchair fighting her inevitable death..
And stories like that are seriously Junk writing and shameful fun made of Actual multiple sclerosis sufferers.
Melody Scott Thomas was diagnosed in real life with MS. There is no issue with this story line. She is living her life with it.
I have friends with and are doing fine, there is several forms of MS
Melody Scott -Thomas WAS diagnosed with MS in 2013. Perhaps you should have a conversation with her
I was just looking up Melody’s MS. She was diagnosed in 2006 and started her own foundation in 2012 which provides financial assistance to others with MS.
MS affects every victim differently. I knew a man years ago who had a very debilitating form of MS and sadly, it took his life rather quickly. A close friend was diagnosed at age 28 with MS and has been living with it for about 30 years now. She has been through a lot, but still walks and drives. A woman I knew through church and had known for many years told me one day that she has MS. You wouldn’t know it to look at her. There are no outward signs. I hadn’t seen her in years and saw her earlier this year and you STILL wouldn’t know she has it.
Several people have reversed their MS. So, it’s not a death sentence.
Sorry but it looks like you didn’t do your homework to find out that Melody Thomas has been diagnosed in real life. Just remember this is just a show don’t take it so seriously I know a lot of people who have MS and they are doing just fine they have flare-ups but no reason to sit there and have to condemn people good grief it’s just a show
SuOOO
You are a little misinformed. A lot of people., from what I read lead full lives with little or no symptoms. If this is true in Melody’s case, she’s a very luck lady..
I don’t like how Victor talks to Victoria and Nick and treats Adam like a king. I love Victor but that’s my fault with him I do believe he has sat Victoria up in order to make Adam the CEO
I don’t like how any of them talks to Adam after he saved Faith life.
Don’t any of you get why Victor acts the way he does with his kids? He took care of Adam financially growing up but his mother Hope did not want or allow Victor and his lifestyle around the boy . After he grew up , finished college, came to Genoa City, he wanted everything he thought he was deprived of as a kid., especially his father’s love and attention, also to be part of Newman, rin the same capacity as Nick and Victoria, who actually didn’t have as much business education as he himself had .Victor, himself, has been eaten up with guilt because he wasn’t there for the “boy”, causing all this jealousy and resentment on all sides. Just trying to help sone people see why Victor acts the way he does towards Adam that makes the rest of the family, including Nicki resent him so much.
Right on, Violet. Both Nick and, especially, Victoria’s treatment of Adam is shameful. Granted, Adam has pulled some lulus but I can’t recall any that were particularly directed toward Miss Vicki. If Victor forgives, she should at least be civil. By the way, has she ever offered Adam any condolences on his child’s death? Seems a bit irrational to me.
Cole Howard is well related to Claire & taunt Jordan. My theory is that Claire is Victoria & Cole’s dead-at-birth daughter and taunt Jordan is Cole’s mother (Eve) or his aunt. I hope the writers don’t change Cole’s personality like they did with JT!
When Victor was name dropping all of Victoria’s exes — three of whom are dead — I got the sense that one of them was going to pop back up. Didn’t figure it’d be Cole though!
Only one ex of Victoria’s is dead. Billy and JT are still alive
Can’t anything be a surprise anymore like the old days?
I am not liking the writers script of what is happening to Nikki on The Young and The Restless. Not at all.
I don’t either. Nikki hasn’t done anything.
I don’t either. I hated the alcohol drip scene, I knew that was coming a mile away.
Two things I hope for with this story is that Melody Thomas does an Emmy Award winning performance, and that the story doesn’t drag out.
Rick Daros is not Cole’s father. Someone came to Eve’s funeral in 1993 and told Victor that he had been in love with Eve for years. Eve met Rick at a mental hospital in 1984 and escaped with him. Cole (“Charles”) had been on the show as a kid 1980-81, recurring bit part, when Eve was Jill’s roommate in the old Foster house. Another website insisted that Rick had tried to kill Nikki when she was pregnant with Victoria, but she was 2 years old when that happened.
Why was he disliked on all my children I read once he pronounced a character’s name wrong and it confused the audience but I never watched amc so I don’t know what they meant. I can’t remember the characters name but he said he was from new Orleans or something and that is how it’s pronounced.
Whaaaaaaattt? Cole returning to YR. Geez nez, next thing you’ll know Ryan McNeil would come back from the dead (One of Victoria and Nina’s exes). Let’s not forget Tricia Dennison or Megan Dennison coming back LOL Tricia was one of Ryan’s exes.
Looking forward to the return of J. Eddie Peck – this should be a hopefully good storyline! Victoria sure has suffered with her loves over the years!
Recall the name “Cole.” That’s it! Get a bit of a headache reading this. Will wait and see what the writer’s do. Maintaining a clean history must be quite a challenge.
General Hospital
Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
The Young and the Restless enduring favorite and two-time Daytime Emmy-winning actress, Jess Walton (Jill Foster Abbott) is set to release her memoir!
Kensington Publishing has revealed on their website that Walton’s book The Young and the Rest of Us is now available for pre-order while listing an April 27, 2027 release date. In addition, in June of 2027, Walton will mark her 40th anniversary with The Young and the Restless and her debut as Jill.
The official log lines for the memoir share, “Emmy Award-winning actress Jess Walton, known to millions as the iconic Jill Abbott on the #1 soap opera The Young and the Restless, shares her extraordinary journey to stardom, sobriety, true love, and self-discovery in this startingly candid, intimate, and star-studded memoir.”
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CAKE FIGHTS AND CORPORATE INTRIGUE
The book description for The Young and the Rest of Us adds, “In June 1987, Jess Walton walked through the artists’ entrance at CBS for her first day on The Young and the Restless,where she had just been hired to play the recast role of Jill Abbott. Two Emmy awards, four decades, and countless onscreen affairs, marriages, corporate takeovers, and cake fights later, she’s a beloved icon with an astonishing tale to tell.”
“In her refreshingly candid style, Jess shares her journey as a young actress from Toronto theaters to Los Angeles, where she found herself at the center of a Laurel Canyon circle that included the likes of Neil Young, David Geffen, Laura Nyro, and Joni Mitchell. Landing a Universal contract and a steady stream of guest starring roles, Jess embraced everything 1970s L.A. had to offer—including Hollywood parties fueled by limitless booze and drugs, and trysts with stars. She recounts with candor and gratitude the surprising path that eventually led her to sobriety, true love—and ultimately, to fictional Genoa City, Wisconsin, and the role of a lifetime.”
“Brimming with behind-the-scenes drama and celebrity cameos to delight fans, The Young and the Rest of Us is also rich in personal, relatable truths about marriage, motherhood, empty-nesting, self-discovery, and finding the courage to start over—as often as it takes. In a voice as fearless and frank as Jill’s, but with, humor and grace all her own, Jess Walton looks back on a life as unpredictable, and adventure filled as anything she has portrayed on screen.”
WHO ELSE PLAYED JILL FOSER ABBOTT?
Fans of The Young and the Restless know that Walton became the fourth actress to take on the role of Katherine Chancellor’s original nemesis Jill Foster back in 1987. The OG Jill was played by Brenda Dickson, also Deborah Adair, Bond Gideon and Melinda O. Fee played the part.
This year, Days of our Lives star Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts) filled-in for several episodes for Walton who was unavailable to travel from her home in Oregon to Los Angeles where Y&R was taped. Walton is still with the long-running soap opera as Jill.
So, excited to learn of Jess Walton’s upcoming memoir, ‘The Young and the Rest of Us?’ Will it be it a must-read for you? Drop a comment below.
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