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Y&R’s Christian LeBlanc and Tracey Bregman Standalone Episode on Tap for Lauren and Michael’s 20th Wedding Anniversary
It’s time to celebrate the couple known as “Likey,” when coming up on the Tuesday, December 9 episode of The Young and the Restless, the CBS daytime drama series will air its next standalone episode, this time featuring Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey Bregman) and Michael Baldwin (Christian Le Blanc) as they mark Lauren and Michael’s 20th wedding anniversary.
In their latest issue on newsstands now TV Guide Magazine teased the upcoming milestone where Christian LeBlanc shared there will be plenty of flashbacks within the story. “Those montage episodes are sometimes very difficult. I had to see as much as I could of the clip before coming in or out of those memories. I think you are all going to love the stuff they picked for this,” shared an enthusiastic LeBlanc.
Le Blanc also spoke on how the writers though the years have not split apart Lauren and Michael to the point, they could not come back from it. “We have been very, very lucky with the writing of this couple,” admitted Christian. There’s so much fun to it.”
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Christian and Tracey recently told Michael Fairman TV how they really enjoy the scenes which finds the marrieds hitting below the belt! “We’ve been married for 20 years on the show. I actually got to say some stuff. I was so happy. You will say things to your spouse you would not say to a stranger in prison,” explained LeBlanc.
The three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor, added, “In fact, we had scenes where we were almost divorced. Tracy and I were in the dressing room rehearsing. We did all our crying in the dressing room, because that was not the fight. Then, we went out and kicked each other’s butts. It was so good. It was real married stuff that you would only say, because it only hurts your spouse because it’s aimed so well, and you know how exactly how to push their buttons.”
Check out our chat with Christian and Tracey were they talk about their on-screen magic and enduring relationship through the years below.
Now let us know, are you glad hear Y&R will honor the 20-years of Lauren and Michael’s marriage in an upcoming episode? If so, let us know your favorite moment or storyline they have had over the last two decades via the comment section below.
Sorry, stand alone stories speak for themselves. Stand alone means exactly that, stand alone. What viewers need to see are classic characters like Michael, Lauren and Gloria in current self sustaining storylines. The gimmicky Cricket and Danny storyline didn’t work as those two, and their friends and family, will not be integrated into current stories. Y&R needs to stop with the stunt stories and using discarded characters to pull off some kind of miracle. I gave up my long addiction to Y&R a couple of years ago despite loving the incredibly talented actors who give their all to this series. It’s the writing that had turned me, and so many others, off. It’s just so bad.
You are correct. Y&R does have an amazing history, that’s true. But the fact they are going to spend another episode on non-contract actors stupifies me. Maybe we’ll focus on Lauren being buried alive by Shawn back in the 80’s. Or maybe they’ll focus on how Lauren bullied Traci Abbott back in the day, making Lauren an extremely unlikable character. Tracey hasn’t been on contract since 2016…..9 years recurring status, and she deserves an hour long tribute?
Contract vs recurring doesn’t mean as much as it did 20 years ago. Some younger performers choose recurring to allow them to do other projects. Some veterans are forced off-contract because tighter budgets don’t permit EPs the room to keep everyone on contract.
Also, as we near year-end, EPs need to look at episode guarantees. Many contract performers may have met their quota which leaves more space on the canvas for recurring on December episodes.
Let me guess they ll reminisce from Society or GCAC or a suite! Because Y&R blew the budget on the overly expansive Newman Ranch , the few $ left only allows 3 other neighbourhood hangout sets! If they sit in the back of the Crimson lights patio Y&R officially has got crumbs to work with
I’m sorry, but I am over the overuse of standalone episodes that Josh Griffith continues to pen. Enough is enough at this point.
Standalones have their place but they mean more when the characters are a vital part of the community. I do think these Lauren and Michael have the potential to again be vibrant members of Genoa City. They were each exciting villains and the change to respectable couple should not mean they are no longer valid characters. I would watch an adventure with these two over the endless file folder corporate shuffling among Newmans and the likes of Audra. Lauren is a vital business executive too. Why cannot she be engaged in the games Victor, Jack, and Cane are playing? And in this standalone episode, will there be any mention of Finn and his boyfriend? Of Scotty? I would like to see another stab at integrating Lauren’s sons in the daily mix again.
This episode is confusing… And doesn’t make sense!
20 year anniversary of Michael and Lauren while Phyllis was also pregnant with Summer.
Most recent portrayer of Fen is Max Ulrich who is 31 years old while Fen was born in October 2006.
They SORASed Fen and Summer, but WHY??? WHY??? WHY??? have a 20th Anniversary for Michael and Lauren.
Y&R screwed up the kid generation of all of these great couples, thus no longer do we have The YOUNG and the Restless.
It looks like the current run of Lucas Adams (Noah) and Tamara Braun (Sienna) on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end, after the Monday, August 3 edition of the CBS daytime drama revealed that Noah and Sienna are leaving Genoa City and heading back to Los Angeles.
In the storyline, Noah informed his mother, Sharon (Sharon Case) and half-sister Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that he and Sienna made the decision to move back to the West Coast to put distance between themselves and Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Although Noah did not say it was a permanent move, he did assure his mom that once Matt is hopefully gone from Genoa City they could return.
However, as previewed already on the video teaser for this week’s episodes of Y&R (see below), it appears Noah left Genoa City’s The Shadow Room to be run by a returning Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). So with that, coupled with today’s episode, it would appear the move could wind up being more permanent.
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COMINGS AND GOINGS
Adams made his Y&R debut on November 4, 2025 as the successor to Rory Gibson who last played Noah on-screen in April of 2023. Earlier in 2025, Gibson took over the role of Michael Corinthos on Genera Hospital replacing Chad Duell, who stepped away from the part after 15 years.
Braun who played Adam’s mother on Days of Our Lives when she was Ava Vitali and he was Tripp Dalton, first appeared on Y&R back on October 14, 2025, where we soon learned she had become Noah’s lover as the new character, Sienna Bacall. It should be noted, Adams was on contract with the number #1 soap, while Braun has been on recurring status.
With Josh Griffith now exited as head writer of The Young and the Restless, and the newly announced co-head writing team of Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor having taken his place and starting their new tenure this week, it will be interesting to see how the duo resets the show, and if a Noah and Sienna return is in the cards for the future or not.
So, what do you think about the seeming departures of Lucas Adams and Tamara Braun from The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out our recent live chat with Tamara and Lucas on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she plans to head back to a seat at the table of ABC’s morning talk show The View.
The announcement came during Monday’s episode of The Tangle Podcast where she shared she will participate in “in whatever way they want” her or “just as a guest” for its upcoming 30th season.
The View’s season 30 will kick-off this fall in September. O’Donnell explained, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”
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ROSIE ON HER PREVIOUS GO-ROUNDS ON THE VIEW
As fans of The View know, O’Donnell famously had two different one-year stints on the talk show in 2007 and again in 2014- 2015. She often feuded with then co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
However, during her discussion with host, Kyle Ridley on The Tangle Podcast, O’Donnell also noted she often had tense moments with longtime moderator and anchor, Whoopi Goldberg.
O’Donnell also expressed, “Many, many people got the short end of the stick there. It was, you know, it was a factory where people were being churned in and out and their tenuous security, nobody got to be calm. It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about. And that didn’t sit right with me, you know.”
Back in 2023, Brooke Shields had asked Rosie on her podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, about how she felt on her two stints at The View and all the controversy that surrounded it. Rosie at that time, stated, “I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again.”
You can check out the clip with Rosie and Kyle Ridley discussing her return to The View in some form for its upcoming 30th season below.
Then weigh-in: Would you be excited to see Rosie, even for a one-day or a week guest stint on the upcoming celebratory season of The View, or not so much? Let us know via the comment section.
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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Check out some more arrival images featuring: Laura Wright (Carly), Cassandra James (Terry), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane) and more in the gallery below.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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