Previews
Y&R’s EP and Head Writer, Josh Griffith Previews 2025 in Genoa City: A Massive Showdown, Romeo and Juliet Story, Life and Death Situations
The Young and the Restless has big plans for the citizens in Genoa City, according to its executive producer and head writer, Josh Griffith. From the sounds of it, there will be plenty of romance, corporate intrigue, mystery and battle lines drawn in the sand.
In a 2025 preview with TV Insider, Griffith teased what’s to come for many key characters and storylines including: how Ian Ward (Ray Wise) and Jordan Howard (Colleen Zenk) will continue to pull the rug over everyone’s eyes as they seek revenge against the Newmans and company, but for how much longer? That is the question!
According to the head scribe, “We’re headed for a wild ride and a massive showdown between this diabolical duo and the Newmans. Look for major showdowns between Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Jordan and Victor (Eric Braeden) and Ian.”
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Meanwhile, viewers will start to get clued-in to what truly went down over the last six months since Heather Stevens (Vail Bloom) death, the results of which will, “shake up Mariah (Camryn Grimes) in a huge way and affect her relationship with Tessa (Cait Fairbanks), and it will bring Sharon (Sharon Case) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) closer than ever.”
Griffith also shares that arch-rivals, Sharon and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), will be, “thrown into a life-or-death situation where they’re both going to have to reevaluate their relationship.”
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Elsewhere, Victor and Jack’s (Peter Bergman) latest round of their feud is far from over with Victor going after Jabot, which Griffith says also plays into “a big Romeo and Juliet type story that we’re going to tell. Claire (Hayley Erin) and Kyle (Michael Mealor) will be caught right in the middle.” Look for Summer (Allison Lanier) to take on a bit of a “Phyllis attitude” when she wants Kyle back further complicating matters.
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In addition, Josh revealed, “As we build this powerful Romeo and Juliet story, they will all be affected – Nikki, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) Victor – and Nick will be heavily involved in the next arc of this Ian fallout for Sharon.”
The Winters clan also gets a boost in story when a new mystery unravels with the arrival of actor Nathan Owens to Y&R, and romance looks to be ahead for Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) and Adam (Mark Grossman), while Billy will be caught in a triangle with Sally (Courtney Hope) and Phyllis.
So, what are you most looking forward to most from this Y&R preview from Josh Griffith as we ring in the new year? Comment below.
I have no desire to watch Summer chase after Kyle, Billy and Kyle in romantic triangles or see Victoria replaced by her own daughter. Why has Amelia Heinle missed so much time? Is she leaving the show?
I agree with you, I wonder what happened to Victoria the actress too.
Summer always wants Kyle back when he find happiness with another girl. She did the same thing with Lola. Hope he doesn’t fall for her machinations again.
Agree, Sam. Y&R should focus on Summer and Kyle’s new relationship with Chance and Claire to let that grow instead of dragging us back to the boring Summer & Kyle. I’m not interested in Summer and Kyle again with their lack of chemistry. It’s just watching the bold and the beautiful’s Hope and Liam but worse. Sorry to say that!
I loved Skyle until he cheated with Audra. He was blatant and uncaring. Summer has found a good thing with Chance, and I hope she ends up going back to him. He really cares about her.
Yes. I was wondering the same about “Claire”. Is she “turning” bad again? End up in jail with her aunt? Is she leaving , too?
this whole thing with Sharon and Phillis is crap , whoever writes this should be gone , like two year old and this story line is stupid
I hope Sharon and Nick get back together, and I really don’t understand what happened to Victoria. Is Amelia sick in real life?
Adam and Chelsea romance is not what viewers want to see. It didn’t work out the last 4 attempts and it is stale and boring making the fast forward button a necessity. Get with the program Josh. You don’t spend months and months putting together a super couple only to break them up in a hot minute (unless the actors can’t work together). Also, over the whole Sharon killed didn’t kill Heather storyline. 2025 doesn’t sound very promising.
Who did you consider to be a potential super couple I wonder lol.
Well I for one would like to see Chelsea and Adam together again. Respectfullly you can’t speak for what all viewers want to see.
She speaks for me and a ton of other viewers. Chelsea and Adam are boring and lifeless. Adam doesn’t seem that into her and she treats Adam like her son.
Whatever! To each his own.
Moreover, Chelsea and Adam are about as exciting as a bologna and American cheese sandwich made on Wonder Bread. She seems more like his motherly big sister or aunt. They have zero romantic chemistry or heat. He was good with Sally but they were never given a chance. And how many times must we see Baby Billy lash out at his big brother with yet another Baby Billy tantrum? And watching Phyllis engage in another marathon of hyperventilating and screeching is also not fun. Please make it stop.
The problem is Chelsea. The only male she has ever clicked with on the show is Nick. They had the potential to be a super couple, however, the soap is determined to do Nick/Sharon for the million time and bore us to tears.
I suspect the show keeps revisiting Nick/Sharon because it gives Phyllis who is flailing a storyline with the hint of revisiting that long played out triangle. Adam/Sally is much more interesting but the writers can’t seem to figure out what to do with Adam. Claire and Kyle would work but it needs to be a slow burn with lots of complications and regret and bad choices but the show doesn’t know how to do the big tease for the big payoff. Just don’t see Young and Restless getting better.
CBS get rid of Josh please! He is awful, wake up!
True. I thought this column was going to read,” Y& R’s Headwriter and EP Out.” Disappointed it didn’t. The writing has become tired, redundant and dull.
Wow, Victor trying to take over Jabot, how redundant. That story played out some 30 plus years ago. Can’t think up anything original, can he?
To much time is spent on one subject. Move the story along. It would alot more interesting.
The show is boring. Spending way too much time on one subject. I can watch the show once a week and not miss anything. Story line should move quicker. It would be more interesting.
If I’m critical they’re listening to certain fans when we have seen the same characters time by time but put other characters in the background that fans also love. As a fan, it’s a let-down to me when every fan should have a room on their favorites for an own story. It’s awful not to use their talents for example the children. You bring them, then I question where are they. Griffith should be replaced with a new head writer/EP so I agree with you.
Griffith fall to disappoint all of us. I’ve embraced Summer and Chance it took me awhile getting into them and fans were expecting to deepen their relationship. Now we are filled with Summer chasing after Kyle again. Honesty it’s painful to compare Skyle with Hope and Liam. It’s a version of it that we never see chemistry of them. But handing us triangles it never works. If it’s wise of Y&R they should read the feedback and reconsider not to do this. I’m new here, like to see Sharon and Nick back together again. In my opinion the Sharon storyline with the reveal Ian and Jordan isn’t good. Way to long.
Happy new year everyone.
Summer and Chance are winning. Another bond to link legacy families. Kyle and Clare do same. I too do not want B&B games. I’d like some sweeping romance and suspenseful stories in Genoa City. And maybe they could include characters new to town that aren’t related. I would welcome a new family. I would like to see more airtime for our favorite secondary characters: Lauren, Michael, Kevin, Chloe, Gloria. For all the Abbott family roundup, what happened to Jack’s grandaughter?
Iakovos, They were building Summer & Chance and Kyle & Claire very well. I like them. Beautifully well said here. I agree Jack’s granddaughter was written off out of blue. Would have love to see more of her and Noah.
Nathan Owens? Who the hell… do you mean Nathan Hastings or Damien Owens?
If you read the article, you would have read it said “actor Nathan Owens,” meaning the ACTOR whose name is Nathan Owens. There was no mistake made in the post.
Noooo. It’s time CBS realizes JG’s time is up. He continues to prop his pet Chelsea and she is beyond boring and has no chemistry with Adam. Zip. Please free Adam! And his newest pet Claire is on way too much and she too is boring. Kyle is no Romeo, more like a jerk, so major pass. Enough with spastic Phyllis in Sharon’s life: reunite Sharon and Nick for good and bring someone age-appropriate for Phyllis. Too young Billy is not it. Always throwing Phyllis in the kiddie pool is just embarrassing for her.
I agree on Phylis character, its annoying .I do not want her back with Billy and in some triangle. Not interested in another Shick reunion either. Sharon and Nick are grandparents and dull and boring. Who wants to do sunshine in the house on the ranch with those two? they have no storyline
Thrilled about Adam and Chelsea been waiting for this for some time. Just please writers let it last.
It was so nice for CBS to air Y&R from 2006 today. The show was so well written…and the music….the writers knew how to incorporate their music into a scene with no words spoken, and it was so effective! Most of those characters showcased today are still on the show, but what they utter now is so incredibly bad. I wish there was a Y&R channel somewhere on the internet where we could relive the glory days.
I laughed so hard at today’s Y&R. Tessa drank a sip of water out of her container, after Ian spiked it. Nobody thought to get that container, and maybe see if something was in the water that made Tessa ill? Later Tessa is back in the restaurant drinking what looked like water out of a glass. Where was her water bottle??? Omg. So many missteps on a daily basis. The New Years Day showed how good the show used to be.
Wow! This is crazy. Sharon and Daniel have amazing chemistry !!!
Young and restless what about changing the romantic cast in areas of putting a hold on rekindling the Nick and Sharon flame which it looks like it’s heading Get Nick into business with the Winters change his current wardrobe look a hair cut and make Lily his love interest spicy up the show abit.
Today’s episode is a joke??? Is it? LOL
I love seeing how Colleen Zenk now feels like she was pushed out at Y&R. Josh Griffith really doesn’t know how to write, does he?
I really don’t want the beautiful Lily Winters with Damian. I find him to be very shady not to mention, unattractive. He’s just a cover for Aristotle Dumas.
Lily is missing love in her life, but there is a single hot guy who is nice, available and on her level…Nick!
Nick does not want Sharon or Phyllis, and I think the pairing of Nick and Lily would be fresh and steamy. I have a feeling they would have mad chemistry. Imagine the morphing of their names as a couple? L-I-C-K !!!! 😛
Also, it would divert Victor’s laser focus on being so enraged at Kyle and Claire’s relationship. The pairing of Lily and Nick might soften Victor, because he respects his friend, Neil’s daughter.
Please Josh Griffith!! Open your eyes and put Lily and Nick together. Sometimes the best thing is right in front of you all along.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Jason Seeks Answers For Sonny, Drew Gloats, and Chase is in for a Battle
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, getting to the bottom of truth is paramount for several characters, but who will continue to lie and who might break?
In the latest video spoilers for the week of October 19-23, Sonny (Maurice Benard) needs to prove that he is innocent in orchestrating the prison beatdown of Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner). His girlfriend, ADA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor), wants to seemingly turn him to as she is seen saying, “I won’t give up until Sonny is behind bars,” to none other than Drew (Cameron Mathison)!
Meanwhile, it looks like Sonny has pulled Jason back in to to help him clear his name telling him to, “Find out whatever you can.” Later, we see Jason (Steve Burton) posing the question to someone, “Did you frame Sonny for it?” Did he go to Pentonville to confront Sully?
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Elsewhere, Chase (Josh Swickard) and Monet (Blythe Howard) get set to dissolve Chase’s marriage to Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) who now has lawyered up with Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst). Monet tells Chase, “We need to prepare for the worst-case scenario.” Chase fires back ,“I don’t want a battle!” Is the battle over baby Phoebe, or a down and dirty fight just to get a divorce?
Then, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) is reeling with happiness in the best possible way, after apparently sharing four kisses with mysterious stranger Jude (Wil Traval) at the Brown Dog Bar. Britt tells Lucas (Van Hansis) all about her evening. But, who is Jude and did he target Britt, or is he truly enamored with her? Stay tuned.
SPOILERS
Now below, take a look at the official GH spoilers for the week of October 19-23.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Britt makes an intriguing deal. Trina is unsettled. Anna checks in on Sonny. Carly gets the third degree from Lucas. Jason calls out Serena.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
Carly puts her heart on the line. Alexis delivers shocking news to Valentin. Sonny has a warning for Jason. Justine makes Drew an offer. Portia is wary of Monet.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Anna seeks out Valentin. Britt’s attitude raises eyebrows. Molly seeks Alexis’s advice. Jason makes an offer to Lucy. Tracy and Cody catch up.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
Britt has juicy gossip for Lucas. Chase is thrown for a loop. Emma puts on her detective hat. Michael and Jordan await medical news. Ava is put on the spot.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
Ava pitches a dangerous plan to Drew. Jason calls out Josslyn. Ric and Monet go toe to toe. Lulu is discouraged. Sonny dangles a tantalizing deal.
Take a look at the latest GH promo, “Worst Case Scenario” below.
Now weigh-in: Will Jason figure out that Drew and Ava were behind framing Sonny? Do you want Chase to get parental rights to baby Phoebe? Do you like the attraction between Britt and Jude, or is something more nefarious going on with the guy? Let us know in the comment section below.
This week on The Young and the Restless, the wedding of the soap season continues, while after saying their “I do’s, Billy (Jason Thompson) and Sally’s (Courtney Hope) road to happiness faces some urgent obstacles!
Up in her suite at the GCAC, Coco (Ashley Campbell) and Audra (Zuleyka Silver) see Sally double over in pain. Is the baby she’s carrying about to come now?
Meanwhile, downstairs, Billy is at the wedding reception when he is interrupted by a phone call from Snapper Foster (previously played by William Gray Espy and later David Hasselhoff), Jill’s (Jess Walton) brother, who is also a doctor. Billy says, “A three-way call with Cane (Billy Flynn), why? Snapper, is my mom okay?” Has something serious happened to Jill which would further throw Billy and Sally’s wedding today into turmoil? Stay tuned.
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SPOILERS
Elsewhere, upon returning to Sharon’s (Sharon Case) house, Nick (Joshua Morrow) informs her and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that, “Matt (Roger Howarth) is safely put away.” Mariah and Sharon looked very concerned. Where did Nick store Matt or what on earth did he do with him?
Now below, take a look at the official Y&R spoilers for the week of October 19-23.
Monday, October 19
As Sally and Billy’s wedding begins, a surprise guest joins the festivities.
Tuesday, October 20
While friends and family celebrate Billy and Sally, Cane shares distressing news with Billy, and Nick forces Sharon to make a tough decision.
Wednesday, October 21
Sally and Billy meet first challenge as a married couple, Lily receives an update about her health, and Ashley and Traci give Abby a history lesson.
Thursday, October 22
Victor interrogates Nick, Chelsea sees a new side to Adam, Billy makes a promise to Sally, and Nikki has a change of heart about a rival.
Friday, October 23
Victor gives Adam much needed advice, Victoria and Kyle make a dangerous plan, and Lauren makes a change in plans to help a family member in need.
Check out the exclusive Y&R video preview below, and make sure to visit the Michael Fairman Channel on Tuesday, October 20 when Jason Thompson and Courtney Hope chat live beginning at 3;30pm ET/12:30pm PT.
So, what do you think happened to Jill? Will Billy receive devastating news? And if Sally goes into early labor, will everything turn out OK with the baby she is carrying? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Previews
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Preview: Finn Explodes Over Steffy’s ‘Surrogacy’ Admission, ‘WHATTT?’
Next week on all-new episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) finally blurts out that she went ahead with becoming Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Daphne’s (Murielle Hilaire) surrogate when her husband, Finn (Tanner Novlan) specifically told her not to do, and was against it.
In the video preview for October 19-23, Daphne is singing Steffy’s praises to Carter, while Carter worries Steffy will admit the truth to Finn. However, at the cliff house, Steffy reveals that she went ahead with the implantation without informing him!
Finn is so taken aback he yells, “What!?” Now in complete shock, how will he come to understand why Steffy would do such a thing, knowing the risks being a surrogate could put her in for the sake of giving up the baby she is carrying to another couple? Little does Finn know this elaborate, and not well thought out cover-up, stems from Carter and Steffy having drunken sex together!
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SPOILERS
However, official spoilers indicate that by week’s end, Finn and his adoptive mother, Dr. Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) investigate Steffy’s pregnancy! Will they get a clue as to what is really going on?
Elsewhere, after having it up to here with her sister Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Katie (Heather Tom) vows to bring Forrester Creations to its knees. Katie tells Wyatt (Darin Brooks) some of her strategy!
But, Brooke has run straight to Bill (Don Diamont), telling her that Katie has gone way too far this time. She begs him to step in and put an end to this madness before it’s too late.
Later, Bill approaches Katie and tells her, “I think it serves us well to ease up on Forrester.” Katie is stunned! She demands to know from Bill,“What the hell is really going on?”
Check out the official B&B spoilers for next week below.
Monday, October 19
Brooke feels more disconnected from Katie than ever before.
Finn is shocked to learn that Steffy went against his wishes.
Tuesday, October 20
Katie confides in Wyatt.
Brooke turns to a surprising person for help.
Wednesday, October 21
Will takes matters into his own hands.
Li is stunned to learn about Steffy and Carter’s plan.
Thursday, October 22
Donna is hopeful that her sisters will end their feud.
Steffy and Carter rush to the hospital.
Friday, October 23
Katie’s intensity about Brooke continues.
Finn and Li investigate Steffy’s pregnancy.
Then, after checking out the video preview in the action next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, let us know, do you think Finn will not be a doofus and figure out what’s going on with Steffy’s “surrogacy?” What should Katie do when she finds out Brooke went to Bill to try to get her to back off of taking down Forrester Creations? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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