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Y&R Alumni Return for 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Young and the Restless is gearing up for its golden anniversary next month with an announcement today of a handful of returns just in time for the big 5-0 milestone.
Coming home to Genoa City beginning on-air in mid-March are: Daytime Emmy winner, Tricia Cast (Nina Webster) who played the part beginning in 1986 and was last seen on air in 2021.
In addition, Barbara Crampton will reprise her role of Leanna Love. She last appeared on the CBS daytime drama series in 2007.
Michael Damian is also back as Danny Romalotti. Damian recently returned for the holidays in December of 2022. And, what’s better than two Romalotti siblings? In addition to Damian, Patty Weaver, last seen on Y&R in 2013, will reappear as Danny’s sister, Gina.
Rounding out the returns is none other than Veronica Redd as Mamie Johnson. Veronica played the role from 1990 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2004.
Y&R officially turns 50 on March 26th, 2023.
So, excited to see this ‘fab five’ mix it up on Y&R again? Comment below!
Yay. Bring Victoria Rowell back. She’s done other CBS shows recently so she is good with CBS apparently.
Yes– as a fan from the beginning, it is always nice to see former cast members return even though storylines for them seem frivolous and almost pointless. Like other fans, I’d like to see the original cast of characters: Brookes sisters, Prentiss brothers, The Fosters. Then there’s the 80s group that included so many wonderful supporting characters like Amy and Lynn and Andy Richards, and on and on. Would love to see some of the characters that had great plots like JoAnn, the overweight woman who thinned down. Ah, the list of great plots from back then were gripping and actually intense! Miss the romance and heartbreak plots. Everything today seems to be about job-jumping and picking up take-out food. And I look forward to rerunning scenes from yesteryear, looking at those wonderful sets and listening to its iconic background music that set the mood for each scene. HAPPY 50!
You go, Ron! Perfectly said.
Ron
Liked yor comments. Am racking my brain over this woman JoAnn you refer to. I know Tracy lost a lot of weight, other than her I haven’t a clue.
Violet– sorry for the delayed response (I was out out town.) Joann was the wife of a college professor. He conveniently removed his wedding ring while teaching and began a “rendezvous” with the youngest Brookes sister, Peggy. And, yes, the writers revisited the weight storyline with Traci, and that was equally good. Both actresses did “weight control” programs for the show.
Ron,
Better late than never, right? Thanks for the response, but am still racking ! I loved little Peggy and all her antics, the worst being stuck in that cult, being held captive with all the rats, yikes! Thanks to Paul who rescued her and all the times they had, good and bad and now they are treating him like, you know what! Maybe some day I’ll remember the overweight woman you spoke of. Hope you enjoy the Anniversary celebration.
I started watching Y&R the first year it was on. Sally and Pierre, the Brooks and Foster families. It would absolutely thrill me if they got Brenda Dickson back to play Jill, even for one episode.
Didn’t Joann work for Mrs Chancellor?
I totally gave up on the show when Jeanne Cooper passed away. They really screwed up by the way they ignore Doug Davidson and his character.
And before you all get your panties in a wad, don’t expect #YR to invite Doug Davidson back as Paul. Doug hasn’t exactly endeared himself to the brass at Sony or CBS. Plus, he’s a MAGAat. I was following him on Twitter when I found that out and promptly unfollowed and blocked him. I don’t need those who drink Trump’s kool-aid in my life (yes, I said that)!
Bravo, Michael!
Well Said Michael.
This should be a cast celebration not a place to air grievances. Seems like Doug has been quite public about his disdain for CBS and Sony.
Michael
Good for you! Maybe America could be great again if he’d just crawl in a hole somewhere, golf course maybe and leave us alone.
Show should focus on the character of Jill using flashbacks with all actresses who played the role as Jill remembers all in her life the last 50 years. Bring back one of the Snappers, her brothers, make it a week long special – she interacted with everyone, so it would work. I know it’s too late. The best anniversary gift would be new writers, Thanks only to a fast forward on my dvr is Y and R watchable.
This reminds me of when Genoa City really bustled. There was a broader community of characters and oh, some wonderful stories and highest of high production values, including music and an occasional song! Genoa City was an aspirational place, Seemed special.
No Paul no watching. What a terrible way for a show to treat someone who gave 40 years of their life to this show
I have LONG awaited Aunt Mamie’s return to the show. I wish they’d bring her character back full time. The Winterses need a strong head of the family.
olemoneybags,
I agree.these three are getting tiresome to say the least. I think Nathan had ONE good idea though, for his mom, Olivia to come and counsel all three of them, maybe her love and guidance could help straighten them out.
They need to change the opening graphics immediately. It looks like this current, tired opening is also celebrating its 50th anniversary!
So agree!!!
I absolutely love the Young and the restless I’ve been with it since day one just like I have the bold and the beautiful. When I do miss is as the world turns and guiding light those were the shows that I absolutely loved and I’m so upset that they took them off the air years ago. All these talk shows is ridiculous I really rather go back to them myself I’m 60 and I watched him with my mom and I was a kid. So I watched every one of them from day one. But it is what it is welcome to the 21st century and it’s just something that you have to put up with with changing times
The other character I wish they would bring back would be Dru. But since Christian is gone I guess there’s no sense in it. The love couple are both deemed to be deceased one is for real and one is according to the soap.
Can I politely ask for another Traci and Danny scene without Lauren interrupting it?
Traci could use some loving. It doesn’t have to be all about Christine.
As far as Doug Davidson goes. It sounds like the animosity goes both ways. No need to cast a pall over the festivities.
Wow! thought I was old, but how old are all of you? Watched for many years, but never followed closely. Even now I don’t know all of the real names versus stage names. However, I can recall some of the sets. Thank goodness for the Abbott (I don’t know how they spell their names either) family living room. Victor’s living room looks cheap; perhaps appropriately so. I do recall a lovely old living room that burned down or something. Wish I could recall who the couple was — perhaps one was Brad that went to Bold and the Beautiful which I have never watched.
When in college one summer I was asked to babysit (kids were 10 to 16). The sixteen-year-old daughter watched the Young and the Restless. There was a long break when going back to school and other things, but years later I turned on the television one afternoon while cleaning the living room; The Young and the Restless was showing. It wasn’t until things could be recorded that I began to follow more regularly. I do enjoy your comments.
Most evenings, before retiring, I often turn on the recording which takes my mind off any worries of the day. Thank You!
Tani Sterling,
Honey, your memory serves you well, for not being a regular viewer. You do remember the decor pretty accurately. The fire you are speaking of was the original Newman Ranch that Sharon set fire to during a manic episode. They rebuilt it, but it’s never been the same, and you are right again, not nearly as attractive. Yes, Brad Carleton drowned and moved to Bold and Beautiful as another character. The Abbott home hasn’t changed their decor since 2007 when Jack married Sharon Newman and she re-did the whole house. It reminds me of a combination Antique store and museum.
It’s been fun remembering all this with you and by the way, I’m 90yrs.old and still enjoy this show , GH and B&B.
It has a wonderful history but once the Bells had no part in it anymore it went downhill I have not taped or watched it for years. . Everyone is talking about Doug he had some great storylines he fought his battle on Twitter you never do that it’s a losing battle keep it private !
What was a mystery is nobody other then Eric braeden spoke up for him! Bottom line their our little stupid childish games they play grow up all of you if you really had to face the issues most working Americans had to you would fail
Kay,
You are right. As far as Doug goes, I’ve loved the actor for years. He’s not a personal friend, so do not care what he thinks or how he runs his private life. Someone mentioned his being affiliated with Trump, etc. If that were the case I wouldn’t be associated with a lot of my family members or acquaintances.
What about Drecella and Malcolm? Would love to see them return
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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