“The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Katherine Kelly Lang is returning to “The Bold and the Beautiful” in January 2015, and the Forrester family better watch out!

Former “All My Children” star Adam Mayfield (ex-Scott Chandler) has joined the cast of NBC’s “Days of our Lives” in an as yet to be revealed role, the actor’s website reports.

If you tuned into today’s episode of ABC’s “General Hospital,” you may be wondering if this is really the last you’ll be seeing of Britt Westbourne now that she’s departed Port Charles with her father, Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), after leaving her mother, Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati), emotionally devastated. While “GH” never officially confirmed Kelly Thiebaud‘s departure prior to today’s episode, the actress took to her Instagram page to say goodbye to fans of the Britch!

On Monday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 10, actor Jeffrey James Lippold returns to ABC’s “General Hospital” as Sgt. Freeman, Soap Opera Network has learned. We’re told that the actor will appear in short, but dramatic scenes.

On Wednesday, November 5, CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” shocked the daytime world when it announced that Kim Matula would be departing the drama series after nearly five years portraying Hope Logan, but don’t fret, Hope will continue being part of the canvas, says head writer and executive producer, Bradley P. Bell.

If you find yourself tuning into CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” later this month and think you’re seeing things when Faith Newman appears on your screen as someone you may have seen not too long ago, don’t be too surprised. Actress McKenna Grace is once again stepping into the role of Sharon (Sharon Case) and Nicholas Newman’s (Joshua Morrow) little girl following news of current portrayer, Aly Lind, booking a role in a pilot for TNT. Grace actually took over the role of Faith from Lind when she appeared from July 2013 to June 2014, when Lind returned.

Actress Jacqueline MacIness Wood is returning to “The Bold and the Beautiful” next week to once again film scenes as Steffy Forrester on the CBS Daytime drama series. Wood, who remains on recurring status with the soap and last appeared in February of this year, will begin airing in late January 2015.

Spencer Neville has joined the cast of NBC’s “Days of our Lives” in the recurring role of Derrick. The actor/model/bodybuilder, who is reportedly set to appear in more than a dozen episodes beginning sometime next week, posted on his Facebook page in early September, “Big news coming soon on a TV show I’ve been working on…they are very secretive..” It’s not yet clear whether the actor was referring to his “DAYS” role or another project he may have been working on at the time. The “DAYS” episodes that feature Neville were filmed in late July/early August.

Guy Wilson is returning to “Days of our Lives” as Will Horton after taking a storyline dictated hiatus, plus look for Paul (Christopher Sean) to mix things up.

CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” is looking to cast a new contract male character, one of the first new characters under new head writer Charles Pratt, Jr., reports Soap Opera Digest.

Actress Reign Edwards, who’s appeared in episodes of Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans” and “Brain Surge,” is set to make her daytime debut in January when she joins the cast of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” in the contract role of Nicole Avant, Maya’s (Karla Mosley) younger sister.

As previously reported, Brandon Barash is reprising the role of Johnny Zacchara on ABC’s “General Hospital” and it looks like he’s set to mark his return this week when Johnny comes face to face with Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), at least that’s how it appears in the promo for this week’s worth of episodes. “Wait. What? Johnny’s back this week?!” tweeted Barash shortly after the promo was released.