It seems like forever ago since the news of Justin Hartley joining the cast of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” as Adam Newman first came to light, but in less than two weeks fans will finally find out what the character has been up to when he’s not shown snooping around Genoa City while trying to keep tabs on the love of his life – Chelsea Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) – and their child. On Wednesday, November 5, Hartley begins his journey on the daytime drama series when Adam works his way back into the world of the living, and in this newly released promo highlighting his debut viewers will come to realize “you can’t keep a bad man down.”

Earlier this week it was announced that “General Hospital’s” Roger Howarth (Franco) had signed on for a recurring role on The CW’s “The Flash,” where he’ll portray Mason Bridge, an award-winning reporter from the Central City Picture News. With fans wondering if Howarth’s joining the series, based on the DC comic of the same name, would in any way affect his role on the daytime drama series “GH” executive producer Frank Valentini responded to inquiries by clearing things up for any worrisome viewers during a recent visit to New York City.

On Thursday, October 23, stars from ABC’s “General Hospital,” “The Chew” and “The View” partied throughout the night during the annual ABC Casino Night, which took place in New York City, as they schmoozed alongside sales clients at Guastavino’s. Those in attendance included “GH’s” Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos), Lynn Herring (Lucy Coe), Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake), Ryan Paevey (Nathan West), Vinessa Antoine (Jordan Ashford) and William deVry (Julian Jerome). The actors were joined by “GH” executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati.

Fans who’ve missed seeing Anthony Geary on ABC’s “General Hospital” since the actor took his annual vacation are in luck: the actor will be back on air in the coming weeks, per executive producer Frank Valentini.

With a slew of soap weddings under her belt, a run at playing “crazy” and nearly a decade of daytime experience between “The Young and the Restless” and “All My Children,” a back-from-the-dead storyline is no big thang for “Y&R’s” Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson). Except for when the back-from-the-dead character happens to be her alter ego’s kid-killing husband, and that same guy’s real-life recast happens to be one of the most talked about soap events of the year! So just how is Egan taking in all of the madness surrounding Adam’s big return from the “dead,” including the fact that the character is now being played by Justin Hartley? Soap Opera Network caught up with the actress to find out!

Halloween is fast approaching, and “The Bold and the Beautiful” is bringing viewers a special treat for the spooky holiday: A candy-bowl plethora of “Big Brother” contestants! Season 16’s Donny Thompson, Amber Borzotra, Cody Calafiore, Zach Rance, Hayden Voss, Nicole Franzel, Caleb Reynolds and Devin Shephard, Season 11 & 13’s Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd, Season 12 & 13’s Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas, and Season 15’s Elissa Slater will be appearing on the sudser for two special Halloween episodes, as previously reported. But there’s no need to wait until Thursday, October 30 and Friday, October 31 to get a taste of the delicious drama: Soap Opera Network sat down with some of the aforementioned stars to get the scoop on the special episodes, which you can read about after the jump!

Soap Opera Network can finally report that former “As The World Turns” and “Port Charles” actress Marie Wilson has joined the cast of NBC’s “Days of our Lives” in the recurring role of Bree. The actress will share scenes with former “ATWT” co-star Daniel Cosgrove (ex-Chris Hughes), who now appears as Aiden Jennings on “DAYS,” and Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady). Bree is an old acquaintance of Hope’s who turns out to be someone from Aiden’s dark past.

Corday Productions has partnered with TruLOVE Network, a BroadLit, Inc. company, to develop original television quality produced programming based on TruLOVE’s library of romantic stories, it was announced today by Ken Corday, CEO of Corday Productions, which produces “Days of our Lives” for NBC. The partnership with TruLOVE continues Corday’s goal of revitalizing the traditional soap opera format to suit current fans and engage new viewers. TruLOVE is a digital network with a new focus on global romance. It’s programming looks to capture the attention of the key female demographic with a wholly owned original library of content developed by an award winning marketing, branding and production management team.

Now that “The Young and the Restless’” newest castmember, Justin Hartley, has been given the all-clear to start commenting on taking over the role of Adam Newman, he’s letting ‘er rip! First, he spoke about filling the shoes of previous portrayer Michael Muhney, and now he’s spilling details about Adam’s return to Genoa City, stating: “There’s damage control to be done!”

It’s been said that the remaining four network television soaps are like all-star sports teams, consisting of the best of the best of actors in the daytime community. But the latest casting announcement for the online soap opera “Youthful Daze” shoots it right up into the Big Leagues: Trevor St. John (ex-Todd Manning/Victor Lord, “One Life to Live”), Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos, “General Hospital”), Chrishell Stuase (Jordan Ridgeway, “Days of our Lives;” ex-Amanda Dillon, “All My Children”) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing, “GH;” ex-Whip Jones, “The Bold and the Beautiful”) have joined the series, which already boasts a cast with a couple of recognizable names in the industry!