On Friday, August 18, “The Young and the Restless'” Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman) will be joined by some of…

Jean Passanante, who has spearheaded “General Hospital” alongside Shelly Altman since July 2015, officially retires from soap opera writing.

Robert Scott Wilson (“Days of our Lives,” “All My Children”) has signed on to play a millionaire bachelor in “The Girl Who Cried Wolf.”

Jordi Vilasuso has confirmed that he is departing NBC’s “Days of our Lives” after portraying Dario Hernandez since February 2016.

Despite signing a four-year contract with the soap last summer, Rebecca Budig is out as “General Hospital’s” Hayden Barnes.

First filed in April 2013, the lawsuit brought against the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) by Prospect Park Networks, LLC over soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” has been dismissed, court records show. As a result, rights to the soap operas have been returned to ABC.

In honor of ABC’s “The Goldbergs” receiving its first ever TV Guide Magazine cover, the publication has turned back the dial with an all ’80s-themed issue, due out on newsstands later this week. As part of the celebration, several of daytime’s biggest hunks from the decade will be featured in the upcoming issue, including Kin Shriner (as Scotty Baldwin, “General Hospital”), Stephen Nichols (as Steven “Patch” Johnson, “Days of our Lives”), A Martinez (as Cruz Castillo, “Santa Barbara”), Doug Davidson (as Paul Williams, “The Young and the Restless”), Don Diamont (as Brad Carlton, “The Young and the Restless”) and Michael E. Knight (as Tad Martin, “All My Children”).

Veteran daytime director and producer Shelley Curtis has joined the directing team of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Soap Opera Network has learned exclusively.

“Good Morning America” is set to reveal the new “Dancing with the Stars” cast live on Tuesday, March 8, between 7 am and 9 am, on ABC. Over the years the competition series has featured an array of daytime stars, most memorably first season champ Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, “General Hospital”). Might a soap star past or present be in the mix this time around?

“The Young and the Restless” alum Elizabeth Hendrickson (ex-Chloe Mitchell; ex-Maggie Stone, “All My Children”) has launched web series “30 Days Max.” Billed as “a quirky unromantic comedy,” it stars Hendrickson as a 30-something woman who begrudgingly resorts to a month of online dating to try and mend her broken heart. Will Max uphold the deal that she makes with herself by swiping right? Or is this new way of meeting men all wrong?

After portraying Griffin Castillo on “All My Children” and Tony Santos on “Guiding Light,” actor Jordi Vilasuso decided the timing was right for another turn in daytime. Lucky for him, “Days of our Lives” was looking to expand the Hernandez clan with the return of Dario (last played by Francisco San Martin). After meeting with executive producer Ken Corday, co-executive producer Albert Alaar and co-head writer Josh Griffith last summer, Vilasuso responded well to the idea of portraying a “very intelligent” character on the soap.

You can’t keep a good shrink down. Jon Lindstrom, who recurs as Dr. Kevin Collins on “General Hospital,” is taking his medical act over to “Recovery Road.” The actor will appear as yet another psychiatrist on the episode titled Parties Without Borders, airing Monday, February 15 on Freeform.

Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane, “All My Children;” Genevieve Delatour, “Devious Maids”) opened up about her grandson’s battle with cerebral palsy on a recent episode of “The Dr. Oz Show.” Together, Lucci and her daughter, Liza Huber (ex-Gwen Winthrop, “Passions”), shared the emotions they went through upon learning Liza’s son Brendan, now 7, had the non-progressive neurological disorder.

Best known for his starring role as Steve Elliott in the CBS sitcom “Petticoat Junction,” actor Mike Minor has died. The former soap star, who made a big impression on daytime fans as Brandon Kingsley on “All My Children” and as Dr. Royal Dunning on “Another World,” passed away on Thursday, January 28. He was 75 years old.

With simultaneous telecasts on both TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 30, “The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” remember some of the entertainment world’s best and brightest stars who were lost in the year that was.

Last week, the Casting Society of America (CSA) presented “The 31st Annual Artios Awards,” which honors casting directors for their hard work and dedication to casting television shows and films across the country during calendar year 2015. Sadly, for the first time in as many years, daytime was shut out of recognition by the organization. It only has itself to blame.

Since being brought back to ABC’s “General Hospital” in a recurring capacity in 2013, actress Lynn Herring has proven time and time again how viable her role as Lucy Coe is to the legacy of the daytime drama series, particularly in regards to the annual Nurses Ball event. Sadly, the soap hasn’t provided the actress with enough story potential for her character, whose married so many men in Port Charles that she rivals only Pine Valley’s Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) from “All My Children.” Herring recently took to Facebook to share her desire to do more than an average day player appearance on the soap.

Mark Consuelos (ex-Matteo Santos, “All My Children”) is joining the “Queen of the South” cast. The actor has nabbed a recurring role on the upcoming USA Network drama.

“Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery,” starring Alison Sweeney (ex-Sami Brady, “Days of our Lives”) and Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery, “All My Children”), premieres Sunday, January 10 at 9p on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

“All My Children’s” Alicia Minshew (ex-Kendall Hart) is heading to prime time. The actress has landed a starring role in the pilot “Holiday Shelter,” which begins filming January 11 in White Plains, NY.