Jason Thompson

Here’s what’s coming up on “The Young and the Restless” the week of January 11 to 15, 2016:

It’s out with the old and in with the new on January 13, when Jason Thompson debuts as Billy Abbott on “The Young and the Restless.” Thompson replaces Burgess Jenkins, who joined the soap in June 2014 replacing David Tom. But let’s face it, he’ll be judged by whether or not he measures up to Billy Miller’s portrayal of the popular character.

Brooklyn Rae Silzer, who plays Emma Drake on “General Hospital,” exits the soap, today, and admits she’s “very sad” to be leaving. Unfortunately, the child star became a casualty, when her TV dad Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake) opted to leave the soap and head over to “The Young and the Restless” to take over the role of Billy Abbott.

It’s taken years, but Scrubs fans are finally getting their wish, this week on “General Hospital.” Newly reunited Patrick (Jason Thompson) and Robin (Kimberly McCullough) are getting remarried, and this time they’re going to live happily ever after.

When Jason Thompson takes over the role of Billy Abbott beginning Wednesday, January 13 on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” it’ll be during an emotional time for the character as his doctors conclude he has a slim chance of survival shortly after not just one, but two misadventures that have left him in a coma and possibly paralyzed.

In a recent blog post on her website recapping 2015 as she personally experienced it, “General Hospital’s” Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio) revealed that after learning she would become a first time mother to a baby girl the unthinkable happened: she suffered a miscarriage.

Robin’s missing dad is heading back to Port Charles. Tristan Rogers returns to “General Hospital” as Robert Scorpio on Thursday, December 17.

They’ve been dancing around each other for over a year, but they have to reconcile eventually. Don’t they? In anticipation of “General Hospital’s” Jason and Sam reunion, here are 5 moments that must happen.

Sebastian Roche is back to torment Robin as “General Hospital’s” sexy, super villain Jerry Jacks. The actor, who is returning for a limited run, debuted on the Thursday, December 10 episode.

When news of Jason Thompson‘s decision to leave ABC’s “General Hospital” after a decade first came to light, timed around the announcement of Burgess Jenkins being out as the third Billy Abbott in two years at CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” rumors ran rampant that “GH’s” loss would ultimately become “Y&R’s” gain and that is now proven true. Thompson will officially join the “Y&R” cast on screen beginning in January 2016.