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The Week's Biggest Soap Opera Stories: A Major Family Reunion On the Horizon, a Treasured Actress Passes Away, an Off-Screen Couple Celebrates a Huge Anniversary & More

It’s been another action-packed week for soap opera fans, and we pulled together all of the must-see headlines!

Fans know that there’s always something happening both onscreen and behind the scenes of their favorite sudsers. After all, new episodes air on a daily basis. A twist or turn is guaranteed to be waiting for you around every corner.

But it’s not just the plots on The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital that keep you on your toes.

There’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. To make things easier, we are pulling together the biggest soap opera headlines of the week.

What all went down this week? Let’s start with the happy news: A longtime couple who met on the set of a soap opera celebrated a huge anniversary. We also got news of a huge family reunion that will take place onscreen for the first time in decades.

A few other soap opera returns have been confirmed, and one actor weighed in on reprising their role in a recently announced revival!

There’s also been some sad news. One star revealed the airdate of their final episode, and it was confirmed that another actor was not coming back from what was originally described as a leave of absence.

We also lost an iconic soap star who worked both on screen and behind the scenes as a writer.

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Biggest Soap Opera Headlines This Week: Beloved Star Earns Meaningful Emmy Nomination, Actor Updates on Absent 'General Hospital' Costar, Details on a New Show & More

There’s always something going on in the soap opera fandom, and this week was no exception!

New episodes of all of our favorite sudsers air on a daily basis. That means that there’s always drama building onscreen. A twist or turn is guaranteed to be waiting for you around every corner.

But it’s not just the plots of sudsers like The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital that keep you on your toes. There’s also some big news brewing behind the scenes.

In fact, there’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. To make things easier, we are pulling together the biggest soap opera headlines of the week.

What all went down? This week a popular actor revealed a skill that his “miracle” daughter is learning at a very young age.

In terms of casting, The Young and the Restless has recruited a legacy soap star for a new character arc that’s premiering just around the corner. There was an update about a General Hospital star who has been taking some time off to work on their health.

We also got the nominations for the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards! All of our favorite shows were heavily represented, but one actor claimed a particularly meaningful nomination.

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4 Daytime Emmy Categories Announced Ahead of Full List of 2024 Nominations

The 2024 Daytime Emmys are coming up!

The upcoming awards celebrate and recognize “outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary and legal/courtroom programs.”

Ahead of the full list of this year’s nominations on Friday (April 19), the noms in four categories have already been announced, including Outstanding Daytime Drama Series and Outstanding Daytime Talk Host!

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Biggest Soap Opera Headlines of the Week: Developments on 2 New Shows, Legacy Stars Ready Comebacks, Details of a Heartbreaking Plot, a Fav Teases an Extended Hollywood Break & More

If really love soap operas, then you know that there is always something happening within the fandom.

With new episodes on a daily basis and drama building onscreen, a twist or turn is guaranteed to be waiting for you around every corner.

But it’s not just the plots of sudsers like The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital that will keep you on your toes. There’s also some big news brewing behind the scenes.

There’s relationship news, casting changes, additions and so much more.

In fact, there’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. To make things easier, we are pulling together the biggest soap opera headlines of the week.

What all went down? Well for starters, we got some very exciting news about two new soap operas that are in development. One is an all-new show, and the other is a reboot of a beloved series that ended 25 years ago!

Speaking of the past, we also have some very exciting legacy actors announcing imminent comebacks. In fact, the sole remaining original cast member of one show is going to be getting back into character again for the first time since 2010. Another popular star just revealed if they’d ever come back to The Young and the Restless.

If you need a little pick-me-up, we also got some very steamy photos from some of the soap world’s dreamiest leading men.

What else is there? We got some big news about a heartbreaking plot line that’s coming right around the corner, and a popular soap star teased an extended break from the industry.

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'Bold & the Beautiful' Set Secrets, Including the Shocking Amount of Weddings It's Aired & How It Made History During the Pandemic

The Bold and the Beautiful is one of the most popular soap operas of all time, but we bet that there’s a lot even the most dedicated fan doesn’t know about the show!

Debuting all the way back in 1987, the sudser is in its 37th year of production. As a result, it has one of the most storied histories on TV.

Boasting a star-studded cast, glam costume and no shortage of drama, The Bold and the Beautiful is so successful because it’s been keeping its fans entertained for nearly four decades. However, there’s so much going on on screen, that you might have missed some of the tea from backstage.

We pulled together 12 secrets that you might not know, including the unbelievable amount of weddings that have taken place on the show, the very small age gap between a pair who played father and son and how the show made history for LGBTQ+ representation.

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More 'The Bold & The Beautiful' Recent Cast Changes: 2 Stars Exit, 7 Return, 6 Guest Stars Join

There have been a lot of cast changes on The Bold and the Beautiful in recent months!

The CBS soap opera has been running for almost four decades. Thus, there’s so much to keep up with regarding the cast!

Among the longest-serving cast members on the show are Katherine Kelly Lang and John McCook.

We’ve gathered all the recent news about actors exiting, returning, and joining The Bold and the Beautiful.

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Biggest Soap Opera Headlines of the Week: Legacy Stars Ready Comebacks, 'General Hospital' Alum Shares Engagement News, an Actor Apologizes to Their Fans for a Wild Reason & More

If really love soap operas, then you know that there is always something happening within the fandom.

With new episodes on a daily basis and drama building onscreen, a twist or turn is guaranteed to be waiting for you around every corner.

But it’s not just the plots of sudsers like The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital that will keep you on your toes. There’s also some big news brewing behind the scenes.

There’s relationship news, casting changes, additions and so much more.

There’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. To make things easier, we are pulling together the biggest soap opera headlines of the week.

This week we have a lot to celebrate! Here’s a teaser: Two legacy characters announced plans to return to a sudser for the first time in decades, a General Hospital alum shared some big engagement news, and another actor addressed rumors that they were exiting their show after sharing some big news.

That’s barely scratching the surface, though. Two actors also revealed why they said goodbye to their popular characters, someone pulled off an EPIC April Fools’ Day prank and one star apologized to their fans for a shocking reason.

Scroll through the slideshow to see some of the biggest soap opera stories of the week…