There are some big names heading your way this week…and some departing the scene. Get the scoop on all the latest soap comings and goings for the week of January 6th.

Comings and Goings

Beyond The Gates

The real is set to invade the reel. Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger will be guest-starring in episodes of Beyond The Gates. New of the reality queen’s casting came courtesy of a still provided to Entertainment Weekly.

The Bold and the Beautiful

Elsa Esnoult is once again reprising her role as perfumer Franny Greyson. She’ll be in scenes airing on Tuesday, January 7th; the same day marks Murielle Hilare’s debut as Daphne.

Days of our Lives

Madelyn Kientz is out as (maybe) pregnant Sophia Choi, and Rachel Boyd is in. Kientz, who debuted in the role in April 2024, will last air on January 27, 2025. Boyd takes over on February 12, 2025.

Meanwhile, Brady (Eric Martsolf) and Kristen’s (Stacy Haiduk) baby girl will look awfully different when Alice Halsey assumes the part of Rachel Black on April 24. Finley Rose Slater has inhabited the character since 2021.

Kim Coles is scheduled to make a flying visit as Nurse Whitley King — Abe Carver’s (James Reynolds) Body & Soul-addicted abductress — on February 5, while Emily O’Brienis set to reprise her original alter-ego, Gwen Rizczech on March 10.

Deidre Hall is again pulling double duty as ditzy diva Hattie Adams this coming week.

Derek Yates is back on the scene as caring Kerry. With Javi and Leo set to reunite, Kerry is set to get the shaft from boyfriend Javi.

Finally, daytime dial hopper Michael Dietz (ex-Alan-Michael Spaulding, Guiding Light, ex-Joe Scanlon, Port Charles et al.) has been tapped for a reported short story arc beginning April 30.

General Hospital

A plethora of recurring actors —Jeff Kober (Cyrus Renault), Parry Shen (Brad Cooper), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane Miller), Michael E. Knight (Martin Grey), and Vernee Watson-Johnson (Stella Henry) — are teed up for major onscreen interactions