Meredith Baxter Joins 'The Young and the Restless' as Maureen, Will Debut on Monday, September 8

Melody Thomas Scott and Meredith
Baxter.

Family Ties star Meredith Baxter is joining the cast of CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She will play Maureen, "charming, intelligent, middle-class woman who has always aspired to a more privileged life than she's had. She appears kind and sympathetic, but can be quite manipulative. She is skilled at getting people to do the things she wants them to do by making them think it's their idea! When not hitting the sauce with her new drinking-buddy, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), Maureen will be crossing with several key players on the Y&R canvas."

Will those "key players" include Kelly (Cady McClain) and Stitch (Sean Carrigan)? Kelly recently mentioned her broken relationship with their mother.

Baxter is best known for playing Elyse Keaton in NBC comedy Family Ties and Nancy Lawrence Maitland in the ABC drama Family, a role which earned her two Primetime Emmy nominations.

Baxter will make her Y&R debut on Monday, September 8, when Maureen bumps into Nikki at a bar.

Warning: Spoilers ahead...

"Whoa, I never expected to see you here," Maureen says. "So what's another classy lady doing in a dive like this in the middle of the day?"

Nikki tells Maureen that her car broke down down. Maureen reveals she is there looking for some "liquid courage" before meeting some people she hasn't seen for a while.

"I don't know how that reunion's gonna go," she admits.

Stay tuned!

First Thoughts on Guy Wilson as the New Will Horton on DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Guy Wilson debuted as the new Will Horton on DAYS OF OUR LIVES on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. "You're not gonna believe this!" That was actor Guy Wilson's first line in his debut as the new Will Horton on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Well, believe it! Over the years many relative unknown thespians, who later turned out to be excellent actors, even Emmy winners, made their daytime soap opera debuts and looked like stiffs. This is a different medium, with a lot of dialogue to memorize, where getting it right on the first take is desired. It's understandable if a new actor in a daytime drama takes not just one, but several episodes to settle in. It's happened time and again so I give them a pass. Luckily, Wilson doesn't need one. He performed like a seasoned pro on Day One.

Interview Revisited: Ellen Holly on the Early Years of 'One Life to Live'

We Love Soaps TV traveled to Westchester County, New York, in 2012 to speak with daytime television legend Ellen Holly about her storied career. In the never-before-released video below, Ms. Holly talks about the early years of ABC soap opera One Life to Live , which premiered in 1968 and featured her character, Carla.

Interview Revisited: Larkin Malloy on the Nelson Aspen 'Where Are They Now Tour' (2010)

Serial Scoop Now is back! Look for brand new content in the coming months as well as interviews from my personal archive. Some have been offline for years while others will include never before seen material. Kicking things off is a video interview from March 2010 with Emmy-nominated Edge of Night actor Larkin Malloy, who passed away in 2016. The interview was conducted by Nelson Aspen as part of his "Where Are They Now Tour" series for We Love Soaps . Malloy, who came in at #45 on the We Love Soaps 50 Greatest Soap Actors of All Time list, played Sky Whitney on Edge of Night , Kyle Sampson on Guiding Light , Travis Montgomery on All My Children and Clay Alden on Loving . He also had a memorable guest run as Dr. Weston on As the World Turns . The complete interview has been offline for a decade. Watch it below.

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