Mal Young Replaces Jill Farren Phelps as Executive Producer at 'The Young and the Restless'

Mal Young

Mal Young has replaced Jill Farren Phelps as executive producer of The Young and the Restless, Soap Central confirms.

Earlier this morning, Young tweeted out "Day 1"

Day 1

— mal young (@malyoung) June 8, 2016

Last last night, Jamey Giddens from Daytime Confidential confirmed that the controversial Phelps had been sent packing from Genoa City.

“On behalf of everyone at the show, we extend our sincere thanks to Jill for her years at Y&R and wish her continued success,” said Steve Kent, senior executive vice president, US programming for Sony Pictures Television.

Young was brought in by The Young and the Restless as a supervising producer in January of this year. What does this switch mean for the soap? Stay tuned.