'Youthful Daze' Adds Drew Garrett, Cady McClain, Guy Wilson, Melissa Archer, Bryan Dattilo, Andrew Trischitta and Sean Kanan

Drew Garrett, Cady McClain, Guy Wilson, Melissa Archer, Bryan Dattilo, Andrew Trischitta and Sean Kanan.

Web soap Youthful Daze returns for a new season on February 20, 2016, and a number of cast additions  have now been revealed. Below is a list of new characters:

* Jimmy Lowe, played Drew Garrett (ex-Michael, General Hospital)

* Aunt Kathy, played by Cady McClain (ex-Dixie, All My Children; ex-Rosanna, As the World Turns; ex-Kelly, The Young and the Restless)

* Shane Edmundson, played by Guy Wilson (Will, Days of our Lives)

* Monica Reynolds, played by Melissa Archer (ex-Natalie, One Life to Live; ex-Serena, Days of our Lives)

* Eric, played by Bryan Dattilo (Lucas, Days of our Lives)

* Travis Montgomery, played by Andrew Trischitta (ex-Jack, One Life to Live)

* Cult leader Richie Kingsly, played by Sean Kanan (Deacon, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-AJ, General Hospital)

Michael E. Knight Joins 'The Young and the Restless'

Michael E. Knight

Do you miss Tad Martin? If you do, you are in luck! TVIinsider is reporting that All My Children favorite Michael E. Knight is returning to the soap world. Knight will play Dr. Simon Neville, a Genoa City doctor with mysterious intentions. He first airs on October 15. If Cady McClain hadn't been written out of YR earlier in the year, we could have had a Tad and Dixie reunion! What could have been...

Why Are There Two Jack Abbotts on 'The Young and the Restless'?

Two Jack Abbotts: Fake Jack and Real Jack

On Tuesday's episode of The Young and the Restless, it was revealed that Kelly Andrews (Cady McClain) was alive and holding Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) hostage. But how is that possible when viewers spent the hour watching Jack marry Phyllis Newman (Gina Tognoni)? It looks like there are two Jacks now and the one that married Phyllis is an imposter.

But when did Fake Jake take over Real Jack's life? Was Fake Jack the one who had sex with Kelly at the Underground before it collapsed? Fake Jake definitely was the hacker at Jabot, and Billy (Burgess Jenkins) has video evidence. How long has Real Jack been held captive? What does Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) have to do with all this? Is Fake Jake the person meeting Victor in the confessional booth?

Gina Tognoni Debuts as the New Phyllis Newman on 'The Young and the Restless'; Can Daytime's Top-Rated Soap Regain Its Magic?

Near the end of the Monday, August 14 episode of The Young and the Restless, Jack Abbott (Three-time Emmy winner Peter Bergman) arrived in Georgia to visit his fiance Phyllis Summers Newman. Well, they were engaged a year ago when Phyllis tumbled down a flight of stairs and went into a coma, and before he fell in love with Kelly Andrews (Two-time Emmy winner Cady McClain). But a lot has changed over the past 12 months, and he's come to tell his comatose love that he's moving on. This wasn't the same Phyllis that left Y&R after a reunion with Jack; Michelle Stafford has moved on to General Hospital, where she's giving a fascinating performance as Nina Clay (coincidentally another character that recently came out of a coma). As Jack settled in next to the woman he has loved on and off for years, viewers heard the voice of Jessica Collins (Avery) say in that old school soap opera way, "The role of Phyllis Newman is now being played by Gina Tognoni," and saw her face. The two-time Emmy Award-winning Tognoni had finally made her first appearance on daytime's top-rated drama.

Just before Jack took Phyllis' hand, he said, "It's good to see you, Red."

Yes, it was!

'The Young and the Restless' in Pictures: Tuesday June 10, 2014 (recap)

 What really happened on the Tuesday, June 10th episode of The Young and the Restless?

"Talk to the hand! I refuse to believe I'm too young for the role I created."

"I know our story isn't working, but we have to keep trying."