'The Young and the Restless' Sneak Peek: Will Austin's Killer Strike Again?

Summer, Mariah, Noah and Courtney run outside when they hear a gunshot and a voice scream, "Oh no!"

The week of March 9-13, 2015, on The Young and The Restless finds the Newman family worried about an "ugly truth" that may be exposed in a documentary. Meanwhile, will Austin's killer strike again? (The better question might be: Is Austin really dead?) Check out a new Y&R promo below for a sneak peek.

'The Young and the Restless' Spoilers: Nikki Arrested for Murder?

"Nikki has been booked for murder," Paul tells Victor after Nikki is arrested.

The week of March 2-6, 2015, on The Young and The Restless finds Kyle (Lachlan) as a suspect in Austin's death, and Kyle reveals to Abby (Melissa Ordway) that he knew about her improbable affair with Austin. Meanwhile, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) gets behind the wheel after drinking and ends up in a deadly accident. Will she end up in jail? Check out a new Y&R promo below for a sneak peek.

'The Bold and the Beautiful' Delivers Largest Average Weekly Audience in 8 Years

The entire CBS Daytime lineup posted year-to-year growth in viewers, with several delivering their biggest audiences in more than a year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week of February 16-20, 2015.

Daytime Dramas

The Bold and the Beautiful averaged 4.18 million viewers, up +10% from a year ago, and its largest average weekly audience since the week ending February 16, 2007. It was also up +13% in women 25-54 (1.7/09 from 1.5/08) from a year ago.
The Young and the Restless averaged 5.58 million viewers, up +7% from last year, and its largest audience since the week ending January 31, 2014. Among women demographics, it was up +5% in women 25-54 (2.2/12 from 2.1/12), +15% in women 18-49 (1.5/09 from 1.3/09) and +17% in women 18-34 (0.7/05 from 0.6/05), all best since the week ending January 31, 2014 (final week for Billy Miller and Michael Muhney).

Game Shows

Let's Make a Deal 2 averaged 4.25 million viewers, its largest audience ever, and was up +13% in women 18-49 (0.9/06 from 0.8/06) from a year ago.
Let's Make a Deal 1 averaged 3.66 million viewers, up +14% from a year ago.
The Price is Right 1 averaged 5.71 million viewers, up +7% from last year.
The Price is Right 2 averaged 6.65 million viewers, a gain of +9% from the same week a year ago in both viewers and women 18-49 (1.2/08 from 1.1/07).

Talk Show

The Talk averaged 3.01 million viewers, up +7% from last year and its largest weekly audience since the week ending February 14, 2014.*

Sneak Peek: Men of 'The Young and the Restless' on 'Queen Latifah Show'

Justin Hartley, Daniel Goddard, Joshua Morrow, Queen Latifah, Peter Bergman and Bryton James

The Young and the Restless actors Justin Hartley, Daniel Goddard, Joshua Morrow, Peter Bergman and Bryton James are guest-starring on The Queen Latifah Show on Tuesday, February 17.

Watch a sneak peek of the appearances below:

Former 'The Young and the Restless' Actress Victoria Rowell To File Complaint in Federal Court Against CBS, Sony Pictures Claiming Denied Re-Employment

Victoria Rowell

Former The Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell is filing a complaint in federal court against CBS, Sony Pictures Television and other defendants claiming that she was denied re-employment on the highest rated daytime soap opera in the country in retaliation for her public and private complaints regarding the lack of diversity in front of and behind the camera on the show. The lawsuit was announced on Wednesday morning in a press release sent to the media along with an invitation to attend a press conference on Thursday, February 12 at 11 a.m. ET.

Rowell became the "first African American female with a leading role on The Young and the Restless in 1990" when she brought to life the role of Drucilla Barber Winters. She "reluctantly left the show in 2007 after facing years of racial discrimination" that are described in the complaint. During her tenure she won eleven NAACP Image Awards and received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.

'The Young and the Restless' Spoilers: Victor Battles Jack, Secrets Revealed, and a Plane Crashes

In a new interview with THR.com, new The Young and the Restless head writer and executive producer Charles Pratt Jr. previews what's ahead on the show:

"My motto in daytime has always been make every day a Friday," Pratt explains, "so that our audience has to watch each and every day. That means more twists, cliffhangers and that primetime feel of 'What the heck are they going to do next?'"

Warning: Spoilers ahead...

"Victor and Jack will go head-to-head, and a mysterious new person will come to town," Pratt teases. "A major storm is on the way, guaranteed to turn lives and loves upside down. Secrets will be revealed. And when a plane goes down, lives are rearranged."

Someone won't make it out alive? Who will die?

Watch a sneak peek of the Y&R plane crash below.

Elizabeth Hendrickson Keeping in Touch with Fans Via Peeppl Videos

Elizabeth Hendrickson

Since leaving The Young and the Restless and her role as Chloe, Elizabeth Hendrickson has been keeping in touch with fans via video on the new social platform, Peeppl. On her latest PEEP, she takes a request from a fan to sing him Happy Birthday while playing the ukulele! Fans can respond to her requests for video content and vote on what original video she shoots next.

Peeppl (www.peeppl.com) is a platform that lets Hendrickson's fans interact with her directly and vote on the videos she makes; fans can sign up to follow her so that they get advance notice of her PEEPS (video posts). Peeps are crowd-sourced videos – a great source of unique content exclusive to each celebrity.

Eileen Davidson, Whitney Cummings and Jeffrey Christopeher Todd Visit 'Watch What Happens Live' (Video)

Pictured: (l-r) Eileen Davidson and Jeffrey Christopher Todd -- Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo

Tuesday night's episode of Watch What Happens Live on Bravo featured Eileen Davidson (The Young and the Restless, Days of our Lives, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Whitney Cummings (Whitney) and guest bartender Jeffrey Christopher Todd (The Young and the Restless).

Check out more photos and watch a clip from the episode below:

'Serial Scoop Now': Jeffrey Christopher Todd

Jeffrey Christopher Todd as Tobias in The Young and the Restless.

Jeffrey Christopher Todd made his stage debut when he was 8 years old playing Kenickie in a summer camp production of Grease. From that moment on, he wanted to become an actor. After graduating from Hamilton High School's Academy of Music, he studied theatre (among other things) at Northwestern University. He then moved to New York City and performed in numerous Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions before returning home to Los Angeles to pursue a career in theatre, TV and film.

He has appeared in feature films and television shows including Switched at Birth, Free Agents, Not Another High School Show, Tunnel Rats and Polar Opposites. He also guest-starred on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place, hilariously playing Jeffrey Jefferies opposite Selena Gomez.

Eileen Davidson and Jeffrey Christopher Todd

For the past two months, he has starred as Tobias on CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, a lab technician working at Jabot for Ashley Abbott (Emmy winner Eileen Davidson) but spying for her ex-husband and business rival, Victor Newman (Emmy winner Eric Braeden). Todd was once an intern at Y&R working with former producer Ed Scott.

Todd flew to New York this week to shoot an appearance on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live!, which airs on Tuesday, January 27 at 11 p.m. ET. He will be joined on the show by Y&R co-star Eileen Davidson (who also stars in Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) as well as Whitney Cummings.

While in New York, Todd spoke with Serial Scoop Now about his love for acting, working with Y&R legends Braeden and Davidson, what the future may hold for Tobias (#SaveTobias), his upcoming appearances and much more. Get to know the talented young actor in our latest episode (1.03) below:



Jeffrey Christopher Todd's upcoming appearances:

Watch What Happens Live!
(with Eileen Davidson and Whitney Cummings)
Bravo
Tuesday, January 27, 11 p.m. ET

"Romeo and Juliet: Love is a Battlefield"
Written & Directed by Bradley Bredeweg (Creator/Executive Producer of "The Fosters" on ABC Family)
Opens Saturday, February 14 (Valentine's Day)
Rockwell Table and Stage

"Kritzerland Cabaret: The Songs of Jerome Kern"
Upstairs at the Federal
Monday, February 2

Follow Jeffrey Christopher Todd on Twitter @JeffreyTod. Check out his official website at jeffreychristophertodd.com.

'The Young and the Restless' Sneak Peek: Victor Stabs Phyllis With a Needle

Dylan plans on taking care of Joe.  Will Joe end up dead?

In a new promo for CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, Victor (Eric Braeden) picks up a needle and stabs Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) in a scene so silly and over the top it must be someone's dream or hallucination. Y&R has been guilty on multiple occasions lately of airing an over-the-top or super-sexy promo only to have it turn out to be a dream or fantasy sequence. In this case, that would be better than the scene actually taking place.

It has been years since the writers at Y&R have really understood what makes Victor Newman tick, instead portraying him as a supervillain a la James Stenbeck (As the World Turns) or Stefano DiMera (Days of our Lives). In the upcoming scene, Victor is in Helena Cassadine (General Hospital) territory.

"Maybe it's a good idea if you went back into a coma," Victor tells Phyllis in the promo before grabbing a needle to thrust into her hand as she lets out her trademark scream. That's when she'll wake up or snap out of it, right? This can't possibly actually take place.

Watch a sneak peek below and let us know if you think this is a dream.

Hayley Erin Joins 'General Hospital' as New Kiki Jerome

Hayley Erin

Hayley Erin has joined the cast of ABC soap opera General Hospital as the new Kiki Jerome, according to Daytime Confidential. Erin replaces Emmy winner Kristen Alderson, who decided not to renew her contract with GH.

Erin played the role of Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Ashley Abbott’s (Eileen Davidson) daughter, Abby (Carlton) Newman, from 2008-2010 on Y&R. She was replaced by Emme Rylan, who now plays Lulu Spencer Falconeri on GH.

The 20-year-old actress has also appeared in TV series such as Austin & Ally, Melissa & Joey, The Glades and Emily's Reasons Why Not.

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Lachlan Buchanan Joins 'The Young and the Restless' as the New Kyle Abbott

Lachlan Buchanan is Y&R's new Kyle Abbott.

Australian actor Lachlan Buchanan has joined the cast of CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as the new Kyle Abbott, the son of Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and Diane Jenkins (most recently played by Maura West). The role of Kyle was most recently played by Hartley Sawyer.

"So excited to start my new adventure with the brilliant team at the Young and Restless," tweeted Buchanan.

Buchanan starred on the Australian soap opera Home and Away as Pat Jenkins. He also played Charley Prince in Blue Water High. His other TV credits include Pretty Little Liars, NCIS: Los Angeles, Jessie, Hung and Castle. His film credits include Newcastle and Behaving Badly.

Buchanan reports to work at The Young and the Restless on January 27 and will first air on February 25.

This isn't the first time Y&R has hired an Australian actor to play a member of the Abbott family. In 2007, the show hired South African-born Australian actress Tammin Sursok to play Colleen Carlton, daughter of Traci Abbott and Brad Carlton.

Soap Opera Digest first reported the news of Buchanan's casting.

'The Young and the Restless' Promo: Dylan Takes on Joe Clark

Dylan plans on taking care of Joe.  Will Joe end up dead?

This week's The Young and the Restless promo is the kind of thing you see just before a soap opera character gets killed off, or at least shot a few times. Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton) is fed up with Avery's ex, Joe Clark (Scott Elrod), and is going to do something about it. But what? Is Joe going to be murdered?

'The Bold and the Beautiful' and 'The Young and the Restless' Begin the New Year with Their Largest Audiences Since Last February

The Talk outdelivered The View in viewers for the first time ever with first-run episodes and tied in key women demos, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week of January 5-9, 2015.

While The Talk previously tied The View in key women demographics, this marks the first time original episodes have also finished first in viewers.

The Talk averaged 2.95 million viewers, up +9% from last week and marking its largest weekly average audience since the week of February 8-12, 2014. The Talk beat The View by +2% in viewers (vs. 2.88m). In key women demographics, both shows averaged 1.0 in women 25-54 and 0.7 in women 18-49.

CBS's daytime dramas also opened the year strongly as The Bold and the Beautiful delivered 4.05 million viewers, its largest weekly audience since the week of February 1-5, 2014, while The Young and the Restless scored its biggest audience since the week of February 15-19, 2014 with an average of 5.11 million viewers.

Charles Pratt Jr. Now Executive Producer and Head Writer of 'The Young and the Restless'

Chuck Pratt's name appeared during the first segment of Friday's episode of The Young and the Restless. He is now the show's new head writer and one of its executive producers, along with Jill Farren Phelps.

Beau Kazer Dead at 63

Beau Kazer, pictured with former The Young and the Restless co-star Jeanne Cooper.

Beau Kazer (also credited as Beau Kayser and Beau Kayzer), who originated the role of Brock Reynolds on The Young and the Restless in 1974, passed away on December 30 in Thousand Oaks, CA.

The Toronto native made the move to Los Angeles when he was only 17. There, he studied at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre. After graduating, Kayzer made his debut on General Hospital, where he was an extra. He then landed the much more high-profile role on Y&R, playing Katherine Chancellor's (Jeanne Cooper) son, Brock — though he returned to GH as Dr. Bunny Willis in 1983.

Over the years Brock transformed from a rebellious young man into a minister and lawyer, among other careers. During his 1999 return, the character learned he fathered a daughter, Mackenzie Browning (Ashley Bashioum).

'The Young and the Restless' Classic Clip: Victor and Nikki Remember Their First Christmas

The Young and the Restless' Victor Newman and Nikki Reed.

This year for Christmas, The Young and the Restless mogul Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) showered his wife, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), with gifts, including one very sentimental strawberry. Watch Victor give his wife a present below that triggers a memory of their first Christmas.

Booth Colman Dead at 91

Booth Colman

Television, film and stage actor Booth Colman died December 15 at the age of 91. He died in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his niece, Shellie Lavaris, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Colman was born in Portland, Oregon, and got his start in show business as a child actor in local theater performances. He later attended the University of Washington and the University of Michigan, where he launched a radio career. He had a knack for languages and spoke five fluently.

'The Young and the Restless' Promo: Hot! Hot! Hot!

"Gabriel" meets Billy while trying to come to an understanding with Jack.

CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless is hot, hot, hot, with jaw dropping twists and turns

Watch the new Y&R promo below for a sneak peek.

'The Young and the Restless' Casting Notices: Thug, Male Doctor, Agent Riddick, Nurse

The Young and the Restless is casting some interesting under-five roles. How will they fit into the story?

Over the past month, CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless has put out some interesting under-5 (U/5) casting calls including a male doctor with actual medical experience. Check out the latest notices below:

THUG (Posted November 20)
2 EPISODE UNDER 5 PART. SEEKING A BURLY TOUGH LOOKING MALE THUG! 30s-40s. MUST have stage combat/stunt experience. ACTOR MUST BE AT LEAST 6'!

Shoot/Start Date: Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 12

MALE DOCTOR (Posted December 4)
This is an UNDER-5 part. MALE 30s - 40s. Seeking an actor with ACTUAL MEDICAL EXPERIENCE to play an UNDER-5 doctor. Doctor is kind, compassionate and always by the book. Actor MUST have actual medical experience.