ABC Soaps In Depth is reporting General Hospital alum Kin Shriner will  briefly step in for Ted Shackelford at The Young and the Restless. Shriner is slated to appear in three episodes. According to a statement released by Y&R:

 Kin Shriner is temporarily stepping in on Y&R as Jeff Bardwell because Ted Shackelford is not available. Kin's episodes will begin airing in late April.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting The Young and the Restless has snagged yet another primetime actor for the sudser.  Emmy-winner Michael Badalucco has landed the role of Hogan (of course!) a bookie who assists Kevin (Greg Rikaart) and Jeff (Ted Shackelford) in getting some dead presidents pumped into Gloworm. The Practice star will appear starting Oct. 13.

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With Mary Jane being revealed as Patty, it looks as though the walls are caving in on Victor. Or is it? Watch the clip after the jump. READ MORE

In an interview with TV Guide Canada Ted Shackelford discusses his The Young and the Restless character Jeffrey Bardwell, Dallas and Knots Landing, the Fisher-Baldwin family and how soaps have changed since his role on Another World.  

TVG: In his own warped way, I think Jeffrey’s a pretty loyal and nice guy deep down. Describe Jeffrey for me.

TS: Jeffrey plays chess using people in his life as pieces. [Laughs] I think he really loves Gloria and really loves hanging out with her. And the feeling is mutual because I love working and hanging out with Judith. As you can imagine, she’s a hoot to work with. We laugh and scratch a lot! Jeffrey does love Gloria but make no mistake — he’s also out for Jeffrey. And therein lies the conflict in his character. But he’d like to take Gloria along with him for the ride. Jeffrey does have a moral core to him, but I’m just not sure what it is yet. I don’t think he’d ever kill anybody, but barring that …

After I laughed for a good 20 minutes, I decided to share the joke with the DC readers. Once again I left my window open and a little birdie flew in and told me that Jeff (Ted Shackleford), Gloria (Judith Chapman), and Jill (Jess Walton) will team up to take THE Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) down on The Young and the Restless.. READ MORE

The moment we've all been waiting for minus DC's fearless leader Luke.... DAMN I wish I had my TiVo so I can watch it OVER and OVER again! Oh well, there's always YouTube.