Young and The Restless: Comings and Goings

Goings:

Tristan Rogers (Colin Atkinson) Exits TBA, as he had been let go from the soap.

Eden Riegel (Heather Stevens) Exits TBA, as she has been let go from the soap.

Darius McCrary (Malcolm Winters) Exits TBA, as he has been let go from the soap.

Julia Pace Mitchell (Sofia Dupre) Exits October 17th, as she confirms she will be on maternity leave. Mitchell confirmed she will return to filming in January, and will re-appear sometime in late-March 2012, but on September 29, 2011, it was confirmed that she will not return to the soap, and she will be exiting November 11th instead of October 17th.

Jessica Heap (Eden Baldwin) Exits November 4th, as she returns to Paris.

Comings:

Debbi Morgan (Yolanda Hamilton) Debuts October 7th. Morgan has previously played Angie Hubbard on All My Children. She will be on a main status,

Diana DeGarmo (Angelina Veneziano) Debuts October 18th.

Lacey Chabert (Dr. Melissa Winthrope) Debuts November, Chabert will be on a recurring basis.

Darcy Rose Byrnes (Lise Winthrope) Debuts November, Byrnes has signed back on the with the soap for a contract role. Byrnes previously played the child version of Abby Newman.

Kimora Lee Simmons (Mora Lee Simmons) Debuts November, Simmons has signed a one-year contract with the soap.

Contract Changes

Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) Has been reduced to a recurring role. She has confirmed she filmed her final episode September 22nd, and will begin filming her recurring role in early January.

Karen Hensel (Doris Collins) Has been upgraded to contract status. She will re-appear October 28th.

Genie Francis (Genevieve Atkinson) Has been reduced to a recurring role.

Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell) Is currently in contract negotiations, putting her on hiatus until the conflict is resolved.