Soap hunk shakeup

Lots of comings and goings this week on the soap hunk scene:

• New head writer Hogan Sheffer has begun the expected DAYS housecleaning by axing hottie Austin Peck, who has been back in Salem just about a year now. Peck is set to exit in the coming weeks with co-star Christie Clark. Co-star Jason Cook is also leaving when his contract expires in September, but that appears to have been on his own accord. Ditto for Kyle Brandt.
• Y&R has just launched another Billy Abbott recast, this time with newcomer Scott Seymore. He's cute!
• AMC has cast former "Point Pleasant" star Brent Weber as Jackson's nephew, Sean Montgomery. The shirt has already come off.
• Drake's son Ben Hogestyn has jumped ship from GH, where he played gay teen Lucas Jones, and will now be joining B&B in the contract role of Harry. He'll interact, among others, with Jack Wagner, who would've been his uncle on GH.
• Also suiting up (and hopefully suiting down) as he joins B&B is former SUBE blond hottie Dax Griffin. Griffin also appeared on AMC in 2003.
• OLTL's Michael Easton has proven the rumors wrong and has re-inked a deal to stay in Llanview. Co-star Tuc Watkins, though, will be out in November.