Y&R runs out of Luckinbill

Say it ain't so! Rumors of Thad Luckinbill's exit from The Young & the Restless have been rampant in recent months but it now appears official as Luckinbill's wife & co-star, Amelia Heinle, has confirmed via interview that her hubby is departing the daytime drama.

After 10 years with Y&R, his character, JT Hellstrom, will end his run when Luckinbill's contract expires. Thad Luckinbill has also been a fixture here on Soaphunks.net where he became affectionately known as the 'Susan Lucci' of the Soaphunks.net Awards. After 18 nominations, over 7 years, Luckinbill finally scored a win for "Most Shamefully Clothed" in 2009.

It's not clear when Luckinbill will last air on Y&R but it will certainly be a sad day for all his fans, despite his diminished attention on the show in recent years. We hope greener pastures lead to much bigger things for one of daytime's finest.

Jordi Vilasuso returns to daytime; Adam Mayfield exits

Former Guiding Light hunk, and Daytime Emmy winner, Jordi Vilasuso is returning to the soap world.

Vilasuso is set to join the ranks of All My Children in the new role of Griffin Castillo. Vilasuso's first airdate is scheduled for November 15, meaning he'll pop up just in time for November sweeps. Vilasuso's gorgeousness helped raise the temperature in Springfield. Let's hope he does the same in Pine Valley.

While Vilasuso remains one of this blogger's favorite soap hunks of all-time, fans of Greg Vaughan may be disappointed to know he also tested for the role of Griffin.


As if by fate, AMC will add a hunk while booting another. Adam Mayfield, who has spent just over a year in the role of Scott Chandler, has been fired. Mayfield made his debut in April 2009 and received a Soaphunks.net Award nomination for Hunkiest Newcomer that year.

Don't expect his character to disappear, though. It's been reported that the role of Scott Chandler will be recast, in order to take him in a "new direction."


So long Adam...and hello Jordi!

RIP As the World Turns

Oakdale, you will be missed.

Cloudy with a chance of soap hunks

Better grab your umbrella! SoapNet is making a splash with its latest promo, featuring tons of AMC, OLTL, and GH hunks in various states of undress. The forecast from the ABC Weather Girls? "It's Raining Men!"

Hair today and gone tomorrow?

Always eager to do his part to help a good cause, GH's Brandon Barash recently came up with an innovative draw to raise money for the MDA: his chest hair. "To shave or not to shave?" That is the question Barash is asking his fans.

Donations can be made to either "team." The team with the most donations over $10,000 will determine whether or not Barash breaks out the razor. He will post pictures, video, and messages along the way, with the outcome being posted after September 17th.

Do your part to help out a good cause and help decide the fate of Brandon's "chia chest" here.

Leyden lands in Genoa City

It looks like former ATWT hunk, Paul Leyden, is headed to Genoa City. The 6-time Soaphunks.net Award nominee will first air on Y&R on October 6th in the role of "Blake." No word on whether Leyden will be reunited with his former ATWT co-star Maura West, but kudos to Y&R for nabbing yet another hunky man!

The Ford Brothers fess up

Michael Fairman, the Barbara Walters of the soap world, recently sat down with the hottest onscreen brothers in daytime, OLTL's David A. Gregory, Nicolas Robuck, and Lenny Platt, to ask them all the important hard-hitting questions, including among other things, how the studs feel about their plethora of shirtless scenes. Rev up your engines and check out Michael's interview with the Ford Brothers here.