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The Young and the Restless-related news from 2002
It's impossible to keep up with all of the twists and turns from the world of soaps. Luckily, Soap Central has archived all the The Young and the Restless news from 2002.
Here are the news stories posted on Soap Central during 2002 that focus on The Young and the Restless or past and present Y&R performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link. To access articles from other years, click here.
January 2002
January 2002
Fans hoping that The Young and the Restless would once again play the ghost card are going to have their hopes dashed.
January 2002
January 2002
January 2002
February 2002
If one reads into the results of this year's The Young and the Restless edition of the Soap Opera Central awards, one might be able to figure out exactly why Y&R has been the top-rated soap opera for so many years. Twelve different performers were awarded Dankies awards this year - a mark that sets a record among all soap balloting. In fact, only one performer earned more than one award this year.
February 2002
It could be a daytime first for The Young and the Restless - but it's not the kind of record that a lot of fans will be looking forward to. This week, Y&R will lose three of its top stars.
February 2002
The collapse of energy giant Enron has had all the makings of a perfect soap opera plot - company bigwigs apparently on the take, suicides and shredded documents. But now the story really does have a soap opera angle.
February 2002
A message on his official web site confirms what many fans have been fearing: Michael Damian (ex-
Danny Romalotti) is not returning to The Young and the Restless.
March 2002
March 2002
March 2002
The search for Ralph Hunnicutt, Mackenzie's stepdad and Amanda's wayward husband, is over.
March 2002
Diego Serrano (Diego Guittierez) will depart The Young and the Restless this spring.
March 2002
Following in the steps of her former on-screen lover interest,
Shemar Moore (ex-Malcolm Winters),
Alexia Robinson (Alex Perez) will exit The Young and the Restless when her contract expires later this year.
April 2002
Though the role is not yet vacant, The Young and the Restless has already found a replacement for
Diego Serrano (Diego Guittierez).
April 2002
It sounds a bit like a new take on the Hokey Pokey, but at The Young and the Restless there will soon be one Tom in and one Tom out.
April 2002
May 2002
May 2002
Gretchen Palmer has been cast in the role of Serena on The Young and the Restless. For Palmer, an accomplished actress in both film and television, the role will mark her first venture into daytime television.
May 2002
Style Network announced last week that it would launch a new home design series to be hosted by The Young and the Restless'
Lise Simms (Connie Wayne).
May 2002
A gunman stormed into the sprawling CBS Television Studios complex in Los Angeles on Tuesday and kept police at bay for four hours before shooting himself.
June 2002
June 2002
June 2002
July 2002
The Young and the Restless is looking to further bolster its cast of African American performers.
CBS now confirms that Victoria Rowell (
Drucilla Winters) will return to the show later this summer.
July 2002
John H. Martin and Mitzi Kapture will join the cast of The Young and the Restless next month as Brittany's parents, Frederick and Anita Hodges, respectively.
July 2002
There is rampant speculation among setside sources that The Young and the Restless may recast the role of Billy Abbott when
David Tom (
Billy Abbott) exits the role later this year.
August 2002
Former Y&R star Rick Hearst has been removed from contract at The Bold and the Beautiful. He will remain on in a recurring capacity, but a setside source hints that Hearst will only be around for an additional handful of episodes.
October 2002
Lauralee Bell (
Christine Williams) has once again taken maternity leave from The Young and the Restless. But fans of the actress can rest assured that this leave will be much shorter than the nearly one-and-a-half-year break she took last time around.
October 2002
October 2002
Genoa City newcomer Gretchen Palmer (Serena) will be exiting The Young and the Restless this fall. The actress has been released from her contract with the show.
November 2002
Hard work does pay off. Two years after joining the cast of The Young and the Restless in the recurring role of JT Hellstrom,
Thad Luckinbill has been put on contract.
November 2002
November 2002
