Young & Restless Casting Shake-Up: Shock Exits and Surprise Returns This Week (Sept 22-26)
A wave of exits and arrivals hits The Young and the Restless Sept 22–26, 2025, setting up a week of shake-ups in Genoa City—here’s who’s in and who’s out.
Quick heads up for the Genoa City faithful: the week of September 22–26, 2025 is all about returns, not goodbyes. If you heard whispers about a big exit, take a breath — it is not happening this week.
Who is popping in
- Cait Fairbanks (Tessa Porter) — Tessa keeps doing her pop-in thing, and she is back again this week. The spoiler nugget here is a little weirdly phrased, so here is the clean version: Tessa tells Daniel (Michael Graziadei) that Mariah asked him to keep an eye on her. Translation: Mariah wants Daniel looking out for Tessa, and Tessa is the one delivering that message. Intriguing dynamic, to say the least.
- Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott) — Traci returns for the first time since May 2025. She is a legacy force, and she is slotted into an important arc right away, sharing scenes with Cane (Billy Flynn), Jack (Peter Bergman), and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford). That is a lot of history colliding in one week.
Any exits?
No one is leaving Y&R this week.
That is it. Despite the rumor mill (yes, including chatter about Victor), the show is not pulling the plug on anyone right now. Given the recent departures, it feels like they are spacing out the farewells and letting the returning faces stir the pot a bit first.
Why this matters
This is one of those weeks where the show loads the board with familiar players and lets the drama breathe. With Traci back after a months-long break and Tessa stepping into a slightly sticky triangle of concern with Mariah and Daniel, expect some character-driven moves that set up whatever big swings are coming next. The spoilers are pointing to an eventful stretch — which tracks with how much has shifted on the canvas lately.