Soap World #278

We love a celebrity guest role and it looks like Caitlyn Jenner may head to The Young and the Restless or The Bold and The Beautiful after she was recently spotted on the Genoa City set … If Brad Bell is reading, we think she’d make a great addition to the Forrester family! Speaking of the Forresters, it’s never dull for Steffy Forrester who is back at it with Ivy … a freak accident could see the diva on the wrong side of the law again. Lots of great reading this issue including a preview of 2016 Aussie dramas, what’s new, plus returning favourites. Check out the latest happenings in Hollywood, lovely prizes up for grabs plus more to keep you entertained. We hope you enjoy the issue.…

DAYS STARS DEMOTED They only re-signed brand new contracts early in 2015 but now Days’ WALLY KURTH (Justin) and JUDI EVANS (Adrienne) have been dropped back to recurring status. The recent departure of FREDDIE SMITH, who played the actors’ onscreen son, Sonny, is said to have contributed to the show’s decision to have them appear less often. However, Kurth has taken to Twitter to assure fans that he’s not leaving the soap altogether. “I’m still in Salem. Still the DA. Still working. The show is really good and I’m still having fun. Remember, it’s called show-Business,” he tweeted. GOODBYE GREG The revolving door of comings and goings at Days of Our Lives continues with the announcement that another major star has been axed. GREG VAUGHAN has confirmed that he’s left…

Thomas’ MANIPULATIVE ACTIONS PROVOKE A RENEWED WAR BETWEEN Steffy AND Ivy THAT ONCE AGAIN LEAVES Steffy LOOKING LIKE A KILLER Guilt is the strongest emotion overwhelming Ivy following her ill-advised evening of passion with a flirtatious Thomas. She feels she’s betrayed her commitment to Wyatt but while she declares to Thomas that it shouldn’t have happened, she remains confused and irresistibly drawn to the Forrester playboy. Desperate to make up for her betrayal, Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer) yearns to be honest with Wyatt (Darin Brooks) in the hope he’ll forgive her, but Thomas (Pierson Fode) is intent on building on the sizzling chemistry between them. He urges Ivy to lie to Wyatt about the incident and her plans for that night so they can hook-up again. Refusing the temptation, Ivy is…

WHAT’S NEW: SBS HIGHLIGHTS The Family Law A comedy-drama, The Family Law tells the story of a quirky Chinese-Australian family living on the Sunshine Coast over the course of a long hot summer. Benjamin, the family’s 14-year-old son, will narrate the tales as his own self-obsessed aspirations to be famous – despite a severe lack of talent play out. Comedy flows as the show examines the sabotaged expectations, growing pains and the strange embarrassment of family life. The Family Law debuts on SBS in January. Deep Water Billed as experimental and a unique series, Deep Water is a cross-genre, cross-platform event that comprises three different parts, a four-part TV drama series, a feature documentary and an online web series. The TV series is a crime thriller set in contemporary Bondi…

JACK IRISH (ABC) – The popular series of TV movies starring Guy Pearce is being transformed into a six-part drama series. It continues the saga of the scruffy and scandal-plagued former lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector. JANET KING (ABC) – A second season of the highly-charged legal thriller finds prosecutor Janet enmeshed in another case which will challenge every fibre of her being. THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES (ABC) – Ballarat’s favourite police surgeon is back to solve a fourth series of troubling criminal cases. GLITCH (ABC) – The mystery behind why six people were resurrected from their graves will be explored when this supernatural series returns for a second run. RAKE (ABC) – Nothing can keep the problem-plagued Cleaver Greene down as Richard Roxburgh returns in the long-awaited…

NEIGHBOURS WEEKNIGHTS AT 6.30PM ON ELEVEN An unlikely alliance forms between Paige and Paul as they both get caught up in Michelle and Dimato’s dodgy dealings. Despite Mark’s warning for Paige to stay away from Michelle, who keeps getting Paige into trouble, Paige can’t help but offer her friend a place to stay when she rocks up to the Turner house bruised. But when some of Michelle’s bruise makeup wears off it’s clear that she’s up to no good. Pushing the friendship, Michelle (Ra Chapman) asks Paige (Olympia Valance) to get her a SIM card in Paige’s name and she does without a thought for what Michelle could really be using it for. She later suggests Paige also get her an apartment in Paige’s name but it’s not until Dimato…