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David Kreizman co-headwriter for Guiding Light is headed to sister soap As The World Turns to team up with existing headwriter Jean Passanante. This change will take place immediately.

Stuart Damon will soon be joining the cast of As The World Turns as a new character. Damon is best known for his role as Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital.

Soap Opera vet Judi Evans will be joining the cast of As The World Turns starting August 26th. Evans was last seen on Days of Our Lives. She also had roles on Another World and Guiding Light.

Former General Hospital and Port Charles star Lynn Herring will be joining the cast of As The World Turns. Herring will play the role of Audrey, Henry Coleman’s mother. Herring will make her debut on July 24th.

Forbes March will be joining the cast of As The World Turns as Noah’s college professor, Mason on July 14th. March previously played on the soap operas All My Children as Scott and One Life to Live as Nash.

Cady McClain (Rosanna) is set to make her return back to As The World Turns. Her first air date is slated for May 20th.

Soap vet Jon Lindstrom will be joining As The World Turns as a recast for the character of Craig Montgomery. This is the fourth actor to tackle this role. Lindstrom is probably best know for his role on General Hospital and Port Charles as Kevin/Ryan.

Grayson McCouch who played Dusty Donovan and Anthony Herrara who played James Stenbeck are set to return to As The World Turns. McCouch first airdate is September 24th and Herrara makes his return on August 27th.

Today the Daytime Emmy Nominations were announce. CBS led the other networks in nominations. Since this site is focus on CBS Soaps I will list the nominations from CBS soaps.

Guiding Light and The Young & the Restless were nominated for Outstanding Drama along with General Hospital and One Life to Live.

Best Actor
Peter Bergman (Jack) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael) both from Y&R

Best Actress
Maura West (Carly) from As the World Turns, Crystal Chappell (Olivia), Nicole Foster (Cassie) from Guiding Light, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine) and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) from The Young & the Restless

Best Supporting Actor
Trent Dawson (Henry) from As The World Turns, Daniel Cosgrove (Bill) from Guiding Light, Greg Rikaart (Kevin) and Kristoff St. John (Neil) from The Young & the Restless

Best Supporting Actress
Kelly Hensley (Emily) from As The World Turns, Heather Tom (Katie) from The Bold & the Beautiful, Gina Tognoni (Dinah) from Guiding Light and Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren) from The Young & the Restless

Best Younger Actor
Van Hansis (Luke), Jesse Soffer (Will) from As The World Turns, Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan) from Guiding Light and Bryton McClure (Devon) from The Young & the Restless

Best Younger Actress
Jennifer Landon (Gwen) from As The World Turns, Vail Bloom (Heather), Emily O’Brien (Jana) and Tammin Sursok (Colleen) from The Young & the Restless

Congrats to all the nominees.

Julie Pinson will be joining As the World Turns. She will be playing the recurring role of Janet Ciccone. Pinson has had roles in the soap operas Port Charles, The Young & the Restless, and Days of Our Lives. Pinson will debut on As the World Turns on May 8th.

As The World Turns will recast Lily Snyder with former Loving star Noelle Beck. Beck will take over the role for Martha Byrne. Beck was last seen in the primetime show Cashmere Mafia.

All 4 CBS soaps will not be shown on Thursday March 20th and Friday March 21st due to NCAA basketball. The soaps will return on Monday March 24th.

There are rumors going on in the different soap publications that Jennifer Landon (Gwen) and Jesse Soffer may be leaving As the World Turns before spring. Right now nothing has been confirm, but stay tuned.

Christopher Goutman, who is a director for As the World Turns was recently nominated for a Director’s Guild Award. This is Goutman third nomination in this category. He also has won several Daytime Emmy Awards for directing.

It has been reported that Grayson McCouch (Dusty Donovan) will be exiting As the World Turns soon. McCouch as been with the soap since 2003 and earn an Outstanding Supporting Actors Daytime Emmy nominations in 2006 for his portrayal of Dusty.