On episode 1138 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: 

Beyond the Gates drops big casting news. The DC crew reacts to the character descriptions. Ron Carlivati joins the BTG writing team.

Steffy fires Hope on The Bold and the Beautiful. Enough with Steffy vs. Hope. What's up with Carter? 

Days of Our Lives is renewed for a 61st season. Brandon Barash is OUT as Stefan DiMera. DAYS introduces two new characters. JPL returns as Philip Kiriakis and Louise Sorel is back as Vivian Alamain.

General Hospital sends Kelly Monaco off by killing Sam onscreen, leaving few options for the character to come back to life at a future date. Will Sam's death evolve into Alexis vs. Laura or is it more likely to end up being a storyline about Kristina vs. Lulu? Michael finds out about Drew and Willow.

Ed Scott returns as a senior producer on The Young and the Restless. This Diane and Jack storyline just doesn't make sense. Victor keeps Nikki out of the loop. The Heather murder storyline is just as head-scratching. 

All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast!

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