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Q: When will “The Young and the Restless” return with new episodes? – E.S.
A: The only daytime drama to continue with new episodes during the pandemic has been NBC’s “Days of Our Lives.” While production was shut down for all of Hollywood, “Days” reportedly had six months of episodes that hadn’t aired yet. CBS just announced that “The Bold and the Beautiful” would begin airing new episodes the week of July 20, and it appears that the remaining soaps – CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” and ABC’s “General Hospital” – are getting closer to filming new stories.
As of this writing, “Y&R” had planned to be back on the set in mid-July, with “GH” soon after that. According to Deadline.com, “Days” has set a tentative date of Sept. 1 to return to production. As for when the new episodes will begin airing, I would imagine it would be a few weeks to a month after they begin filming.
Denise Richards (Sean Smith/Bell-Phillip TV/CBS photo)
Denise Richards, who plays Shauna on “B&B,” recently talked about all the new safety measures in place since her return to the set, including that the crew would wear masks. A publicist for the show also stated that mannequins would be used in scenes that required “touching,” but if that touching involved more intimacy, as soap operas often require, the stars’ significant others would step in for the mannequins, even wearing a wig if needed. For example, Richards’ real-life husband, Aaron Phypers, is doubling as Ridge Forrester in any love scenes with her. (Ridge is normally played by actor Thorsten Kaye.)
Q: I was a huge fan of the long-running family drama “7th Heaven” and have been wondering if Matthew Linville, who played the recurring character of Jimmy Moon, is any relation to the late actor Larry Linville, who played the sniveling Major Frank Burns on “M*A*S*H”? I had noticed a bit of a resemblance between the two. – T.M.
A: I haven’t been able to find any link that states former child actor Matthew Linville is related to the late Larry Linville of “M*A*S*H.” According to IMBd.com, Larry was married five times before his death in 2000 at the age of 60, but he had only one child, a daughter named Kelly.
Matthew, who was born in 1983, appears to have concluded his professional acting career with the role of Jimmy Moon on “7th Heaven.”
Q: Where can I see the new Tom Hanks World War II movie? Is it in theaters? I know that some movie theaters are showing older movies, but what about this new one? – D.K.
A: Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars in “Greyhound,” a biographical film set during WWII. It’s not in movie theaters and is available to watch only through the AppleTV+ streaming service, which is just $4.99 a month for access to all its content, not just this one movie. (Go to Apple.com to get started).
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