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This is incredible!!! I can't wait to see her on screen again. I've missed our little "Ginger"... Talk about a "setside source"! I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for any press about her anticipated return. The soaps tape about 3 1/2 weeks out, so we should see her first scenes the week beginning October 16th. I think I'm going to start watching again now --- I want to be fully invested in the current storylines so I can better appreciate her character!

Here's the official announcment, folks! Hot off the presses of the Y&R website at www.cbs.com ...

Tammy Lauren (Homefront) Arrives In Genoa City
TAMMY LAUREN, who starred as Ginger Szabo in Homefront, will be playing the recurring role of Detective Maggie Sullivan on Y&R. Lauren's other television credits include Crossing Jordan, The Drew Carey Show and Home Improvement. Her first airdate is Monday, October 30.



Happy Halloween to us!

ETA: This announcement (with a picture!) was just posted at the official Y&R website

Crime Gets a Makeover in Genoa City...
Actress Tammy Lauren plays Dt. Maggie Sullivan, who gives one cold case a warm pair of eyes and ears. Find out more...



Tammy Lauren, best known as Ginger Szabo in Homefront, joins the cast of The Young and the Restless in the recurring role of Detective Maggie Sullivan. Lauren's other television credits include Crossing Jordan, The Drew Carey Show and Home Improvement. What crime demands her attention? Stay tuned to Y&R to find out which mystery is in need of a fine detective. Her first airdate is October 30.

Y&R viewers have already begun chatting about the announcement. Here are some comments from a thread at www.soapcentral.com:

Well, I guess she'll be brought in to solve the Carmen mystery. I wish they would leave Dru alone now.

Yep, sure looks like she will be involved in the Carmen exit story. Hopefully it will be interesting.

I was really hoping this Dru/Neil/Carmen Storyline wasnt going in this direction. However, We've seen it coming for weeks. I wish they would just let Dru have some peace.

A new female detective. Somebody is going to jail. I hope its Gloria, Michael and Kevin. LOL

....what happned to Kara?

Is this the same girl that worked with Paul in Cleveland??? I can't really remember her name?

Yep...this is the same woman that Paul was working with and I for one am GLAD!! Paul needs a separate life outside of Lauren and Christine. And I really hope she is not going to rehash this George Kaplan mystery flop.

It's not the same actress or character. Kara was played by Sandra Hess. Detective Maggie Sullivan will be played by Tammy Lauren.

I've read that Sandra Hess (Kara) was working on a movie, so that may be why she didn't stay on Y&R. I hope she will be Paul's new love, we'll have to wait...

I wish that she was coming to catch Gloria but I think that she's there because of the Carmen s/l.

A new female detective? May she be Paul's new love interest? I liked Kara. Too bad she was just on for three episodes!

Dru has a big s/l coming up if what we speculate is true!... I know shes [Maggie's] got to be better than Paul and JT those two have to damn near trip over clues! and then they still might not get it right... She's just in time maybe Paul and her paths will cross and hook up some where down the line!

I am hoping that someone will murder Carmen, and then we will have a great "who done it" storyline. Of course Dru will be their main suspect, but we all know it can't be our Dru.

Since Will menetioned uyesterrday that the Jabbot creaminvestigation is still open, could she be cominng to help him out and not Carmen?

Sounds like she's a detective with the police force rather than a PI and I'm wondering if she'll be working on the Dru/Carmen story? If that's the case I guess she and Paul won't cross paths. Now where is Kara? I liked her.

Love Tammy Lauren! I was JUST wondering when LML would bring on an actor or two from Homefront. Cool!

What is going to happen to Carmen in her exit story that would warrant bringing in a police detective!?!?

Another actor from one of LML's previous shows coming over to Y&R? No surprise here. A new detective with a new mystery to solve. It is somewhat obvious what that mystery is and who it invovles.

I agree with kaylin- it seems like this character is a police detective, not a PI. All signs point to her being involved in the Carmen story, which Paul probably won't be involved in. I liked Kara too, and hoped she would stick around.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Tammy Lauren and LOVED Homefront. Kyle(can't think of last name) is now on NBC's Friday Night Lights. So glad that Tammy is joining the cast. She's an edgy actress in my book. Perfect for a detective.

While I certainly don't mind a new detective making the rounds (and I kind of like Tammy Lauren from way back on Martial Law), I gotta ask: where's Hank Weber? He was cool...

My guess is she will be looking for Carmen , but why another female when GC needs more men !

Given the number of crooks and criminals running loose in GC this new detective could be busy for years. Going on the last year alone, she could charge and arrest:

Gloria -- the tainted cream / Kevin and Michael -- being accessories after the fact
Kevin -- monitoring Jack's email / Michael and Gloria -- accessories again
Dru or ???? -- Carmen's disappearance
Gloria / Kevin / Jana -- drugging and setting up Alex and for blackmail
Jack -- coercing John into writing a new will while in prison
Jack -- setting up dummy corporations to take over Jabot
Ashley and Michael -- planting drugs on Terrible Tom

This woman could make her career just persuing the Fisher/Baldwin/Abbott clan. Personally, I think Carmen should be the least of her concerns. She's gone - good riddance. Focus on the other criminals still floating around spreading their poison.

I know I am in the major minority, but i kind of feel bad for Gloria. He is a fighter also, going to Catherine and Jill to get her own title in jabot, shows that she cant be pushed to the curb. I have also heard rumors that either Victoria Rowell or Christian St. John may want out, but i havent heard anything more since then ( about a month ago) so I think it was just speculation.

I cannot fathom more boring Carmen/Neil stuff.....it's bad enough he is opening a club (or is he still now with Devon ill/deaf?)

This is amazing. I was actually watching that actress with Paul and thinking she would be a great addition to the cast. Also it always bothered me that that cops were always male. Cheers Y&R for reading my my mind.

why would we haver to get involved in a long drawn out court trial? And besides, it is time they leave Dru alone.

I hope she's a love interest for Paul, so he will have his own storyline and not playing second fiddle to the alter of Michael and Lauren's coupledom. And just because she's working on a different case from Paul doesn't mean its impossible for her to connect with him, since they both run in the same line of investigative work careers.

Y&R has released the first half of their teasers for the November sweeps season. Here are a couple with which Detective Sullivan might be involved:

Katherine is plagued by disturbing nightmares that open up painful memories from her past and from her history with Jill. --- Sounds like a cold case in the making! Jill is the CEO of Jabot and Katherine is her former arch-enemy/longlost mother who owns Chancellor Industries. Jill and Katherine have mended fences and live together in a mansion. They only found out a couple of years ago that they were related. I'm not sure how many of the details around Jill's conception, birth, and adoption have been fleshed out... or if her father has been revealed yet.

Colleen fights feelings of jealousy when Professor Korbel begins working closely Victoria. Meanwhile, Brad grows suspicious of the professor's interest in Victoria's art world connections and hires J.T. to investigate him, leading to a clash between J.T. and Colleen. --- J.T. is the young private investigator working with Paul Williams. Will the Genoa City police also become involved with this case? The art in question is the "Grugeon reliquary" - a piece stolen by the Nazis that Brad's mother once attempted to return to its rightful owners. Brad and Victoria are trying to locate the reliquary.

Paul faces a crisis of conscience when Michael hires him to investigate Brad, drawing him back into the cover-up of Brad's secret past. --- Brad hires one P.I., and another P.I. is hired to investigate Brad! Will Detective Sullivan be called on to assist in this case when somebody reaches a dead end?

With just one day to go until Tammy makes her Y&R premiere, the word is out on which storyline Detective Sullivan will be involved with... Here's the cover story from the current issue of Soap Opera Weekly. Maggie is mentioned towards the end.

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WHODUNIT? You May Be Looking At Carmen's Killer!

A bomb going off in the middle of Genoa City would have been less shocking to its denizens than the discovery of Carmen's dead body. But this week on Y&R, the surprises continue when it becomes increasingly apparent that there are no shortage of suspects that may have wanted to eliminate the dark-haired beauty. But only one person took that dastardly desire to the next level, and the hunt is now on for the culprit who has blood on his - or her - hands!

Making matters even murkier is the fact that the blunt force trauma that killed Carmen could have been deliberate first-degree murder or a case of spur-of-the-moment manslaughter. Although killing the lovely Latina in a fit of rage certainly widens the pool of suspects, her rival, Dru, tops the list on both counts.

"Dru has made no secret of her dislike of Carmen, so she is the No. 1 suspect as far as the police are concerned," shares Executive Producer/Head Writer Lynn Marie Latham. "It does look bad for Dru because Carmen was killed right before Dru had to go to court about breaking the restraining order. And everyone in town knew about the animosity between the women. But the Winters family is worried that one of their own could have done it. And they do things to protect each other."

The Usual Suspects
Ironically, a living-breathing Carmen was one of the main obstacles driving a wedge between Dru and Neil, but the woman's death will actually bring them together like nothing else could. "It's safe to assume that the entire Winters family could be put under the microscope, but especially Dru because of her pure hatred and disgust with Carmen, seeing that Carmen in her eyes tried to steal her husband away," agrees Kristoff St. John. "But the events surrounding Carmen's death have absolutely put their marriage back on the right track. I think it really is a matter of Neil and Dru being in this together as a team. It's like, 'We're in this together, there's no looking back, we stick to our story, and let's protect each other."

The pressure increases for the couple, however, when suspicion also falls on their children. Lily detested Carmen because she perceived her as trying to put the moves on her father and break up her parents' marriage. Similarly, Devon had a few blow-outs with the 'other woman' on that same topic - and he was caught on the hotel's surveillance camera trying to deliver an envelope to her room.

"Dru's concern for herself is compounded by her son being a suspect," confesses her portrayer, Victoria Rowell. "And she's implicated her husband...It's triple jeopardy in the Winters family!"

Saving Devon
As far as Devon is concerned, St. John believes that his alter ego will do almost anything to protect the young man. "When it comes to his son, he may try to stretch the truth a little bit, seeing as Devon is so innocent in his father's eyes - literally innocent as far as Neil is concerned - and somewhat helpless because of his medical condition," he says. "Neil is particularly concerned with his son's well being. So if and when the spotlight is put on Devon, Neil would be the first to back him up."

While Neil has faith that Devon is innocent, he may not be so confident about his wife. Indeed, even Rowell admits that her character could have been responsible for her rival's untimely demise. "The unfolding events continue to show that she's capable," insists the actress. "It happens all the time, unfortunately, where someone goes into a corporate environment and pulls a gun on employees. So far, Dru has demonstrated that she's had an agenda. I've heard 'Stand by your man,' but Dru goes to great extremes at this point," she adds, offering a mischevious smile. "And just when you thought it couldn't get worse. It's going to get a lot worse for Dru!"

Pushed To The Edge?
Of course, Neil is hardly in the clear, either. "It would be a very interesting twist if Neil was the killer," St. John admits with a grin. "I don't think he is, but I think Neil began looking at Carmen in a different light in recent weeks. He had hoped that she would be a little easier on his family seeing how Devon has been sick, but she was on the warpath to see justice done for her own sake. I say this about sports - any team on any given day can beat another team depending on the emotions. I would have to assume that it's a very similar thing when it comes to this particular event. A man pushed to the edge, feeling backed into a corner, feeling his family's future is at stake...Would he be capable of murder? That primal instinct and rage to commit a crime as heinous as taking someone's life is not in Neil's nature, but I think he's capable of doing it if it meant protecting his offspring, his cubs and his lioness."

The Price Of Silence
The same could be said about several other suspects. Certainly Carmen uncovering the secret that Jack is Jabot's true owner shortly before her death could toss the mogul into the ring of suspects. "Jack will do anything to keep Jabot," Latham teases. "If he thought Carmen could hurt his plans, he could be quite ruthless."

Jack's girlfriend, Sharon, has her own reason for shooting dirty looks Carmen's way. "She and Dru are good friends," Latham notes. And because her own husband was only recently seduced by another woman, "Sharon's emotions may be heightened."

Meanwhile, Brad has already revealed the deadliest side to his persona. "To protect his family, Brad has proven he can do just about anything," agrees portrayer Don Diamont. "And he thinks that maybe Carmen may have heard something about his past. I think all bets are off."

Hoping to direct suspicion from himself, the hunk takes a page out of the Winterses' playbook and has his wife provide an alibi for him. "But maybe Victoria's the one that needs the alibi," Diamont suggests. "Carmen was trying to get a lot of money out of Newman Enterprises; that made Victoria furious."

In the coming weeks Detective Maggie Sullivan and D.A. William Bardwell will be quite busy sifting through the evidence. And Latham says fans may learn a few surprising things about Carmen. "A lot of people in town may have had a reason to be upset with her," she hints. "And if you remember, this may not have been a deliberate murder. This is going to be one of those times when nothing is what it appears to be," she previews. "There are so many layers here. One by one, we'll reveal the secrets in all these people's lives."

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The article mentions a few characters that I didn't include in my introductions above. Needless to say, I've had lots of time to catch up on "my stories" during the last few weeks, so here's the scoop!



Lily Romalotti is the daughter of Neil and Drucilla Winters. She's college-aged and is married to Daniel. Lily and Daniel have their own place, but she still spends alot of time with her parents and her foster brother.



Devon is the foster son of Neil and Drucilla Winters. His mother, Yolanda, lives in another state right now. Devon recently suffered a bout of meningitis which caused him to lose his hearing. He and his foster family are struggling to learn how to communicate with each other. Devon is considering cochlear implant surgery - which may restore a fraction of his hearing. When he expressed a desire to move out of the Winters' house so that he could have some independence, Lily asked Devon to move in with she and Daniel. Devon attends the local college.



Sharon Newman is dating Jack Abbott. She is recently divorced and the mother of Noah. Sharon lives at the Newman family ranch and works in the public relations department at Newman Enterprises.



Victoria Newman is Sharon's sister-in-law. She is pretty much running Newman Enterprises these days for her father, Victor, who's been dealing with medical problems. Victoria is married to Brad Carlton and stepmother to his daughters, Colleen and Abby.



Will Bardwell is the Genoa City District Attorney and has been prosecuting Drucilla for an assault on Carmen earlier this month. He has been dating a number of local ladies on a casual basis.

One last note, another set of teasers for November sweeps was released and includes a mention of Maggie Sullivan:

The mystery surrounding Carmen's murder continues, with many twists, turns and shocking revelations that implicate core characters, as William Bardwell and Detective Maggie Sullivan investigate leads with dogged determination.

Here are a couple more ways to express your enthusiasm for Tammy Lauren and her new character, Detective Maggie Sullivan:

1.) WRITE! Send your snail mail --- letters, cards, and postcards --- to this address:

Lynn Marie Latham, Executive Producer
The Young and the Restless
Bell-Phillip Television
7800 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

You can be sure that Ms. Latham has assistants who read her mail and keep a tally of what stories and which characters and cast members folks are writing about! Let's add Maggie Sullivan to that tally!!!

2.) EMAIL!

yrbb@tvc.cbs.com

If CBS gets a kick out of your email, they'll share it on their website! --- www.cbs.com/daytime/yr/community/letter/