Guiding Light - COMINGS & GOINGS

* Mark Schlereth is back as Roc Hoover. This time around, he'll be helping Jeffrey with a secret mission. Look for him on on Tuesday, January 6.

* Jeffrey Hayenga will be playing Brooks, an attorney. Beth will be shadowing him on Wednesday, January 7 and Thursday, January 8.

* Jeff Lima will be getting into a fight with Shayne and threatening Dinah. The young actor will be playing Byron on Tuesday, January 6 and Wednesday, January 7.

* Aaron Schwartz will be portraying Dr. Mansfield on Thursday, January 8 and Friday, January 9. He will be in town to treat Mallet.

* It looks like Bill will be getting a little hypnotherapy. Jonathan Fried will be playing Dr. Wenkel, a hypnotherapist on Friday, January 9.

* In a recent interview, Michelle Ray Smith hinted that she may be interested in returning to acting.

* John Driscoll (Henry 'Coop" Cooper) will be leaving the show in the coming weeks. His final air date has yet to be announced.

* Venida Evans will be making a return appearance as Christina’s Grandma Loretta on Tuesday, December 23.

* The December 18 episode will have a new 'character'. It's the Proctor & Gamble icon Mr. Clean! See related story here.

* It is rumored that John Driscoll (Coop), E.J. Bonilla (Rafe), Bonnie Dennison (Daisy), Kane Manera (Grady) and Caitlin Van Zandt (Ashlee) will be exiting the show, or continuing in reduced roles, in the coming months. This has yet to be officially confirmed.

* David Andrew MacDonald will be returning as Edmund Winslow starting on January 22. Read more here.

* Tyra Colar will be joining the cast as Leah Bauer beginning on December 1. (Read more here)

* Michelle Ray Smith will return as Ava Peralta on December 19 and 23. (More info here.)

* Paul Fitzgerald will be returning as Dr. Colin McCabe.

* Grant Aleksander will be returning as Phillip Spaulding. Read more here. It looks like his return date will be February 6.

* Jennifer Roszell will return as Eleni on December 4.

* Tom Bloom will be appearing as Governor Young on Monday November 3 and Friday November 7.

* Ben Levin will plays Chip, a student Daisy thinks about dating, on Thursday November 6.

* Stephen Beach will be playing the warden at Rafe’s prison. Look for him on Thursday October 30.

* Robert Newman will be back as Josh beginning on Monday October 20.

* Karla Mosley will be taking on the role of Christina beginning on October 22.

* Nicole Forester will be leaving the role of Cassie behind November 4.

* Miles Williams will be leaving the role of RJ behind as well when the character leaves with Cassie.

* Jeff Branson has been cast as Shayne Lewis. Expect to see him on December 1.