Maura West Debuted as Diane on Young and Restless and Other Big Soap Moments from October 8

In 2007, Alexa Havins exited All My Children as Babe Carey, and Amanda Baker made her debut in the same role. The switch took place in the same scene, in fact, as Babe shared a hug with her mother, Krystal, played by Bobbie Eakes. Havins had begun playing the role in 2003, and Baker played Babe until the character's death from tornado-related injuries in 2008.

In 2010, Maura West made her Young and Restless debut in the recast role of Diane Jenkins. At the time, West was fresh from completing her Daytime Emmy-winning run as Carly Tenney on As The World Turns. Soap Opera Digest assessed in 2023, "When ATWT went off the air and Y&R snapped up West as a recast Diane, it seemed like a slam dunk. Casting West was certainly a coup, but the show never found its creative footing with Diane during West’s era, having her hit the sheets with father-and-son duo Victor and Nick, making enemies left and right and soon winding up 'dead.' " West exited in 2011 and two years later, made her General Hospital debut in another Daytime Emmy-winning role, Ava Jerome.

In 2012, General Hospital's Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) was stunned when her presumed-dead beloved, Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan), showed up at her hotel suite. But it wasn't really Duke — it was Cesar Faison in a Duke mask, executing an elaborate plot to finally capture Anna's romantic attention! Anna would ultimately discover the real Duke and reunite with him, while Faison was busted for his trickery and wound up in prison. Alas, Duke was murdered in 2015. Faison also died, in 2018.

In 2020 on General Hospital, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard, l.) said good-bye to his father, Mike Corbin (Max Gail) at Mike's funeral following his dad's painful passing from Alzheimer's. A wide variety of characters were in attendance, including Carly, Kristina, Jason, Sam, Michael, Willow, Elizabeth, Stella, Brando, Ned, Olivia, Josslyn and Brook Lynn. After a series of poignant and touching speeches reflecting on Mike's legacy, Sonny delivered the final, stirring eulogy. The ceremony ended with Joss serenading the churchgoers. Sonny was the last one to leave, staying behind with his father's casket, and Mike's spirit appeared to him. Sonny was emotional as he watched his father's specter walk into the light. Before Sonny walked out of the church, a late arrival took him by surprise — it was his son Dante, home from overseas at last!

In 2024, Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) and Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) hooked up on the set of Body & Soul on Days of Our Lives — and notably, the tryst was witnessed by Johnny DiMera, who wrongly concluded that Alex was actually in the throes of passion with Johnny's wife, Chanel Dupree, who was his love interest on the soap within the soap. This false assumption went on to prompt Johnny to have a retaliatory one-night stand with Joy Wesley, only to confront Chanel about her infidelity and learn that nothing had happened between Chanel and Alex!