ELEVEN YEAR VETERAN AND GH CROSS-OVER CHARACTER OUT!

As November Sweeps kicks off on "Life in Salem", more cuts are made to the cast. Lauren Koslow(Kate Roberts) and Tyler Christopher(Nikolas Cassadine) have found themselves casualties of "The War", when both characters were killed off this past week. "Kate was becoming useless, as her storylines were slowly decaying. She had an alliance with Helena which was what led up to her death," Co-EP/HW Daysfan stated "And it also revealed Tony had an alternate personality, which gives a whole new twist to "The War". And her death also caused Nikolas's death. I give Jay credit for bringing Nikolas on and he also was the one who pitched the idea of killing Nikolas off and he handled it quite well, so this means the Cassadine side of The War is taking some big casualties. What's next? You have to tune in!"

However, also LIS has had a huge return this past week....

Charles Shaughnessy(Shane Donovan), who played the ISA agent on the real Days for eight years back in the eighties and early nineties and breifly again in 2002, comes to LIS! Shane has taken a role in "The War" as he leads the ISA against Stefano, Helena, and EJ. "I always knew Shane would return someday when I brought Kim back," Co-EP/HW Daysfan said "And the buildup was there when Lexie decided to go for help against Stefano once she turned on him. She went to him and Shane has obviously made his move when he stormed the DiMera Palace."

Shaugnessy is not expected to have a long run, most likely at least all the way through November Sweeps. But will he and Kim meet again? Time will tell.

In other LIS casting news:

Erika Slezak(ex-Victoria Lord Davidson) has been fired from LIS due to a huge cast. "She will most likely turn up again someday, but for now she had to go. And this also is building up to a brand new story for Victor."

Jerry Ver Dorn(ex-Clint Buchanon) has also exited. He was fired along with Slezak.