Billy Millers ‘Billy Abbott’ just captured the essence of Billy so perfectly for me.. and I don’t even necessarily think he was the best actor, he was just the best at playing Billy. I have lost so much interest in the character since he was recast after BM.

I would agree with Billy Miller as Billy as well. I was annoyed at first cuz I am a David Tom fan (still am) and Billy and Mac was the teen couple that made me fall in love with Y&R as a teen myself. But BM won me completely over.

David Tom was perfect for teen Billy. Billy Miller was perfect for man child Billy that was constantly messing up.

Hard to believe that Jason Thompson has played Billy the longest and next year will be his 10th anniversary.

On 11/28/2025 at 7:26 AM, dragonflies said:

Christina Bennett Lind as Bianca on AMC, she was pretty well accepted. I often read people saying they liked her Bianca better

I would be one of them. And I didn't even think I would like a recast for Bianca. Love her.

17 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Scott Holroyd as Paul Stenbeck.

YES!!!! I'm still to this day livid about him being replaced.

15 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I loved him as Paul.

Same.

14 hours ago, Khan said:

After Andrew Kavovit, he was the best actor to portray Paul.

Yep.

4 hours ago, P.J. said:

I can't think of a better recast that was dumped for a worse reason. It was probably a miracle I liked him, given that he was quickly stuck with Rose.

+1

Ah yes... Chompers was quickly accepted as Billy Abbott on Y & R and it didn't hurt that he looked wonderful without a shirt on :)

He had the same essence as David Tom in regards to being his own worst enemy

ATWT

Patricia Bruder replaced Wendy Drew as Ellen after Wendy, an original and popular cast member, left after 4 years. Pat was popular enough to be there decades later.

10 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Ah yes... Chompers was quickly accepted as Billy Abbott on Y & R and it didn't hurt that he looked wonderful without a shirt on :)

He had the same essence as David Tom in regards to being his own worst enemy

Those facts also helped. :)

Roger Howarth as Franco on GH.

Farah as Mimi Lockhart on Days!

Peter as Jack Abbott on Y&R

3 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Roger Howarth as Franco on GH

Uhhhhhhh

15 minutes ago, Vee said:

Uhhhhhhh

No? From what I read and saw he was quite popular especially with the FRIZ pairing. People were just a bit mad that Roger had to give up the character of Todd because of that lawsuit thing and had to take another character to stay on the show but overall they accepted him