Why 'Young & Restless,' 'Bold & the Beautiful,' & 'General Hospital' Are Skipping New Episodes This Week

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Three of the four main soap operas – The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and Days of our Lives – have updated schedules for the week of Christmas.

Good news for Days of Our Lives fans: there will be a new episode every day this week on Peacock! However, for the four other soaps, there are some big schedule changes. Keep reading to find out more… General Hospital on ABC will be airing a repeat episode on Tuesday (December 24) – it’s an episode that originally aired on May 22, 2024.

Fans are assuming it’s because of the holiday. On Wednesday (December 25), ABC will be airing sports coverage instead of GH.

For the CBS soaps, they will both be airing repeats on Christmas Day (December 25) due to the holiday. It’s actually two past holiday episodes that are planned!