Michael mahoney young and the restless

  • Our readers were hoping the CBS soap would bring back Michael Muhney as Adam Newman, but instead they picked a daytime newcomer.
  • The Young And The Restless.
  • As great as Justin Hartley was in the role, Michael Muhney IS Adam Newman.

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    Adam Newman Recast: Michael Muhney Was 'Hopeful For A Return,' Confirms Official Exit

    Although many Young and the Restless fans wanted Michael Muhney back on the CBS soap opera, the actor confirmed that he will not return.

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    "Just got an official call, although things got very close, I will not be returning to Y&R. That part of my life is over. Moving on," he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. "I was hopeful for a return, but now I'm hopeful for the future. Now you'll just have to promise to tune in to my future projects! #lovexo."

    He also quoted Dr. Seuss: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

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    Fans were quick to show their support for the actor on the social networking site.

    @michaelmuhney Looking forward to your future projects!

    — &#;&#;&#; &#;&#;&#;∂&#; (@futurefox09) August 14,

    @michaelmuhney you will always be the be

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    &#;I think that&#;s great,&#; Justin Hartley told Soap Opera Digest during a recent interview when asked about the possibility of his daytime alma mater &#;The Young and the Restless&#; recasting his role as Adam Newman, a devious businessman with serious daddy issues. &#;They should. Adam is a great character,&#; the actor added. Of course, Hartley himself has a rather full plate these days as one of the stars of NBC&#;s &#;This is Us,&#; so if Adam were to return to Genoa City, it might need to be with a new face.

    Hartley actually got his start in daytime. He joined the cast of NBC&#;s &#;Passions&#; in as Fox Crane and stayed with the show until , after which the role was taken over by Mark Cameron Wystrach for another year and a half before the character was shot to death by his girlfriend&#;s niece &#; don&#;t you hate it when that happens?

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    After &#;Passions&#; Hartley had primetime roles on &#;Small

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    We recently asked our readers who they thought should be cast as the nefarious Adam Newman on &#;The Young and the Restless&#; if the character should come back from the (presumed) dead. Well, it was recently reported that the role has been filled, and it looks like the CBS soap didn&#;t listen to any of my wildly speculative suggestions &#; not that I&#;m bitter. But they also didn&#;t revert to a previous actor like many of our readers would have preferred. Mark Grossman will play Adam, not past portrayer Michael Muhney.

    Grossman is a newcomer to daytime television whose past credits include a recurring role in the Freeform series &#;Famous in Love.&#; He&#;ll be the fourth man to play Adam Newman on &#;Y&R&#; following Chris Engen (), Muhney () and Justin Hartley (). Muhney earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Best Actor in for his performance as Adam, and Hartley was nominated in the same category in Hartley left the series when Adam was blown up in a cabin explos