Steve Burton is leaving The Young and the Restless on CBS daytime. (Photo: Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com.)
Actor Steve Burton is leaving The Young and the Restless on CBS. Expect his final episode to air in December. Burton has played Dylan McAvoy for the last four years on the soap opera, but is best known for playing Jason Quartermaine aka Jason Morgan on ABC‘s General Hospital, between 1991 and 2012. The actor announced his departure on Twitter.
Returning to Port Charles may not be a done deal. Two years after Burton departed for Genoa City, popular Y&R vet Billy Miller joined GH, first as amnesiac Jake Doe. The storyline made it clear that Doe — who had undergone facial reconstruction surgery after being run over — was Jason.
Fans sat through a long, drawn out reveal that Jake was Jason. They then waited seemingly forever for the character to regain his memories and reunite with wife Sam McCall Morgan (Kelly Monaco).
Burton came from GH to Y&R along with Jill Farren Phelps, who executive produced from 2012, until she and Charles Pratt, Jr. were fired, in June. The duo was replaced by Mal Young who, along with new headwriter Sally Sussman Morina, has brought back Elizabeth Hendrickson and Michael Graziadei as Chloe Mitchell and Daniel Romalotti.
Burton lives in Nashville, TN. Under Phelps, he had a taping schedule which allowed him more time at home with his family. It is likely the new regime did not agree to that accommodation.
Burton posted three tweets on his exit. Taken together, his message reads: “Hey everyone, with lots of reflection, I have decided to move on from @YandR_CBS at the end of my contract in Dec. I’ve had an amazing time, but it feels right to move on to new adventures in my life. I can’t say enough about the AWESOME cast and crew. Much respect! Much luv to @CBSDaytime for the great ride. Great peeps. And thank YOU all for your support. Always! #positivityrules.” Check them out.
Hey everyone, with lots of reflection, I have decided to move on from @YandR_CBS at the end of my contract in Dec. I've had an amazing
— Steve Burton (@1SteveBurton) October 7, 2016
2/2 time, but it feels right to move on to new adventures in my life. I can't say enough about the AWESOME cast and crew. Much respect!
— Steve Burton (@1SteveBurton) October 7, 2016
3/3 Much luv to @CBSDaytime for the great ride. Great peeps. And thank YOU all for your support. Always! #positivityrules
— Steve Burton (@1SteveBurton) October 7, 2016
Y&R is still recovering from the loss of Justin Hartley, who played Adam Newman. Hartley is in the cast of NBC‘s new hit show, This Is Us.
What do you think? Are you a Steve Burton fan? Will you miss him on The Young and the Restless? Do you want him to return to General Hospital, or do you prefer Billy Miller’s Jason? Tell us.
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