TV Guide's Michael Logan is reporting the stunt-casting bonanza over at The Young and the Restless continues. Y&R has hired Father Knows Best star Elinor Donahue to act as a judge who officiates Billy (Billy Miller) and Victoria's (Amelia Heinle) wedding slated for Sept 8 (my birthday of all days). Head writer Scott Hamner stated,

Relationship and romance is partly about trying to achieve a retro-fantasy of better, simpler times — bringing Elinor on amps up that homage to the perfect family," says Y&R co-head writer Scott Hamner. "We have great admiration for Elinor. She's an iconic part of our collective psyche and it seemed like we couldn't do it without her. We love her!" 

 The sound you hear is my head exploding all over the DC offices.

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We soap lovers can be as scathing as the most hardcore sports fan when it seems our favorite daytime players are asleep on the bench or the writing team is making bad plays. Though I find myself cursing at my TV for some of the recent shenanigans on The Young and the Restless, it’s a reason why I still tune in, and the good must be acknowledged. Giving props where they are due, I want to speak on three things that I’m loving right now about Y&R.

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Congrats to The Young and the Restless' Billy Miller for winning the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Funny speech. This is Miller's first win and Emmy nomination. The actor has been in the role of playboy Billy Abbott since, 2008.

I know, I know. This revelation is going to cause a lot of DC's readers and listeners to scratch their heads (much like I did at learning those twins belong to Sheila this week. Sigh. Maria, Maria, Maria.), not to mention my podcast co-hosts, but I admit it. I love me some Billy (Billy Miller) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle)! Listen, I am as shocked by this development as anyone, but I do, I adore this pairing that I was so prepared to hate. 

It could be that Billy and Vicky's burgeoning, realistic love story, fraught with decades' worth of PLAUSIBLE conflict betwixt two warring dynasties is the only tale worth watching on what is quickly becoming a soap operatic train wreck of ginormous, LML-like proportions, featuring one insanely-stupid, stupid STUPID lookalike story after another (more on that later) or it could simply be that Miller is bringing out something fun and mischievous in Heinle, which is translating very well onscreen.

Yep, it's offical. Heinle has been Millered! Now then, can Magic Miller (he's been upgraded from Killer as a result of his latest successful assignment) go sit next to Maria, Hogan and Scott when they write the rest of the show, so his wonderful goodness can inspire and/or rub off on their writing, before Victor's twin Lictor comes to town to, oh I don't know, eats all of the horses on the Newman ranch because their caretaker at the orphanage fed Victor more curds and whey than Lictor? 

Check out  a teaser of what's coming up for Harmony's Genoa City's sexy, new pairing in this week's CBS Soaps In Depth after the jump! READ MORE

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Seems like Adam's (Michael Muhney) house of cards is about to fall... Thanks to Beautreal for the tip and TheYrfan09 for the clip!

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Billy Miller chats with Peter Bergman about his 20th anniversary at The Young and the Restless. You have to love Miller's statement at the 1:38 mark! Meanwhile is it me or does Bergman still look the same today as he did when he strolled on Y&R's set 20 years ago? Watch the clip after the jump. READ MORE

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