Booked and Busy: What Soap Alums Are Up to the Week of December 7, 2020

All My Children

• Jacob Young (ex-J.R.) will star as astronaut John Bull in the movie Prepare to Launch 

• Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley) and Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo) will executive produce the true crime series Exhumed on Oxygen; back-to-back episodes are premiering on Jan. 17 at 7 and 8 PM EST

The Bold and the Beautiful

• Mario Lopez (ex-Christian) will star as Col. Sanders in Lifetime's mini-movie A Recipe for Seduction

Days of Our Lives

• Krista Allen (ex-Billie) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's The Wrong Mr. Right, airing Jan. 15 at 8 PM EST 

• Matt Cedeño (ex-Brandon) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped from the Beach, airing March 19 at 8 PM EST 

• Trevor Donovan (ex-Jeremy) stars in Hallmark's ski romance movie Two for the Win, airing Jan. 16 at 9 PM EST 

• Jen Lilley (ex-Theresa) stars in Hallmark's movie Snowkissed, airing Jan. 30 at 9 PM EST 

• Justin Gaston (ex-Ben) shared on Instagram that he penned the song "Wish for You" for ION's Christmas movie The Christmas Sitters, out Dec. 13
• Teressa Liane (ex-Mimi) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's His Killer Fan, airing Feb. 19 at 8 PM EST

Guiding Light

• Tom Pelphrey (ex-Jonathan) will star in the new film American Murderer

One Life to Live

• Brandon Routh (ex-Seth) will recur on Season 3 of ABC's The Rookie 

• Jason-Shane Scott (ex-Will) will star in Lifetime Movie Network's The Wrong Fiancé, airing Jan. 8 at 8 PM EST 

• Jessica Morris (ex-Jennifer) will star in Lifetime Movie Network's The Wrong Fiancé, airing Jan. 8 at 8 PM EST 

• Steve Richard Harris (ex-Seth) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's Deadly Therapy (working title), airing February 5 at 8 PM EST 

• Valarie Pettiford (ex-Sheila) will reprise her starring role in Season 3 of BET+'s The Family Business 

• Sean Ringgold (ex-Shaun) will reprise his starring role in Season 3 of BET+'s The Family Business 

• Ryan Phillippe (ex-Billy) will play an FBI agent tasked with taking down an infamous crook in American Murderer

Port Charles 

• Rib Hillis (ex-Jake) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's The Wrong Mr. Right, airing Jan. 15 at 8 PM EST

The Young and the Restless

• Burgess Jenkins (ex-Billy)'s 2018 holiday film Christmas on the Coast will debut on Fox Nation on Dec. 9 

• Eric Roberts (ex-Vance) stars in Lifetime Movie Network's The Wrong Mr. Right, airing Jan. 15 at 8 PM EST, and Deadly Therapy (working title), airing Feb. 5 at 8 PM EST 

• Brooks Darnell (ex-Nate) headlines the Hallmark flick Love in the Alps, airing Jan. 23 at 9 PM EST 

• Vivica A. Fox (ex-Stephanie) will executive produce, and star in, five more "Wrong" movies from Lifetime Movie Network in 2021, starting with The Wrong Fiancé, airing Jan. 8 at 8 PM EST