Soap Opera Stars In Primetime: Upcoming Guest Appearances

Daytime and primetime soap stars are everywhere this winter! Below are some of the upcoming guest appearances by soap stars on primetime shows including Ilene Kristen playing the estranged mother of a troubled young man on LAW & ORDER: SVU (an episode which features both Harry Connick Jr. and Miranda Lambert). We update this list every few days. If you see a name missing or find out an official airdate, add it in our Comments section.

JANUARY
29 CSI: MIAMI - Grant Gustin, Elisabeth Rohm
31 RINGER - Brody Hutzler, Madchen Amick

FEBRUARY
  1 HOT IN CLEVELAND - Susan Lucci, Ryan McPartlin
  2 THE MENTALIST - Van Hansis, Alicia Witt
  2 PERSON OF INTEREST - Rachel Miner
  3 SUPERNATURAL - Sara Canning
  3 BLUE BLOODS - F. Murray Abraham, Maureen Mueller, Anthony Mangano
  6 2 BROKE GIRLS - Jennifer Coolidge
  6 TWO AND A HALF MEN - Matthew Marsden
  6 HAWAII FIVE-0 - Mark Deklin
  7 UNFORGETTABLE - Chris Beetem
  7 GLEE - Ricky Martin
  7 NCIS: LOS ANGELES - Alana De La Garza
  8 LAW & ORDER: SVU - Ilene Kristen
  8 CSI - Brianna Brown, Jill Larson, Roger Bart
  8 CRIMINAL MINDS - Dean Cain
  8 HAPPY ENDINGS - James Wolk
  8 REVENGE - William Devane
  8 ROYAL PAINS - Jennifer Ferrin
  9 THE MENTALIST - Victor Alfieri, Kathryn Joosten
10 A GIFTED MAN - Peter Hermann
10 BLUE BLOODS - Aubrey Dollar, James Rebhorn
14 NCIS - Ray Wise
14 NCIS: LOS ANGELES - Mackenzie Mauzy, Anthony Palermo
14 NEW GIRL - Ryan Kwanten
14 BODY OF PROOF - Donna Pescow
15 HAPPY ENDINGS - James Wolk
15 CRIMINAL MINDS - Bellamy Young
15 CSI - Jesse McCartney, Mary Page Keller, Nazanin Boniadi
16 THE MENTALIST - Michael Rady, Marisa Ramirez, Jay Pickett
16 PERSON OF INTEREST - Annie Parisse, Susan Misner
17 BLUE BLOODS - Benton Greene
19 THE GOOD WIFE - Parker Posey, Jonathan Groff
19 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - Robert Pine

MARCH
13 RINGER - Nic Robuck
TBD BLUE BLOODS - Margaret Colin

2012
TBD PRIVATE PRACTICE - Ashley Jones
TBD HAWAII FIVE-0 - Ed Asner
TBD HOT IN CLEVELAND - Steven Weber
TBD CASTLE - Justin Hartley
TBD MELISSA & JOEY - Shawn Christian
TBD MODERN FAMILY - Bobby Cannavale
TBD SUPERNATURAL - Misha Collins (recurring)
TBD LAW & ORDER: SVU - Fisher Stevens
TBD CSI: NEW YORK - Molly Burnett, Sherri Saum
TBD CRIMINAL MINDS - Lexi Ainsworth
TBD SMASH - Thorsten Kaye (recurring)
TBD HOT IN CLEVELAND - Rick Springfield (Summer)

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