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Updated December 28: Soaps.com readers can expect to see Jess Walton back on Y&R as Jill early in the new year. Soap Opera Digest reports she’ll first be seen on Thursday January 3.

On September 21, Soaps.com learned that Jess Walton will return to Y&R as Jill on Monday September 24.

On June 11, we reported that actress Jess Walton is set for another Y&R appearance as Jill returns to Genoa City. According to Soap Opera Digest, viewers will see Jill beginning Friday July 13. Previously, Walton appeared for Y&R’s 45th anniversary in scenes that saw her character cross paths with the Brooks sisters, Lori (Jaime Lyn Bauer) and Leslie (Janice Lynde).

The Young and the Restless shared a photo of Walton from the set, in which she posed with Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) and Peter Bergman (Jack).