Young & Restless Recasts a Legacy Character Ahead of a Major New Storyline

Recasts and soap operas go hand in hand and viewers of The Young and the Restless are about to see the latest hit Genoa City this week. In fact, Devon and Abby’s son Dominic will now be played by newcomer Ethan Ray Clark, who will first appear on Friday, January 23.

River and Rainn Ware originated the role and it’s been a long while since we last saw the little tike, way back in December of 2024… Fans may recall that after Devon and Abby went on their honeymoon to Fiji, and returned to Genoa City, they arrived at the Abbott mansion and found Ashley had been spending time with their son. The parents couldn’t have been happier to have been reunited with Dom and expressed just how much they missed him.

And now Dom’s going to be back on our screens just in time for a major storyline. Back in November of 2025, during an interview with TV Watercooler, Bryton James warned that there was “quite a bit of drama coming up for ‘Dabby’.” Plus, just this month, a video clip appeared on Entertainment Tonight, that suggested Matt Cohen’s Detective Burrow will land in the midst of the couple’s problems.

While Abby and Devon have been parenting little Dom offscreen, it’s safe to say now that a new young actor is taking over the role, we’re going to see how well they do as tensions begin to test their marriage.

Soaps.com welcomes Clark to the role and we can’t wait to see Dom back into the mix.