Young and the Restless spoilers for March 23-27, 2026 expect Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) attacking and Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) devastated.
As we always do on early edition day, we talk about what’s coming the rest of this week. Then we dig into what is ahead for next week.
Young and the Restless Spoilers Wednesday, March 18th: Lauren Accepts Phyllis’s Offer
So, on Wednesday, March 18th, we have Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). He is back in Genoa City. He has been gone for a trip to New York City and he really wants to take Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman) and sweep her away on a vacation. But she tells Michael she can’t because she is considering running Newman Enterprises alongside Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), who has renamed it Summers Conglomerate.
I don’t know that I love that name at all. Michael thinks Phyllis is going to fail simply because Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) will never stop and he will be relentless. But Lauren is not afraid of Victor. And while she says she feels bad for Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), she does not feel bad for Victor at all. She thinks this is a karmic slap that he deserved.
Y&R Spoilers: Lauren Accepts Phyllis’ Job Offer
Michael agrees that Phyllis really accomplished something. She did a thing. And Lauren thinks that running the company would be a challenge, but she’s absolutely up for it. And then she and Michael head over to see Phyllis, who’s expecting Lauren to reject her, and Phyllis is absolutely thrilled when instead Lauren accepts her offer to sit by her side. Phyllis needs a partner in crime.
Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) is upset when he comes to see Phyllis on Wednesday that she gave Chancellor to Victor because Jack is free. No thanks to Victor at all. And Phyllis is surprised by this update. But the bottom line is she already gave the company to Victor and she did it for the Abbotts. So, he tricked her. Billy’s irate, but Phyllis insists she was not trying to do Billy dirty. And he worries that Victor is still going to be coming for Phyllis to get everything back that he lost.
Young and the Restless Spoilers: Noah Makes a Bold Move
Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) updates Noah Newman (Lucas Adams) and Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) and tells them that Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) are in Las Vegas. They’re trying to find Riza to use her to get to Matt.
And Sharon’s worried about Adam, but I think we all know he’s not the problem brother right now. And Sienna says she thought Matt had been cheating and having an affair with somebody in Vegas, and that might have been Riza. She had seen some text from somebody with the initial R.
Plus, Noah gets another threatening text from Matt about making the most of the time he has left. And see you soon, you know, vague threatening stuff. So, Noah texts back and he calls Matt a coward and calls him out, you know, saying, “Come at me.” Sienna doesn’t think that Noah sending that message was a very good idea, but he already did it. He seems to have inherited that hothead gene from his dad, Nick.
Y&R Spoilers: Sally is Billy’s Rock
Billy tells Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) that Jack is safe, but Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) is enraged and that she has moved out of the mansion. And Sally hopes that the two of them will work it out. Billy tells her that Phyllis already gave Chancellor back to Victor.
Billy’s quite upset that he lost Chancellor again and Sally actually feels bad for him and says that he can always come work with her. And Billy admits that he had gotten obsessed again. He let it get away from him and he knows he needs to chill out.
Sally thinks Billy should take some time away, leave Genoa City, go see Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) and make things right with his mom, and Billy agrees to consider it and he’s very happy to have Sally’s love and advice. He’s very lucky to have all that.
Young and Restless Spoilers: Nick Tries to Get Rid of Adam
Meanwhile, Nick and Adam are in Vegas and Nick tells Adam he can always go back to Genoa City if this is too much for him. And Nick says that he can just get the info from Riza and go home. Adam’s wondering why Nick seems to be trying to get rid of him. I think I know why. And it rhymes with fentanyl.
Adam says that Riza isn’t going to talk to Nick and he needs to lie low, stay out of the way while he does this, but he gets hotheaded with Adam. And Adam says that he’ll go see Riza, he’ll get the information.
Then Nick can do whatever he wants to do with Matt once they have him. And Adam leaves Riza a message saying it is Spider. If you remember, that was his old card sharp name from years ago. Was it like 2019 when he came in as the recast?
Thursday and Friday on Y&R: March Madness Preemptions
Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th, Y&R is preempted for CBS Sports coverage of March Madness. Boo to that. That’s what ESPN is for.
Young and the Restless Spoilers Week of March 23rd-27th: Adam Held at Gunpoint
The following week, March 23rd to 27th, we’re going to pick back up with new episodes. Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) has some issues with Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and really needs Sharon to help and intervene. I suspect Mariah wants to plead guilty.
She said that before and I think she’s going to reiterate it instead of having Christine work on a temporary insanity plea. And Sharon’s worries intensify next week and she may beg Mariah to just let Christine do her job and do what’s best so she doesn’t ruin her future. But Mariah doesn’t feel like she deserves a future.
Nick updates Noah that Adam has reached out to Riza. And I wonder if Noah is going to tell his dad about the threatening text and especially that Noah is goading Matt and trying to get him to show his face. Sounds like he thinks Noah might be that Noah might think Matt is in town, but it definitely looks like he’s in Vegas.
Young and Restless Spoilers: Adam in Trouble
Adam winds up being held at gunpoint by his old Vegas pal, Riza. And I wonder if Matt has warned Riza about his beef with the Newmans. Lauren is ready to kick things into high gear with Phyllis. So, I do have a question. Who’s running Fenmore’s if Lauren is over at Summers Conglomerate and fighting off Victor, who isn’t going to stop coming for his company that he wants back?
Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) is going to circle back to Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) soon and press her on seducing Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor). All of this is insane because Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) was finally done with the Audra vendetta and was ready to let it go. And of course, this is going to reignite everything and result in her murdery secret coming out, which is Holden’s murdery secret, too. So, he shot himself in the foot.
Patty and Diane Face Off on Y&R
Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) is not done yet. We’ll see if she faces criminal charges. We know for sure that Patty has to face Diane, who is going to confront her soon and rage about her drugging and molesting Jack. We know Patty really hates Diane, and with good reason. And you know, Jack’s going to keep trying to explain himself, but Diane’s just too mad right now to even hear him.
Nikki and Diane are both staying at the GCAC, and I expect some unpleasant confrontations in the hallway over what Victor did to Jack and how he weaponized crazy Patty. And Jack’s going to keep trying to convince Diane to come home to him. And I also anticipate some more scenes with Jack and Nikki where he needs to tell her what’s going on.
Lily Comes Home
Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) is back soon and Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic) and Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) want her far away from Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) who of course wants to make things right with his ex. Billy considers that trip to London to see Jill.
Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) and Sharon cannot stop worrying about Adam and Nick and Adam may be increasingly worried about Nick who is increasingly off-kilter. Noah continues to provoke Matt and Nick’s gonna be out of fentanyl soon and desperate for more.
Shemar Moore and Vivica A. Fox Return to Young and the Restless
Also, we know that Shemar Moore and Vivica A. Fox are back. They have filmed new scenes for Young and the Restless that are airing in April 2026. And I feel like this might be some kind of memorial sort of thing for Neil Winters. If you remember, he passed away on screen April 23rd, 2019. And so with them coming in April, it feels like it has to be tied into a Neil-centric thing. We’ll see more on that soon.
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