Jon Lindstrom, Ashley Jones, Chris McKenna, Scott Bryce, Alex Wyse & More Hit Primetime

Past and present daytime soap opera stars are hitting primetime in the coming weeks. Check out some of their upcoming guest appearances below.

Ashley Jones (Parker, General Hospital) on NCIS, Tuesday, October 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
In "Fake It 'Til You Make It," after Reeves sees his friend get kidnapped, the NCIS team discovers the primary suspect disappeared two days ago with confidential military information. Also, an embarrassing photo from McGee’s teenage years becomes a popular meme. Jones plays Nancy Douglas.

Wolé Parks (ex-Dallas, As the World Turns) on SEAL Team, Wednesday, October 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
In "Collapse," Jason and the SEAL Team must protect the American Embassy in South Sudan when the ambassador refuses to evacuate as the country becomes increasingly unstable. Also, Clay and Stella take their relationship to the next level. Parks plays Stefan Bol.

'Days of our Lives' Star Charles Shaughnessy Visits 'NCIS' on December 13

Emmy winner and Indie Series Award nominee Charles Shaughnessy recently returned to daytime television on NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, reprising his popular role of Shane Donovan. On December 13, he heads to primetime with a guest appearance on CBS drama NCIS.

In the episode, “The Tie That Binds," after the NCIS team tracks evidence from the murder of a Navy captain to Ducky’s deceased mother, Ducky looks back and questions a pivotal life choice he made 37 years ago. Also, the team exchanges holiday gifts, and Gibbs spends Christmas dinner with Fornell.

Shaughnessy is playing with role of Balthazar Kilmeany. Former Harper's Island star Adam Campbell also appears, returning as Young Ducky.

NCIS airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Shaughnessy has never been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on Days, but did win in 2002 as "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" for playing Dennis in Playhouse Disney's Stanley.

'General Hospital' Actress Hayley Erin to Guest Star in 'NCIS' on October 11

Hayley Erin

General Hospital actress Hayley Erin (Kiki Jerome) will guest star on the top-rated CBS drama, NCIS, on October 11.

In the episode, titled "Love Boat," after the body of a navy lieutenant is discovered aboard a destroyer during a tiger cruise, when civilian guests are allowed to spend the night on the ship, Gibbs, Quinn and Palmer travel out to sea to investigate. Also, McGee contemplates the perfect proposal for Delilah Fielding (Margo Harshman).

Erin will play Kasey Powers.

'The Bold and the Beautiful' is World's Most-Watched Soap Opera For 9th Year in a Row

The Bold and the Beautiful wins its ninth consecutive Golden Nymph.

NCIS was presented with the International Television Audience Award for a drama TV series at the 54th Monte-Carlo Television Festival on Wednesday, honoring the show as the most-watched drama in the world. NCIS has a global audience of 57.6 million viewers.

The annual International Audience Award is presented jointly by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide to reward programs who delivered the highest ratings worldwide in 2013 across five continents in three categories: drama TV series, comedy TV series and telenovelas/soap operas. Modern Family was named the top comedy, while The Bold and the Beautiful won its ninth consecutive Golden Nymph for telenovelas/soap operas.

NEWS: Katie Couric May Move From ABC to Yahoo; Alicia Minshew Shooting 'The Funeral Guest'

Katie Couric Negotiating ABC News Exit
Less than three years after joining ABC in a lucrative and wide-ranging deal that included a daytime talk show and a role at ABC News, Katie Couric is set to exit her role as ABC News special correspondent early as she nears a deal for an interview show on Yahoo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Couric's daytime talk show is in its second and almost certainly final season on ABC. She will complete the season and sources at Disney-ABC insist that a decision about the future of KATIE will not be made until sometime in December after executives get a look at the November sweeps ratings.

USA's COMPLICATIONS adds Jessica Szohr and Beth Riesgraf to its cast
The GOSSIP GIRL and LEVERAGE alums will join GREY'S ANATOMY's Lauren Stamile on the medical drama starring Jason O'Mara.

Alicia Minshew lands role in romantic comedy, The Funeral Guest
Minshew (ex-Kendall, ALL MY CHILDREN) is hard at work in Lansing, MI filming the upcoming movie, a romantic comedy that follows Emily (Julianna Robinson), a socially isolated woman, who spends her time attending stranger's funerals. Minshew plays Robin, a recently divorced lawyer who fights to win back her ex before Emily takes his heart.

Google's Greatest Doodle Yet: an Epic 8-bit DOCTOR WHO Game
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Timelord, this epic multi-level Doodle has been in the works for four months. At the Googleplex in Mountain View, it became known as the "Whodle." The company says it's the largest interactive Doodle yet created. It's an 8-bit platform game in which you play the Doctor through all his 11 incarnations.

NCIS Heads for Guinness World Records with Japan Marathon
How much do the Japanese love to watch the adventures of Team Gibbs? The Fox Japan channel is about to find out with its plan for a 10-day marathon of 234 episodes of “NCIS.”

The stunt should qualify the show for a slot in the Guinness World Records book as the longest uninterrupted transmission of a TV series, according to CBS. The marathon of segs from the show’s first 10 seasons will lead into the launch of the show’s current 11th season on Fox Japan in February.

The marathon is set to begin at 11 p.m. local time on Dec. 29 and conclude at 5 p.m. on Jan. 8.

FX's THE STRAIN Casts 'Harry Potter's' David Bradley to Replace John Hurt
He will play Professor Abraham Setrakian in the upcoming series from Guillermo del Toro.

WGN & Weinstein Company Team For Ten Commandments Event Series Produced By Bruce Cohen
Deadline reports the current plan is for each of the 10 episodes to be helmed by a different A-list director, focusing on one commandment and its evolving significance.

Where Were They When JFK Was Killed? A Movie and TV Timeline of the Kennedy Assassination
With the stipulation that there is no possible way to chronicle every TV and movie character's experience of the JFK assassination, The Wire has created a representative timeline of the events of November 22, 1963 as experienced by the fictional (or fictionalized) characters who experienced it.

Marley Shelton To Topline Lifetime Pilot THE LOTTERY
The Warner Horizon-produced conspiracy thriller is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates.

Emily Wickersham Joins the NCIS Team as New Series Regular

Emily Wickersham has played roles in THE SOPRANOS, THE BRIDGE
and GOSSIP GIRL.  Photo Credit: CBS

Emily Wickersham joins the team on NCIS as a series regular beginning Tuesday, Nov. 19. She plays NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, a mysterious mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism who specializes in international threat assessment and global preparation.

"Emily Wickersham's Ellie Bishop is proving to perfectly compliment the NCIS team," said Executive Producer Gary Glasberg. "Her energy and enthusiasm is contagious. Great things are planned for Bishop and we couldn't be more thrilled to have her on board."

USA Network To Air Marathons All Next Week: SUITS, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, BURN NOTICE

USA Network is airing marathons of its biggest shows all next week from SUITS and NECESSARY ROUGHNESS to BURN NOTICE. Check out the schedule below:

SUNDAY, JULY 1
NCIS marathon – 12/11c
Kick off July with a mini vacation. Sit back and enjoy a 12-hour marathon of NCIS investigative drama to refresh your memory on just how good our favorite undercover unit is at solving crimes and saving lives. The marathon will air from 12pm to 12am.

MONDAY, JULY 2

DONNA BELL'S: Our Favorite Bake Shop Has a Hollywood Secret!

We Love Soaps recently caught up with actor, musician and activist Pauley Perrette at Donna Bell's Bake Shop, our vendor of choice for office coffee and treats.

In town for the CBS upfronts, the NCIS star stopped into Donna Bell's to check on her "baby."  Pauley opened the Theater District favorite in April 2011 with her friends Darren Greenblatt and Matthew Sandusky, using recipe's passed along from her mother: southern belle, Donna Bell.

We were only looking for our regular afternoon pick-me-up: an apple turnover, a mixed berry scone, a large coffee and a medium fresh-squeezed OJ. But we ran into Abby Sciuto! Soon, Pauley was sharing her passion for delicious southern treats.

NEWS ROUNDUP: GCB's White Marriage, Kristin Responds To Newt, HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS, TRIC Awards

'GCB' introduces concept of 'a white marriage'
The premiere episode of "GCB" clued viewers in that Blake is gay and Sunday night's episode revealed Blake's wife, Cricket (Miriam Shor), signed on to the marriage with the understanding that he'd be having sex with men on the side. The couple even share opposite sides of an extra-wide bed.

Kristin Chenoweth Defends GCB from Newt Gingrich Attacks: ‘Don’t Talk About My Show!’
Chenoweth was shocked by Gingrich’s comments, considering the actress is a Christian herself. “I was like, 'No, Newt, don’t talk about my show!'” Chenoweth told Broadway.com. “I would never do anything that would make fun of my own religion! I don’t think [GCB] does that.”

NEWS: Anne Heche, GREEK Finale, Zimmer, Marcil, Gatschet

Anne Heche is getting noticed again - this time for her talent
"I sometimes wake up and pinch myself and ask, 'Is it really true people are starting to see me in a new way? Can I possibly say I'm in the middle of a new boom in my career?' " she told Reuters. "I do feel like it's a moment of blessing, to be embraced for my art and my work."

WATCH: Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo Dishes On GENERAL HOSPITAL Return
“I came back to honor my roots. They are the people I grew up with,” she explained. “It was like going to an incredible high school reunion. We had so much fun. I have so much respect for these people. They work so hard. I loved being there… we just had the best time.”

RATINGS: ABC Ranks as Daytime’s No. 1 Network Among Women 18-49
ABC stood as Daytime’s No. 1 network among Women 18-34 (0.6 rating/216,000 – tie) and Women 18-49 (1.1 rating/721,000 – tie).

AMC's Stephanie Gatschet is organizing a “Free to Breathe” Yogathon
Most people selectively remain in the dark about lung cancer until, by a twist of fate, they are forced to learn. For Stephanie Gatschet, that moment came in 2006, when her mother and best friend, Nancy, was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer.

“Now I know more about lung cancer than I ever thought I would know or hope to know,” said Gatschet.

LISTEN: Darren Criss Covers Neon Trees' "Animal"
Check out Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, and the Dalton Warblers‘ rendition of Neon Trees' "Animal" from GLEE's upcoming episode, “Sexy”!

GLEE star Matthew Morrison on solo album, Elton John and Coach Beiste
"It was really cool for the first two weeks. I was like, 'Whoa, man! This is awesome.' But that whole thing of everyone coming up to you every second of the day, that starts to wear thin. It’s an amazing problem to have. You just have to make boundaries for yourself. I have to live my own life, too. I’m very gracious to all my fans. Only if I’m working out or eating food is the only time where I say I’m not going to take pictures or sign anything."

WATCH: Glee's Gwyneth Paltrow sings “Do You Wanna Touch Me?”
In her next guest appearance, the Oscar winner is filling in for the MIA sex ed teacher. When she gets a tip that the glee club could benefit from a crash course in the birds and bees, she takes her little show on the road.

Renee Elise Goldsberry Is A 'People' Person
Goldsberry has returned to Broadway, as Kate, the affluent, educated African-American wife of a successful older white doctor, in Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire's new drama, "Good People," at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, opposite Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan.

GREEK Leaves a 'Legacy' -- Series Finale Pics & Videos
"Legacy" premieres Monday, March 7, on ABC Family.
In the episode “Legacy,” unanswered questions will be answered when Rusty (Jacob Zachar) and Cappie (Scott Michael Foster) fight to save the KT house, while Casey and Evan (Jake McDorman) get pulled into a controversial case study for CRU’s Athletic department.

Will Casey and Cappie face their futures together and what’s in store for Rusty and Ashleigh (Amber Stevens)?

And viewers will finally learn the answer to two of the burning questions posed over the years – now that Cappie has declared a major, does he ever plan to graduate? And what is his real name?

BATTLESTAR Alumna Tricia Helfer Joins Ron Moore's NBC Pilot 17TH PRECINCT
The Sony TV-produced drama is set in the fictional town of Excelsior where magic and supernatural elements rule over science and revolves around the cops at the local 17th Precinct. Helfer will play Morgana, a necromancer, the magical equivalent of a coroner, who is an expert at manipulating the potions, tools, herbs and spells of her trade.

John Stamos to guest star on LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Stamos will appear in the episode titled, “Bang,” as an adoption attorney with a secret passion.

Cary Elwes Joins NBC's WONDER WOMAN
Elwes will play Henry Detmer, the acting CEO of Themyscira Industries, who is deeply devoted to Diana. He runs the day-to-day operations of the company and acts like an uncle to Diana, though he could be a possible love interest down the line.

Amanda Seyfried Promises 'BIG LOVE Finale 'Is Crazy'
The HBO series' fifth and final season ends March 20.

Alec Baldwin on THE ESSENTIAL and His First Film Star Crush
"I think it’s an odd or maybe a not-so-odd happenstance to do this program overlapping with the period where I’ve made the least films in my life because I’ve been doing [30 ROCK]. I think my own natural appreciation and affinity for films comes surfacing in this way now. So this and my participation with the Hamptons Film Festival is really my film-related activity at the moment."

Becki Newton Tapped to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot
The multi-camera pilot, from Warner Bros. Television, centers on a blue-collar father whose recently widowed mother as well as his wife, his unmarried daughter and her 12-year-old son all live under the same roof.

Critics Slam ABC Pilot GOOD CHRISTIAN BITCHES for 'Inappropriate,' 'Damaging' Title
Christian publisher Tessie DeVore told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column that the show, which features the tagline “For Heaven’s sake, don’t let God get in the way of a good story!” could put Christians in an unfairly bad light.

“I find the title offensive. I don’t think those two words should be combined,” she said. “A show like this can damage perceptions [of Christians in this country].”

Leslie Bibb Set As The Lead In ABC's 'Bitches
Based on Kim Gatlin's book, the show centers on Amanda (Bibb), a recently divorced mother of two who moves back to the affluent neighborhood where she grew up to find herself in the whirling midst of gossip, Botox and fraud.

Christina Ricci, Jaime King And Annie Potts Get Pilot Starring Roles
Ricci has closed a deal to star in ABC's drama pilot PAN AM. King is set to co-star opposite Rachel Bilson in CW's drama pilot HART OF DIXIE. Potts has been tapped for a lead role in the ABC's dramedy pilot GOOD CHRISTIAN BITCHES.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE PREVIEW: Kourtney Kardashian Punches Guy in Face
Kourtney plays Kassandra Kavanaugh, a sexy lawyer, who makes her dramatic entrance with Cristian. She also has scenes with Kassie DePaiva, who plays Blair Cramer.

NCIS Launches Major Serial Killer Plot
The arc, which revolves around a murdering psychopath dubbed the Port-to-Port Killer, is slated to kick off in the April 5 episode and continue through May Sweeps.

Brend Foster cast on DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Foster has been hired to play the new role of Quinn and will first air in May.

Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman reuniting for "Curtains"
Kim Zimmer (Echo, OLTL; ex-Reva, GL) and Robert Newman (ex-Josh, GL) will reunite this spring in the musical murder mystery "Curtains." The production of the Broadway hit debuts at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston from March 29 - April 10. It then moves to the Paper Mill Playhouse from April 27 – May 22. For ticket details visit TUTS.com for the Houston show and papermill.org for the New Jersey show.
Foster has been hired to play the new role of Quinn and will first air in May.