Cast news for The Bold and the Beautiful viewers, week of October 12–16, 2026.
Shauna Fulton is on her way back. Soap Hub’s Comings and Goings and Soap Opera Digest’s weekly casting report both list Denise Richards as returning to The Bold and the Beautiful on Thursday, October 15. Neither report lists any exits for the show this week.
The timing is what makes it interesting. On Monday, Zende phoned Logan and told Katie, Hope, Will and Deke he is staying at Forrester Creations. On Wednesday, according to Soaps.com’s spoilers, “the Logan team gets some unexpected news.” And on Thursday — the day Shauna is back — Bill begins to worry about Katie.
What Shauna has been doing in 2026
May 28: Richards returned in a recurring role. Soap Opera Network described her first scene back: Shauna walks into Bill’s office at Spencer Publications, greets Bill and Wyatt, mentions that Katie may need a new designer, points to her years running high-end boutiques in Las Vegas — and adds that she is “available now.”
June: Soap Hub reported that Shauna, now a jeweler, wanted a line at Logan and showed Katie one of her pieces.
July 1: Soaps.com’s recap notes that Logan launched Shauna’s jewelry line alongside Hope and Deke’s fashions, and that Bill had kind words for it after a day he called an unprecedented success.
Richards summed the character up for People in one line: Shauna “likes to cause a little trouble.”
5 things Shauna has already done
All five come from Soaps.com’s look back at the character.
1. The night with Bill. A one-night stand years ago made Bill a candidate to be the father of her daughter, Flo. The real father turned out to be Storm Logan — Katie’s late brother.
2. The temptation test. Katie once used Shauna to test whether Bill could resist temptation. He passed.
3. The baby secret. Shauna helped Flo hide the truth that Steffy was raising Hope’s daughter, the baby Hope believed had died.
4. The Vegas wedding. She conspired with Quinn to get Ridge into a quickie Las Vegas marriage.
5. The Carter cover story. She pretended to be sleeping with Carter to hide his affair with Quinn.
Count the names: Bill, Katie, Hope, Ridge, Carter. Four of those five are Spencers, Logans or Forresters at the heart of today’s fashion war.
What’s next
None of the reports say what brings Shauna on screen Thursday, so anything beyond the date is a question, not a spoiler. Soaps.com’s weekly spoilers do say Hope is concerned about her next Logan line on Tuesday, and that Brooke makes an appeal to Katie on Friday. With Zende saying no and Logan still needing help in the design room, does the woman who announced she was “available now” get a bigger seat at Katie’s table?
Your turn: Is Shauna good news for Logan — or is she the kind of trouble Katie does not need right now?
Sources: Soap Hub Comings and Goings; Soap Opera Digest Comings & Goings; Soap Opera Network; Soaps.com on Shauna’s history; Soap Hub, June 18; Soaps.com recap, July 1; Soaps.com recap, October 12; Soaps.com weekly spoilers.