*Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) is leaving when his contract expires on December 4th! I'll keep you posted as more info on his departure becomes available

*Maurice Benard (Sonny) will remain on the show for at least another year

*Ingo Rademacher's (Jax) contract expires in January - and it seems his decision to stay or leave could go either way

*Julian Stone's character, Jerry Jacks, will air until mid-December

*ABC will launch a Soap Opera Channel in January of 2000. It will re-play the 4 soaps from earlier in the day & may even show classic episodes from the soaps as well as from Loving