Early The Young and the Restless spoilers for March 23-27: Matt Turns Violent and Jack Left Heartbroken

The Young and the Restless March 23-27, 2026 spoilers expect Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) to attack and Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) to be frustrated.

As we always do on the day of the early edition, we talk about the future all this week. We then consider what comes next week.

Little and Restless Spoilers Wednesday, March 18th: Lauren Accepts Phyllis’ Offer

So, on Wednesday, March 18th, we have Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). He is back in Genoa City. He’s gone on a trip to New York City and really wants to take Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman) and sweep her on vacation. But he tells Michael that he can’t because he’s thinking of running Newman Enterprises alongside Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), who has since rebranded Summers Conglomerate.

I don’t know that I like that name at all. Michael thinks that Phyllis will fail because Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) will never give up and will not. But Lauren is not afraid of Victor. And even though he says he feels bad for Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), he doesn’t feel bad for Victor. He thinks this is the karmic slap he deserved.

IY&R Spoilers: Lauren Accepts Phyllis’ Job Offer

Michael agrees that Phyllis has accomplished something. You do something. And Lauren thinks running a company can be a challenge, but she’s totally up for it. Then she and Michael head off to see Phyllis, who expects Lauren to turn her down, and Phyllis is thrilled when Lauren accepts her offer to sit next to her instead. Phyllis needs a partner in crime.

Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) is upset when he comes to see Phyllis on Wednesday and gives her this. Councillor to Victor because Jack is free. No thanks to Victor. And Phyllis is surprised by this update. But the important thing is that he already gave the company to Victor and he was doing it for the Abbotts. So, he deceived her. Billy gets upset, but Phyllis insists that she wasn’t trying to mess with Billy. And she worries that Victor is still coming so that Phyllis can get everything she lost.

Small and Restless Pirates: Noah Takes a Bold Step

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 are trying to find Riza to use him to get to Matt.

And Sharon is worried about Adam, but I think we all know that it’s not my brother’s problem right now. And Sienna says she thought Matt was cheating and having an affair with someone in Vegas, and it might have been Riza. He had seen a certain text from someone with the initials R.

Also, Noah receives another threatening text from Matt about making the most of the time he has left. And we’ll soon see, you know, vague threats. So, Noah is texting and calling Matt a coward and calling him, you know, saying, “Come to me.” Sienna doesn’t think Noah sending that message was a very good idea, but he already did. 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 upset that he’s out of the mansion. And Sally hopes the two will make it up. Billy tells him that Phyllis has already given up Councillor return to the Conqueror.

Billy is sad that he lost Councillor and again Sally actually feels sorry for him and says she can always come to work with him. And Billy admits he was infatuated again. He let it slip away from him and knew he needed to cool off.

Sally thinks that Billy should take some time off, leave Genoa City, see Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) and make things right with his mother, and Billy agrees to consider it and is very happy to have Sally’s love and advice. You are very lucky to have all that.

The Young and the Restless spoilers: Nick Tries to Eliminate Adam

Meanwhile, Nick and Adam are in Vegas and Nick tells Adam that he can go back to Genoa City if this is too much for him. And Nick says that he can get information from Riza and then go home. Adam wonders why Nick seems to be trying to get rid of him. I think I know why. It also rhymes with fentanyl.

Adam says that Riza doesn’t want to talk to Nick and needs to lie down, get out of the way while he does this, but he’s furious with Adam. And Adam says he will see Riza, he will get the information.

Then Nick can do whatever he wants to do with Matt once they’re with him. And Adam leaves a message for Riza saying Spider. If you remember, that was his catchphrase from years ago. Was it like 2019 when he entered as a singer?

Thursday and Friday on Y&R: March Madness Preemptions

Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, Y&R prepared for CBS sports coverage of March Madness. Boo to that. The purpose of ESPN.

The Young and the Restless Spoilers Week of March 23-27: Adam Held at Gunpoint

Next week, March 23 to 27, we will continue with new episodes. Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) is having some issues with Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and she really needs Sharon to help and step in. I suspect Mariah wants to plead guilty.

He said that before and I think he’s going to emphasize it again instead of having Christine work by pleading temporary insanity. And Sharon’s worries are intensifying next week and she might beg Mariah to just let Christine do her job and do her best not to ruin her future. But Mariah doesn’t feel like she deserves a future.

Nick updates Noah that Adam has reached Riza. And I wonder if Noah will tell his dad about the threatening text and especially that Noah is talking to Matt and trying to get him to show his face. It sounds like you think Noah might think Matt is in town, but it looks like he’s in Vegas.

The Young and the Restless Pirates: Adam in Trouble

Adam ends up being held at gunpoint by his old friend from Vegas, 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 have a question. Who is running This is Fenmore’s place when Lauren is done Summers Conglomerate and fight with Victor, who will not stop coming to his company that he wants to return?

Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) will circle back to Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) soon and pressure her into seducing Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor). This is all crazy because Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) is finally done with the Audra vendetta and is ready to call it quits. And of course, this will dominate everything and result in his murderous secret coming out, which is Holden’s murderous secret, too. So, he shot himself in the foot.

Patty and Diane Go Easy on Y&R

Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) isn’t done yet. We will see if he faces criminal charges. We know for sure that Patty has to deal with Diane, who will soon confront her and rage about her drugging and molesting of Jack. We know that Patty really hates Diane, and for good reason. And you know, Jack will keep trying to explain himself, but Diane is too angry now to hear him.

Nikki and Diane both live in GCAC, and I expect an unpleasant confrontation in the corridor about what Victor did to Jack and how he armed the crazy Patty. And Jack will continue to try to convince Diane to come home to him. And I’m waiting for more scenes with Jack and Nikki where he needs to tell her what’s going on.

Lily Returns Home

Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) returns soon and Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic) and Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) search for her away from Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn) who wants to patch things up with his ex. Billy considers that trip to London to see Jill.

Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) and Sharon can’t stop worrying about Adam and Nick and Adam may be even more worried about Nick going off-kilter. Noah continues to tease Matt and Nick will be coming off fentanyl soon and wants more.

Shemar Moore and Vivica A. Fox Return to The Young and the Restless

Also, we know that Shemar Moore and Vivica A. Fox are back. They filmed new scenes The Young and the Restless airing in April 2026. And I feel like this might be some kind of Neil Winters memorial. If you remember, he died on screen on April 23, 2019. So as they come in April, it feels like it should be tied to something Neil-centric. We’ll see more about that soon.