Young and the Restless may see some huge couple swaps coming that will shake things up on Y&R. Seriously, we’ve got Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) struggling. Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) is abruptly single. Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) may have more than one guy on the hook. And Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) has been dumped.

I want to talk about some of the couple shakeups and repairing’s that Y&R might deliver soon based on the current storylines.

Audra Charles and Noah Newman: A Genoa City Reunion on Young and the Restless?

All right, one couple I see happening—I think they’re laying the groundwork at this moment—is Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) and Noah Newman (Lucas Adams). Yes, Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) is back in Genoa City this week, but I suspect she’s going to be dead or gone back to Los Angeles soon.

Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) is out. He’s free. No pending criminal charges, and he’s got scores to settle. So, Noah is really worried because Matt already tried once to kill Sienna, and Matt Clark may come back to finish that job.

And even if Matt doesn’t kill her, I think Sienna might take off back to LA after the Matt storyline finally ends, which is coming soon in March. She already told Noah it’s not a good idea for them to be together, and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) agree.

So, I think that could set the stage for Noah and Audra to reunite. Sparks flew from the moment Noah first came back to Genoa City. They ran into each other at the GCAC, and there was a whole vibe. And then this past week, we got Audra and Noah at the GCAC, and they were flattering each other.

They were friendly, maybe a little flirty, until he got salty when he found out Audra was working at Abbottcom, which has taken over Newman Media. But it’s not like Audra stole the company. That’s 100 percent on Phyllis, Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn), and Billy.

Plus, I think for Audra, hunky Noah is the one that got away. Audra really wanted him back when he first came back to Genoa City. That’s when Rory Gibson was in the role, who’s over on General Hospital now, of course.

And back then he was with Allie Nguyen (Kelsey Wang), and then Noah got written out and nothing came of it. But I don’t know if Audra ever got over Noah. She was pregnant with his child, if you remember, but then she had a miscarriage.

Nate Hastings and Victoria Newman Rekindle Their Romance on Y&R

I can see this happening next. Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic) and Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle)—they finally spark this week. They have a nice talk and then a steamy kiss.

So, they’re headed towards coupling up again, although I imagine they’re going to take things slow like they have been because Victoria is still grieving the loss of Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck).

And of course, Nate had his heart ripped out and his trust violated by Audra. And even though they hadn’t said “I love you,” it was very clear that Nate had fallen in love with her.

So, I’m pretty sure Victoria Newman and Nate Hastings aren’t going to rush into anything too serious too fast, but they are moving forward and they do have history. If you remember, they were together before.

They had great chemistry, but it started out messy because Nate was seeing Elena Dawson (Brytni Sarpy) and then he and Victoria were cheating behind her back.

And then Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) was really nasty to Nate back when Victor was pretending to be incompetent and Nate wanted to get him help. Victor thought it was a violation and basically broke them up.

Will Phyllis Summers and Billy Abbott Find Love Again on Young and the Restless?

All right, let’s talk about Genoa City’s biggest black sheep, Phyllis and Billy. I feel like they might rekindle first. Phyllis and Billy might hook up just to be petty and make Cane and Sally jealous on Young and the Restless.

But I think that Cane is going to start chasing Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) again once she’s back in a few weeks. I don’t think Cane’s going to let her go. So, while he’s been warming Phyllis’ sheets and trying to get Phyllis to take him back this week, I think she’d be a fool to trust Cane.

So, Billy and Phyllis may start off casual and then evolve into something more serious. You know, Billy and Phyllis pretty much only have each other at this point because they’ve lost everybody else because of their scheming and their need for revenge.

And they have a tangled romantic past. They were in love more than once in their history, engaged, and just smitten. So, they could end up rekindling that old flame.

And we saw this a while back, if you remember—Phyllis had a dream about reuniting with Billy right before she got kidnapped with Sharon. So, we thought we were going to get Phyllis and Billy back then, but nothing came of it. But now, it might.

Adam Newman and Sally Spectra: An Epic Love Story Returns

All right. Next, I can see Adam winding up again with Sally. And yes, I know he’s with Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan), but Adam might cook up a scheme.

So, there’s a 2026 spoiler that says both Chelsea and Adam Newman tap into their dark sides when the Newmans lose everything. So, I could see Sally targeted by Adam because she’s got Newman Media.

He might woo Sally to try and get back the company. And here’s why: Adam is so desperate for Victor’s approval. And if it came down to betraying Chelsea or getting a pat on the head from Victor, I’m pretty sure I know where Adam’s going to land on that.

He might not go into it intending to cheat, just to flirt and try to soften Sally up, and then things get away from him because Adam and Sally, honestly, they had an epic love story. I like them together a lot, her and Adam.

Plus, if memory serves, Sally never tried to frame Adam Newman for the attempted murder of a policeman. If you remember, that was conwoman Chelsea. So, you know, I actually think Sally’s a better choice for him.

And if you remember, Adam dumped Sally Spectra when they were running Newman Media, but Adam did it hoping that if he was out of the way, Victoria would let Sally keep running the company. So, Adam ruined his great love with Sally over Newman family politics. So, yes, I think Adam Newman could and would do it again.

And I’m sure Sally has residual feelings for Adam very deep down. I think he’s got feelings for her. You know, Sally’s the one who called it off; Adam Newman didn’t want to break up. And a whole pile of fans would love Sally and Adam to reunite. So, I could see a path to them rekindling.

Sharon Newman’s Future on Young and the Restless: A New Romance with Detective Burrow?

Last, I want to talk about Sharon and the possibility of her sparking with hunky new GCPD detective James Burrow (Matt Cohen). Remember, they’ve been teasing Nick and Sharon forever. It’s literally been about 18 months ago that they started teasing, “Oh, there’s going to be this big Nick and Sharon reunion.”

So, Nick and Sharon kissed last summer. It was like July of 2025. Eight months since that smooch. That is a glacial pace. Narcoleptic snails move faster than Josh Griffith’s writing.

So, we’ve got Nick and Sharon with no romantic vibes at all. They’re friends. They’re co-parents at this point. That’s it. And with Nick’s addiction storyline, I feel like that will drive him further away from Sharon, although I’m sure she’ll be sympathetic and be supportive.

But Josh Griffith, in the end, seems to have no interest in having Sharon with Nick. So, Sharon moving on with James Burrow would be great. It’d be new. It’d be new to some extent because if you remember her romantic history, Sharon likes cops.

She married Rey Rosales (Jordi Vilasuso), who was a cop. She was briefly involved with detective Chance Chancellor (Conner Floyd), and she was also married to Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton), a detective. So one-third of her husbands have been cops and two-thirds have been Newmans.

If you remember, she married all the Newmans—Adam Newman, Nick Newman, and their dad, Victor Newman. A trifecta. So, yes, handsome Detective James Burrow is a much better choice and a healthier one for Sharon. And her happiest marriages have been with the cops.

She and Dylan broke up because he went into witness protection because the actor, Steve Burton, was leaving to go back to General Hospital, and Rey Rosales was killed off and that devastated her. So, Sharon Newman never willingly gave up either of her past cops that she loved.

It just worked out that circumstances went against her. The Newmans she dumped, but we’ll see how it goes. I expect couple shakeups starting very soon.

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By Jonathan Klotz
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Back in the 90s, Baywatch was the most popular series on the planet, and as a result, Pamela Anderson was the most popular woman on the fledgling internet. Throughout the decade, she would be either one of the top-searched women or the number one search term, depending on which web browser was surveyed.

Remember Lycos?  Also lost to the sands of time is her other ’90s series, the action-comedy V.I.P. Airing for four seasons and 88 episodes starting in 1998, the syndicated series gave millions of fans exactly what they wanted week after week: goofy self-deprecating humor. 

V.I.P. Is All About Faking It Til You Make It

In 2026, Pamela Anderson is enjoying a career resurgence thanks to The Naked Gun and its press tour, during which she showed off her sharp wit. Anyone who’s seen V.I.P. knew that the blonde bombshell was well aware of her image as a well, blonde bombshell, and frequently made fun of it through her character, Vallery Irons. Accidentally finding herself thrust into the world of high-end bodyguards, Vallery has no idea what she’s doing but always manages to save the day in the end. 

It’s an interesting dynamic where the new figurehead boss is forced into the spotlight while the competent, veteran team does all the real work behind the scenes. If you were to guess that everyone else on the cast looks like they came right from a Victoria’s Secret runway, you’d be correct. Even the men on V.I.P.’s staff, Quick and Johnny, were played by martial artists, Shaun Baker and Dustin Nguyen, respectively. 

There’s no overarching mythology arc to V.I.P., and every episode follows the same formula of a celebrity/rich person hiring the team to protect them. Val and the rest of the team, Natasha (Molly Culver), Nikki (Natalie Raitano), Maxine (Angella Brooks), and Kay (Leah Lail), will somehow have to put on skimpy outfits in order to go undercover, distract the mafia, act as a body double, or any other countless number of reasons the writers were able to come up with during the 88 episode run. 

The Queen Of Syndication

Pamela Anderson served as an executive producer on V.I.P., working alongside series creator J.F. Lawton (a name you don’t recognize, but he wrote Pretty Woman and Under Siege), who had a similar sense of humor. Together, they gave the studio what they wanted: hot people looking hot, but surrounded it with the campiest storylines since Batman ‘66 and constant references poking fun at the premise itself. 

V.I.P. was a hit for all the obvious reasons and even launched a line of toys, comics, and, inexplicably, video games. A series built entirely on sex appeal is the logical choice for a Game Boy Color adaptation. After the series went off the air, there was a significantly less successful attempt to replicate Pamela Anderson’s success with Species star Natasha Henstridge’s She-Spies. Turns out there’s only one Pamela Anderson. 

Anderson’s movie career may have fizzled out after Baywatch, and V.I.P. wasn’t her first choice after ditching the red swimsuit, but it worked with her second hit syndicated series in a row. Who knew the secret to syndication success was to put attractive people in the skimpiest clothing legally allowed? 

Days of Our Lives exposes that Jeremy Horton (Michael Roark) is planning to leave Salem soon, but something is going to mess up his exit plans.

It may be another stalker incident, and now I really wonder if Liam Selejko (Hank Northrop) is to blame and is doing a sketchy sort of frame job on him. I want to dive into what’s behind Jeremy not being allowed to leave Salem when he really wants to, and whether Liam is to blame because he’s a criminal for hire. We have a lot of ground to cover.

Days of Our Lives: Is Liam Selejko Working for Stephanie Johnson’s Stalker?

Now, small-time thug Liam is picking up random criminal gigs. I don’t know if there’s an app like Crooks R Us or TaskRabbit for felons, but not only did the guy that Abe Carver (James Reynolds) is mentoring take money from Peter Blake (Dan Gauthier) to help Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) henchman Klaus move those supplies into the crypt, but the question is: could Liam also be taking pay and working for Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) stalker?

Liam obviously does whatever it takes, including criminal activity, to put food on the table for his young son, Gage Selejko. We know that Liam was involved with Vivian’s goon, Klaus, because he described him to the cops. Liam only gave up that info because the cops traced Peter’s money back to him and he wanted to stay out of jail.

Owen Kent and the Search for a Co-Conspirator in Salem on DOOL

We all know that Owen Kent (Wes Ramsey) is the stalker who’s planning to take Stephanie. That was confirmed back in the winter promo. But there also seems to be some signs that Owen may have a co-conspirator or at least somebody doing dirty work for him.

Now, one option is that it is indeed Jeremy, but I feel like it’s not because of the frame job. We still haven’t seen for sure who was in that black hoodie taking video of Stephanie and Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) in Horton Square. That could have been work done for hire by Liam.

It would make sense to hire somebody to take photos of Stephanie and Alex who wouldn’t be noticed. Liam is somebody that people are used to seeing around Salem, unlike Owen, who has been missing since an escape from a prison transport two decades ago. People would notice Owen, but they are used to seeing Liam.

The Sketchy History of Liam Selejko and the Carver Connection

We still don’t know much about Liam other than he’s been in and out of jail for various crimes. Many years ago, when he was in high school, he bullied Theo Carver (Cameron Johnson). Liam’s unusual last name, Selejko, ties him to some sketchy people from Salem’s distant past. Some of them were criminals as well.

Theo was upset when his dad, Abe, said that he would be mentoring Liam for that literacy program as part of his court-ordered rehabilitation. Liam told Abe he’s trying to turn his life around. But at the same time, Liam is a single dad who has to put food on the table to keep his kid in medicine, food, and school supplies.

He’ll take an easy buck where it is, and his only skills seem to be criminal ones. Liam tried to steal Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) purse last year, and then he took money from Klaus via Peter. He then claimed to the cops that he had no idea there were going to be kidnapping victims in the crypt.

EJ DiMera’s Quest for Revenge Against Vivian Alamain on DOOL

Liam claims he thought he was basically doing some kind of prepper thing. EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) is furious because Vivian masterminded their kidnappings and she seems to be getting away with it because Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) is trying to frame Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera (Peter Porte).

If EJ can’t punish Vivian, he may target Liam. EJ wants people involved in this to pay for trying to kill the DiMeras. Peter is dead and Vivian is out of his reach right now, but Liam is right there in Salem.

Meanwhile, Liam may have another person that’s ready to take him down. Yvonne and Klaus are in Alamainia this week talking about tying up loose ends to keep Madame Vivian safe for her role in the DiMera kidnappings. They may be figuring out what needs to be done, and those two may decide that Liam needs to go so he cannot keep talking to the cops. In the interim, we may find out that Liam’s been working with Owen.

How Jeremy Horton Was Framed Using His Own Laptop on Days of Our Lives

Do you remember the time that Abe couldn’t be there for his tutoring session with Liam? I think it was when Theo was either kidnapped or in the hospital. Abe asked Jeremy to fill in for him.

Jeremy showed up for Liam’s mentoring session and brought along his laptop for Liam to use to work on a resume. Jeremy’s kindness might have been repaid with treachery. Liam was on Jeremy’s computer, so he could have planted evidence on the laptop to make Jeremy the scapegoat. This would ensure people won’t know that Liam is the true culprit.

Jeremy was in the dark about why they thought he owned the website dedicated to stalking Stephanie. Liam could have had the credit card info from Owen and taken that opportunity to use Jeremy’s computer. Liam may have been tasked with just buying the URL on someone’s laptop. Maybe he got lucky with Jeremy, or maybe he was specifically targeting him.

The Case Against Jeremy: Do Jada Hunter and Steve Johnson Have Proof?

Up until now, Jada Hunter (Elia Cantu), Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols), Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans), Stephanie, and her new husband, Alex, have all been 100% certain Jeremy’s the stalker. Jeremy insists he’s not guilty and thinks someone is setting him up, but only Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes) actually believes him.

It is possible Liam is taking money from Owen to lay this groundwork so that Owen can fly under the radar. If Liam is helping set up Jeremy, I’m sure Liam knows he’s doing a bad thing. Now, Julie believes in Jeremy, but her track record on judgment isn’t perfect. She believed the best of Doug Williams III (Peyton Meyer), and that turned out badly. Julie also stuck up for Nick Fallon (Blake Berris), who was just very bad.

Jeremy Horton’s Transformation and Stephanie Johnson’s Suspicions on Days

Jeremy claims even though he and Stephanie had a toxic relationship, he has changed. So, Jeremy went and got his teaching degree and seems well-respected at the elementary school. Other than the suspicions of Jada Hunter, Stephanie, Alex, and Steve, there’s no solid proof against Jeremy.

They’re judging him on his past from many years ago when he and Stephanie had a troubled relationship. Jeremy is to blame for what he did back then, but that was a long time ago. When he first came back to Salem, he appealed to Stephanie to apologize.

From the get-go, she just assumed Jeremy was up to no good and was stalking her again. I kind of think there’s some ego around that for her to think that Jeremy is still obsessed with her after all this time. Stephanie even thinks Jeremy hacked the Salem dating app to get a date with her bestie Jada. That seems like a big reach.

Owen Kent’s Plan to Kidnap Stephanie Johnson Kiriakis on DOOL

Now that Stephanie and Alex are newly married, the stalker has that bug in the photo frame. He’s probably listening to them celebrating being husband and wife and honeymooning. It’s creepy, but Owen is a stalker after all, and he is another one who had a fixation on Stephanie.

Her marrying Alex may force Owen to escalate the schedule of what he’s going to do. We know he’s going to kidnap Stephanie. Owen may have been planning to snatch her before they elope, but then they snuck off and tied the knot.

We could see Stephanie snatched very soon. When she’s taken, Alex assaults Jeremy, blaming him. We know Stephanie is taken from the hospital. Then in the park, Steve grabs a guy in a dark hoodie, expecting to have grabbed Jeremy the kidnapper. But it’s Owen Kent—a blast from the past nobody was expecting.

Jeremy Horton’s Final Air Date and Future in Salem on Days of Our Lives

In the end, we may find out Liam was helping Owen set up Jeremy. Jeremy Horton’s last air date as Jeremy is not until the end of April, so he can go ahead and pack his bags, but he is not leaving Salem just yet.

I expect another stalkerish event points back to Jeremy, having the SPD demanding that he stay in Salem and doesn’t leave. Alright, that’s what we have for you today on Days of Our Lives. Stay tuned to see what’s next for Jeremy!

Lisa Rinna is on good terms with some of her former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costars, but others … not so much.

Rinna, 62, reflected on her Bravo days in her You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It memoir but made one thing very clear: A return to RHOBH is not on the horizon.

“That is out of the question. I’m done with that,” Rinna told Us Weekly exclusively while discussing the book, which hit shelves on Tuesday, February 24. “I moved on from that chapter in my life, but it did heal me.”

Rinna confirmed that she’s “never looked back” after leaving RHOBH following season 12 in 2022.

“I probably should have gone a little sooner. You can always look back and be like, ‘I probably should have gone a year later, a year earlier.’ But no, it happens the way it happens,” she explained. “Your path unfolds the way it’s supposed to. Everything happens for a reason, and I’m grateful for every experience that I’ve had, because doing Housewives made me who I am today.”

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The actress told Us that she “made great friends” on the show.

“We trauma-bonded,” she quipped. “We had a blast a lot of the time, until we didn’t.”

Keep scrolling for a breakdown of where Rinna stands with her former RHOBH costars as told in her You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It book:

Lisa Vanderpump

Rinna wrote that she has a “complicated” relationship with Vanderpump overall.

“I had a fake relationship with her then, and I have no relationship with her now,” Rinna told Us.

Dorit Kemsley

Rinna noted that she had “really gone through it” with Kemsley, but they have since reconciled.

“We came out the other side and we’ve been good ever since,” she wrote.

Erika Jayne

Rinna has kept a “very close” friendship with Jayne, who is still on RHOBH.

Kyle Richards

Things between Rinna and Kyle are “complicated,” she wrote.

“Kyle and I have had our ups and downs, but we always end up on our feet. I love Kyle. She’s smart. Very loyal. She has great empathy and cares for people. She’s a great mother. She’s really funny and witty,” Rinna explained. “Kyle is one of the most enjoyable people to spend time with.”

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Teddi Mellencamp

The actress is still “in touch” with Mellencamp.

“I am motivated to keep a relationship going with her for whatever reason,” Rinna explained in the book. “I don’t see her all the time, but I have a nice connection with her because I trust her.”

Denise Richards

Rinna wrote that she and Richards experienced the death of a “very close friend,” which briefly brought them together again.

“We actually got on a call together, and it was a hopeful moment. Then a couple of days later, we got into it again about something stupid,” Rinna wrote. “She took my olive branch and stuck it back in my eye. I haven’t communicated with her since. You’d have to ask her why she would do such a thing.”

Sutton Stracke

At one point in the book, Rinna noted that she doesn’t “care to” make amends with Stracke. “I don’t want to and I don’t need to,” she wrote.

Yolanda Hadid

Rinna noted that she “reached out and apologized” to Hadid, who accepted.

Eileen Davidson

Rinna wrote that she still considers Davidson “a friend” following their time on RHOBH. “[I] feel comfortable talking to her at any point,” Rinna added.

Kim Richards

According to Rinna, it’s “just not necessary” that she talk about Kim.

Kathy Hilton

While things were rocky with Hilton on the show, they “made up privately and healed” their friendship.

Brandi Glanville

Despite being “full-on enemies” previously, Rinna and Glanville are on good terms.

“We’ve reconnected over the years in a way that I would have never expected, and we’re friendly now,” she wrote, noting that Glanville “made a real effort” to form a friendship between them. “She reaches out to me quite a bit — I’m happy to talk to her.”

Garcelle Beauvais

Rinna wrote that Beauvais is “a huge disappointment.”

Diana Jenkins

Jenkins had a one-season stint on the show, but she and Rinna stayed close after filming.

“I’ve stayed connected to Diana Jenkins, who had a horrific time on the show,” Rinna wrote.

Tia Kemp has reacted alongside internet users as GloRilla‘s sister, Victoria Woods, showed off her new smile.

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GloRilla’s Sister Victoria Woods Shows Off Her New Smile

On Monday, February 23, Victoria Woods took to her Instagram to share a clip with her more than 146,000 followers. Furthermore, Woods explained that she previously underwent a “consolation” for veneers and now would be getting her temporary set installed.

“Give me about three—four hours — y’all gon’ see,” Woods told viewers in the initial NSFW clip.

Then, a few hours later, Woods’ Instagram account shared a joint post with the Instagram account of Atlanta-based specialist Dr. Dave. In the clip, Dr. Dave explained that he wouldn’t just be placing veneers inside Woods’ mouth. Instead, he also planned to address the root causes of her dental concerns.

“What yall think so far? Go to a dentist who’s going to fix the underlying issues as well. Not just slap some veneers. Phase 2 Done: cleaning, extractions and temporaries. Phase 3. Seat porcelain veneers,” the video was captioned.

Ultimately, the clip showed Woods after she hopped off the dental chair and showed off her new smile. Peep it below.

Subsequently, Woods even shared a selfie of her new smile.

This, along with a full body pic with her grills on display.

Tia Kemp Reacts Alongside Internet Users

Meanwhile, internet users reacted to Victoria Woods’ new smile in TSR Teens’ comment section.

Additionally, Tia Kemp even hopped up Victoria Woods’ new smile in her comment section.

“🔥🔥🔥😁😁”

Before GloRilla’s Sister, Victoria Woods, Showed Off Her New Smile, Tia Kemp Said THIS In Defense Of GloRilla

As The Shade Room previously reported, before GloRilla’s sister showed off her new smile, Victoria Woods turned heads by responding to Tia Kemp. At the time, Kemp had defended GloRilla from Woods’ claims that she abandoned her and their family. Specifically, Kemp said that Woods needed to get off of her “niece.”

“Alright? Okay? You leave her the f**k alone — I ain’t gon’ say it no more. Go get your $2,500 flat. Eat your spicy chicken sandwiches and them diddy dogs them n****s feeding your ass and leave her the f**k alone. Okay? Leave her alone now. You better leave her the f**k alone,” Kemp stated.

This ultimately led Woods to respond.

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By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 16 seconds ago

For better or for worse, we are currently living through the age of superhero cinema, with movies like Avengers: Endgame and Superman (2025) dominating the box office. But would you believe that this entire genre owes its existence to a single comic? A comic that also managed to inspire some of the greatest TV shows the world has ever known?

That comic is Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, the seminal Batman comic that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Miller’s comic is very nearly perfect, and it helped usher in a modern age of darker and grittier superhero stories. That much is well known, but today, I’d like to focus on a lesser-known fact: that the modern superhero genre of movies simply wouldn’t exist without The Dark Knight Returns.

You’ll Believe A Batman Can Fly

The success of the 1978 Superman movie proved that tights-and-flights films had the potential to be critical and commercial hits. Accordingly, that film got three sequels, but the franchise did not keep going “up, up, and away.” Eventually, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace proved to be such a critical and commercial disaster that we didn’t get another Superman movie for nearly two decades.

Following the success of the first Superman movie, a new Batman film went into development at Warner Bros. in 1980. After he wowed everyone with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (his first feature film), young Tim Burton was hired in 1985 to direct this new Batman film. He immediately wanted a darker, less campy script.

Conveniently enough, The Dark Knight Returns came out one year later, and the success of Frank Miller’s comic made the public hungry for a serious take on the Caped Crusader even as it made Warner Bros. keener on bringing this Darker Knight to the big screen.

Obviously, the 1989 Batman film went through many rewrites over the years, including several lighter-hearted drafts that included Robin, the Boy Wonder. But Burton really wanted his film to have the grim and gritty atmosphere of Miller’s comic, so he insisted on a story with the same basic beats as The Dark Knight Returns: Batman is obsessive, the Joker is deadly, and Gotham City is a cesspool. Burton’s film ended up being a smash hit, launching a Batman film franchise that continues to this day.

When Cartoons Got Dark

Tim Burton’s Batman made the character more popular than ever before, and Warner Bros. quickly began developing a new cartoon featuring the Caped Crusader. The result was Batman: The Animated Series, a show that modeled Gotham City after the one scene in the 1989 film. There were some different design flourishes (mostly, the abundant Art Deco style of the buildings), but Gotham retained the dark and broody atmosphere that electrified fans of the live-action film.

Batman: The Animated Series won multiple Emmy awards, so you may be shocked to hear that Warner Bros. executives were nervous about the new show. They feared that executive producer Bruce Timm was making everything way too violent for children.

Warners wanted to cancel the series before a single episode was animated, but the success of Burton’s movie kept that from happening. Eventually, Timm was able to create the pilot episode “On Leatherwings,” which was so impressive that it helped his controversial series (complete with music from and inspired by Danny Elfman, the composer of Burton’s Batman) get the green light.

Batman: The Animated Series quickly became one of the most popular cartoons ever made, and the release of various sequel series (including Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League) established the fan-favorite DC Animated Universe. The DCAU was the first truly viable superhero cinematic universe, one that helped pave the way for the MCU. Before that happened, though, The Dark Knight Returns helped inspire Earth’s mightiest mutants.

Rise Of The Mutants

Tim Burton’s Batman would not have existed (or at least, wouldn’t have been worth watching) without the influence of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. But after Burton left, the franchise was in the hands of Lost Boys director Joel Schumacher. He made the franchise over-the-top with Batman Forever and downright silly with Batman & Robin. After audiences rejected that campy crapfest and Blade proved to be a big hit, 20th Century Fox made a decision: they’d swoop in and take the comic book movie crown away from DC with an X-Men movie.

That film came out in 2000, eventually getting two sequels, four prequels, and three spin-offs featuring Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. The success of Fox’s X-Men spurred Sony to create a Spider-Man movie in 2002, and Sam Raimi eventually delivered an entire trilogy of webslinging goodness.

Ironically, these characters were only available to the studios because Marvel had to sell the movie rights back in the late 90s to avoid bankruptcy. After seeing how successful Fox and Sony were, though, Marvel decided to create its own films and television projects, all of which would later be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Obviously, the MCU proved to be a huge hit with audiences, spawning nearly 20 years of movies. Eventually, this inspired Warner Bros. to try its own hand at a superhero cinematic universe, and they created the DCEU as a direct competitor to the MCU. The second film in this new cinematic universe was Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and (for better or for worse), returning director Zack Snyder based his slightly older, much darker version of the Caped Crusader on Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.

It’s All Connected

Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns has had an outsized impact on movies and television, serving as the foundation of modern geek culture. Without the success of this comic, we don’t get successful Batman movies; without the later failure of Batman & Robin (which veered away from Miller’s dark tone), we don’t get the X-Men movies. Without those films and Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, we wouldn’t have the MCU, and without that, we wouldn’t have the DCEU or (more recently) the DCU.

It’s all connected, and comic nerds everywhere owe it to themselves to re-read this comic. Considering that it may be years before we see Batman properly appear in the DCU, re-reading it is currently the best way to experience the most iconic and fully formed version of the Caped Crusader ever made. Just be careful when handling this old comic; after all, you’ve got a genuine piece of pop culture history in your hands!

Savannah Guthrie shared a new statement about her mother, Nancy Guthrie, as the search for the missing matriarch continues.

“Someone knows how to find our mom and bring her home,” Savannah, 54, captioned a new Instagram video posted on Tuesday, February 24. She also shared the phone number for the FBI’s tip line, noting that callers “can remain anonymous” or “find a way to reach out to me.”

Her caption also revealed that the family’s reward has been raised to $1 million, which will be paid “only for the recovery” of Nancy.

“Coming on to say it is day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed, and every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then, of worrying about her and fearing for her, aching for her, and most of all, just missing her, missing her,” Savannah said in her video. “We know that millions of you have been praying. So many people have been praying of every faith and no faith at all, praying for her return, and we feel those prayers. Please keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle.”

Savannah was holding back tears while telling followers that her sister, Annie Guthrie, says the family is “blowing on the embers of hope” amid Nancy’s disappearance.

“We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother, Pierce, and with our daddy, the if this is what is to be, then we will accept it,” she added. “But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”

Nancy, 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on January 31. Her family reported her missing the following day.

“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom,” the Guthrie family said in a statement at the time. “We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.”

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Questions still remain after Today show host Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the news on February 1, sharing a missing person report via X. Nancy was described as a “vulnerable adult” who was last seen “at her residence” within Arizona’s Catalina Foothills area on the evening […]

The day after Nancy was reported missing, Savannah shared a message of hope on social media.

“We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him,” she wrote via Instagram on February 2. “Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. Raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment.”

Savannah then pointed to a Bible verse, adding, “We need you. ‘He will keep in perfect peace those whose hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.’ A verse of Isaiah for all time for all of us.”

She concluded, “Bring her home.”

Savannah’s siblings, Annie and Camron Guthrie, subsequently took part in a follow-up video with their sister.

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Savannah Guthrie’s family faced an unimaginable situation when they learned that their matriarch, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing in Arizona in February 2026. As police have become involved in the investigation and the case has unraveled, many people are curious about the timeline of events that went down before and after Nancy disappeared. “On […]

“Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God’s precious daughter, Nancy,” Savannah said in the February 4 Instagram post. “We believe and know that even in this valley, He is with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment. And we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance that the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, Mom.”

Three days later, the siblings addressed their mother’s kidnapper in another Instagram video.

“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Savannah said on February 7. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”

The following week, Savannah shared an emotional plea for Nancy’s return.

“It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope,” she said in a February 15 Instagram video. “We still believe, and I wanted to say to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it’s never too late and you’re not lost or alone.”

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The disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, continues to provide more questions than answers. Ever since Nancy was reported missing in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1, local law enforcement and the FBI have been working around the clock to bring the 84-year-old back to her family. “I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her […]

She continued, “It is never too late to do the right thing and we are here. We believe. We believe in the essential goodness [of] every human being, and it’s never too late.”

Amid the ongoing search for Nancy, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed on February 16 that Savannah’s family were no longer considered potential suspects in the case.

“To be clear … the Guthrie family — to include all siblings and spouses — have been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” Nanos said in a statement via X. “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple … please, I’m begging you the media to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism.”

The FBI previously released photos and video footage of a masked individual at Nancy’s home, but three weeks into the search, no suspects have been officially identified.

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