Kyle Abbott is a fictional character from The Young and the Restless, an American soap opera on the CBS network.

Introduced on January 8, 2001, the character is the son of businessman Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters).

Australian actor Lachlan Buchanan took claim of the role in 2015, making his first appearance on February 25 and departing on April 26, 2016.

[17][18] Hood was surprised at how fast the process of soap operas where, and also credited Peter Bergman (who plays his on-screen father, Jack) as being very "gracious" and kind to him, lending experience.

[27] In October, a representative for the soap opera confirmed that Buchanan had been dropped to a recurring status, but would continue to make appearances in the role.

[9] Following Kyle being rapidly aged and returning to town, Hood stated that his new agenda was to "be close to his dad and move on with his life".

Kyle was "less than pleased" that his father Jack was re-developing a relationship with his ex-wife Nikki, who killed his mother in self-defense.

[40] In reality, Diane's nemesis Nikki Newman had switched the sperm sample,[43] and she was shocked to discover it was that of Jack.

His mother sent him to boarding school in Switzerland without informing Jack because she was planning on faking her own murder and then joining her son.

It was unknown whether Diane was just following Adam Newman's (Michael Muhney) orders in her faked murder plot, or if she really did want Victor to have custody of Kyle over Jack.

After Diane's death, Jack tracked Kyle down under his alias, Timothy Bilton, and went to Switzerland to bring his son home.

Upon seeing Nikki, the woman who killed Diane, and Jack together, he expresses his anger and distaste towards their relationship, claiming that they were bashing his mother's memory by being together.

While working at Newman Enterprises, Kyle takes a liking to Phyllis and enlist her help in keeping an eye on Jack.

Kyle then continues working at Jabot alongside his father and later Hilary Curtis (Mishael Morgan) when Jack wants to find out what Victor is doing with Newman Enterprises' merger with Chancellor Industries.

While working there, Kyle clashes with Noah Newman (Robert Adamson), who eventually reports him to Victor and he is fired.

In February 2015, Kyle (Lachlan Buchanan) returns to Genoa City, when he is rescued and believed to be missing resident Austin Travers (Matthew Atkinson).

Later at the Grand Phoenix, Kyle tells Summer that Theo and Sally knows about his affair with Tara, but not about the possibility of him being the father of Harrison.

Maybe he could seduce that annoying Eden away from Noah, or get involved in a steamy affair with a woman twice his age, like Lauren Fenmore (the woefully-underutilized Tracey Bregman)?

"[48] Jillian Bowe (also of Zap2it) criticized Ryan's introduction and the character's return in 2010, writing: "Sound the alarm and blow the trumpets.

After years of begging and pleading with the regime over at The Young and the Restless to bring back Jack Abbott's (Peter Bergman) sons, one of them finally appears—sort of.

De-SORASing the long-anticipated character of Kyle Abbott is a huge no-no and gigantic re-write of history.

Good, bad or sticky, Y&R fans will always remember that two babies came from Kay Alden's wacky, sperm caper.

My vote is Y&R needs to age Kyle appropriately before fans decide to flush this story (if not Jack and Victor's swimmers) down the drain.

"[50] Soap Opera Digest described the decision to "dump the charming Blake Hood" and recast the character with Sawyer as "puzzling".