the role was recast with jacob young, who had left his role as rick forrester on "the bold and the beautiful". angela shapiro, at the time president of abc daytime, stated: "it is challenging to cast a character as intense and compelling as lucky spencer. we are fortunate to find a young actor with jacob's charisma and talent." young assumed the role on february 25, 2000, almost a year after jackson's last appearance, speculated to be an attempt to ease the transition between characters due to jackson's popularity. young commented: "at first i was a little bit insecure about (taking the role after jackson). but now that i've started to think about it, lucky was such a great character, and jonathan did such a great job that (fans) wanted him to come back. (lucky) being in such demand, i think it was great that it opened up and allowed someone else to come in and give this character a shot." in november 2000, young guest starred on the fox network sketch comedy series "madtv", making a small cameo appearance as the character. that december, young announced he would not be renewing his contract, and last appeared on february 10, 2003. he cited a desire to pursue music and film work at the time, later admitting monetary contract disagreements as the reason he left.