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All My Children: Created by Agnes Nixon. With Susan Lucci, David Canary, Michael E. Knight, Cameron Mathison. Set in the fictional East Coast suburb Pine Valley, this show is the decades-old, risk-taking soap that centers around Erica Kane and her long line of husbands.
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All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.
All My Children - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide. 1970 -2013. 43 Seasons. ABC. Drama, Soap. TVPG. Watchlist. The soap that introduced Erica Kane and her many husbands to the masses...
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Origins
Agnes Nixon, then head writer for Guiding Light, first came up with the idea for All My Children in the 1960s. When writing the story bible, she designed the show so it would be a light-hearted soap opera that focused on social issues and young love. She unsuccessfully attempted to sell the series to NBC, then to CBS, and once again to NBC through Procter & Gamble. When Procter & Gamble was unable to make room for the show in its lineup, Nixon put All My Childrenon hold. Nixon became head wri...
Creation
ABC later approached her to create a show that would reflect a more contemporary tone. That program became One Life to Live, and it debuted in 1968. After the show became a success, the network asked her for another program, and she obliged by reviving her All My Childrenbible and the Erica Kane character. The poem, written by Nixon, that appears in the title credits' photo album reads: Template:Quote
1970s
All My Children debuted on January 5, 1970. Rosemary Prinz was signed on to be the "special guest star" for six months, playing the role of policial activist Amy Tyler. Prinz was well known for her role of Penny Hughes on As the World Turns in the 1950s and 1960s, and she was added to the show to give it an initial boost due to her name value. From 1970 and into the 1980s, the show was either written by Nixon herself or by her protégé, Wisner Washam. He was groomed by Nixon to eventually take...
Unsuccessful attempt
In August 2010, Prospect Park announced that it was shopping for a cable network to air All My Children in complementary to its future internet television channel. Prospect Park officially began negotiations with the actors of All My Children on September 15, 2011. On September 19, 2011, Cameron Mathison and Lindsay Hartleybecame the only actors that had agreed to continue the show with Prospect Park. Prospect Park initially intended for All My Children to begin its run on the internet on Sep...
Revival
On December 17, 2012, Deadline Hollywood reported that revival plans for All My Children and One Life to Live had resurfaced. A few days later, it was reported that Prospect Park had secured studio place in Stamford, Connecticut, where both shows would be filmed. The show had been filmed in New York City from 1970 to 2010, and in Los Angeles from 2010 to 2011. Within the weeks following the reports, Lindsay Hartley, Vincent Irizarry, Debbi Morgan, Darnell Williams, Jordi Vilasuso, Jill Larson...
The show aired on ABC Daytimefor the entirety of its television run: 1. January 5, 1970 – July 4, 1975: 1:00–1:30 pm (12:00–12:30 pm, CT/PT) 2. July 7, 1975 – January 14, 1977: 12:30–1:00 pm (11:30 am – 12:00 pm, CT/PT) 3. January 17, 1977 – April 22, 1977: 1:00–1:30 pm (12:00–12:30 pm, CT/PT) 4. April 25, 1977 – September 23, 2011: 1:00–2:00 pm (1...
All My Children: Created by Agnes Nixon. With Julia Barr, Ryan Bittle, Lindsay Hartley, Vincent Irizarry. Continuation of the ABC soap opera All My Children, which ran from 1970 until 2011.
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Set in Pine Valley, a fictional East Coast burb, 'AMC' was created by the prolific Agnes Nixon and has been a soap with a social conscience, tackling issues like addiction, abortion and...
