Daaamn, son. There are going to be so many women ready to kill over this one! LOL! Luckily soaps bore me to tears so this has absolutely no effect on me. But sorry to the ones that do! There’s always reruns!
Rumors of AMC’s and OLTL’s demise have been circulating for weeks; a rep for ABC Daytime claimed on April 1st, “These are just rumors that you are hearing. I am sorry to hear that they’re escalating.” The hammer finally came down this morning, as part of ABC’s new daytime strategy.
(E!) – ABC’s only remaining daytime drama is General Hospital, which premiered eight months before the Kennedy assassination, back in ye olde 1963.
All My Children, which launched in 1970 and airs weekdays at 1 p.m. on ABC, is about the convoluted adventures of families in the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pa., especially the exploits of storied original castmember Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). In response to the news of the cancellation, 21-time Daytime Emmy nominee Lucci released a statement saying, “It’s been a fantastic journey. I’ve loved playing Erica Kane and working with [series creator] Agnes Nixon and all the incredible people involved with All My Children. I’m looking forward to all kinds of new and exciting opportunities.”
Similarly, One Life to Live, which launched in 1968 and airs weekdays at 2 p.m. on ABC, is set in neighboring fictional Llanview, Pa. OLTL centers around the world of Victoria “Viki” Lord Burke Riley Buchanan Carpenter Davidson Banks, as played by Erika Slezak since 1971.
Acting careers launched by All My Children including Josh Duhamel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kelly Ripa, Mischa Barton and Amanda Seyfried; notable alums of One Life to Live include Laurence Fishburne, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayden Panettiere, Phylicia Rashad, Nathan Fillion, Marcia Cross, Judith Light, Ryan Phillippe, Blair Underwood and Brandon Routh.
The final episode of All My Children will air this September, and the final episode of One Life to Live will air January 2012.
