"All My Children" (1970)TV series 1970-????

Creator:

Agnes Nixon

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

5 January 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Mystery

Tagline:

She's holding her baby, she just doesn't know it yet.

Plot:

Set in the fictional East Coast suburb Pine Valley, All My Children is the decades-old, risk-taking soap that centers around Erica Kane and her long line of husbands.

Plot Keywords:

Pregnancy | Shipper | Male Female Relationship | Faked Pregnancy | Daytime

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 143 wins & 424 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 9	1:00 PM	ABC
Thur. July 10	1:00 PM	ABC

Cast

Alicia Minshew	...	Kendall Hart Slater / ... (465 episodes, 2002-2008)
Michael E. Knight	...	Tad Martin / ... (454 episodes, 1983-2008)
Susan Lucci	...	Erica Kane / ... (426 episodes, 1970-2008)
Cameron Mathison	...	Ryan Lavery / ... (421 episodes, 1998-2008)
David Canary	...	Stuart Chandler / ... (405 episodes, 1984-2008)
Thorsten Kaye	...	Zach Slater (375 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jacob Young	...	J.R. Chandler / ... (344 episodes, 2003-2008)
Walt Willey	...	Jackson Montgomery / ... (338 episodes, 1989-2008)
James Mitchell	...	Palmer Cortlandt, Sr. (nee Pete Cooney) / ... (294 episodes, 1979-2008)
Aiden Turner	...	Aidan Devane / ... (292 episodes, 2003-2008)
Bobbie Eakes	...	Krystal Carey Chandler / ... (279 episodes, 2003-2008)
Alexa Havins	...	Arabella 'Babe' Carey Chandler / ... (259 episodes, 2003-2007)
Melissa Claire Egan	...	Annie Lavery / ... (252 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jill Larson	...	Opal Sue Gardner Purdy Cortlandt #2 / ... (227 episodes, 1989-2008)
Ray MacDonnell	...	Joe Martin / ... (206 episodes, 1971-2008)

Also Known As:

All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (1970-1983) | Stereo (1983-)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

ABC Studios, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

In 1978 the show became the first US soap opera to take its cameras outside the United States when they showed the honeymoon of Tom and Erica on the island of Saint Croix.

Quotes:

Ryan Lavery: I got halfway to the Valley Inn, and I stopped. What the hell was I thinking?
Greenlee Smythe du Pres Lavery: I hated that you left.
Ryan Lavery: You're my wife. You're my beautiful wife. I'd be an idiot to be anywhere else.
Greenlee Smythe du Pres Lavery: I love you so much.
Ryan Lavery: I love you. This is where I should be, now and always. Come here. Come here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Intimate Portrait: Kelly Ripa" (2001)

The Only Soap I've Ever Watched

The summer I was 17, before I went away to college, I tuned into a black and white episode of AMC(half an hour)and since then I have always tuned in to see what was happening. Through various jobs and the birth of my son and times when I couldn't watch for over a year,AMC was always there. And, let's face it AMC means Erica Kane.

But as I am middle aged,I would like to suggest that the show deal MORE with reality. Erica is on trial right now for yet another murder - after 30 years of watching, I can hardly recall all the people she has been accused of killing -- and the prosecutor is her former lover. Could the writers please get a clue??? Prosecutors are not allowed to even KNOW the people they are trying. Please deal with the rules of 2002.

Also, The Greenly and Leo story is a total BORE. Unless you are 17,,,,, interesting...But I suspect Leo is gay, myself.

Nice twist on Proteus, however, I like it.