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Kelly Ripa on All My Children Primetime Reboot: “It’s a Darker Look at things, and I’m Very Excited About It.”
According to talk-show host, executive producer, and former All My Children star, Kelly Ripa (Ex-Hayley), the highly-anticipated reboot in the works of the beloved soap, will be focused on the children of familiar characters from the town of Pine Valley and have a much darker feel than its original daytime counterpart.
The series that everyone has been talking about is, of course, Pine Valley, which is being executive produced by Ripa, along with her husband, Mark Consuelos (Ex-Mateo), and Andrew Stearn.
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Kelly, who is celebrating her 20th year on ‘Live’, spoke with Entertainment Weekly where part of the conversation turned to what she could share on the AMC reboot.
Ripa expressed how the original cast would fit into the new updated version of the soap: “We would be the parents, and this show is really more about the children of Pine Valley.”
She went on to say, “It’s a darker look at things, and I’m very excited about it. It was pitched to us and we were like, ‘We will absolutely produce this. And we want to be a part of it.’ Immediately we called Eva LaRue (Ex-Mara), all of our friends, and we started saying, ‘Just be at the ready. Get ready.’ ”
Just as fans are excited about the return to Pine Valley, so is Ripa: “All My Children is responsible for every singular good thing that has happened in my life. I met my husband there, I had my children there – not in the studio but pretty close; they kept you there until your contractions were five minutes apart, as we like to say. It’s from there that I got the talk show. It’s from there that I got Hope & Faith…. and our first production deal. So it’s truly responsible for every good thing in my life that’s happened to me.”
So what do you think about the edgier All My Children on the way? Who would you like to see cast in the younger set to play some of the kids, and their love interests, of the Santos and Kane families, etc? Comment below.
I never followed AMC but looking forward to this primetime reboot!
Hopefully its very successfull and reignites a soap resurgence! Cbs could follow with a atwt or gl version!
Also Kelly Ripa is just so humble and down to earth in always paying tribute to her soap roots! Very refreshing.
I’m glad you think so also. I’m so grateful to people like Kelly and Mark and Nathan Fillion who are proud of their roots.
I always watch all my children and I just cant wait for this reboot. I am so excited. When will it start?? I wish they would also give reruns of all my children.
No start date as of yet-think of this as being the first stage of three. ABC has essentially said: “We like your idea, work on it some more-and we’ll talk again” If things go forward, a pilot episode (the first episode we would see) will be shot. If ABC likes the pilot, they’ll order PV as a series. All that said-I think we’re at least a year away from seeing anything
Mmmmmm. I don’t know. KR has quite the diva complex. I’m not holding my breath in anticipation of this one. I was excited about The CW’s second attempt at rebooting Dark Shadows and that fell through. It is ABC where the winds of change blow hard. Like Heidi Klum says, “One day your in, the next day you’re out”.
Agree!
Tru Dat
Makes me nervous, but we’ll see. I have to at least try.
I am sooo excited about Pine Valley!!! I watched ALL of All My Children! This is such a great idea and Kelly and Mark are the perfect ones to produce it!! Can’t wait!!
I watched All My Children from day 1, even named my daughter after Tara on there. Almost named her Erica, but she was such a b#### when it first started in 1970 that I said no way and named it after Tara on the show.I will watch Pine Valley & pray it gets the numbers to keep it going for a long time.
Me too!!! Still mourning over AMC!!
I’m not going to like it . It’s not going to be the same
Well, for goodness sake – at least give it a chance – it can’t be just a continuation of a daytime soap, those days are unfortunately dwindling down. I’m glad there will be a new inception of it, I had given up all hope especially when the Pandemic hit – so, personally, I will watch it and support it and give it an honest chance.
I’m beyond excited!! All My Children got through many times for over 40 yrs! I want to see the whole Santos family n of course Erica Kane! Want to see where life has taken Kendall n Bianca! Tad! Jackson! Jessie! Angie! Everyone! !
Just remembern, they used the workd “dark” to describe where this show is gong, so I doubt it will have the feel of the “real” AMC,
AMC always took a walk on the dark side. Ruth Martin was raped by Rey Martin ( her adopted son’s biological father). Then you had pimp named Billy Clyde Tuggell who brutally abused Stella. Take a look at Palmer Courtlandt—he had a darkly disturbing, obsessional and domineering love for his daughter Nina. There’s so many more dark stories to mention to serve as examples but suffice to say, the “real AMC” was, in fact, dark at times.
I agree With you Harry – many Soaps can have dark storylines –
Well, sometimes Soaps take a ‘dark’ turn in their storylines – maybe she just means that the “lighter moments” will be far few and in-between.
When does this new All my children begin? Love to watch it. Appeciate the info. Ty
Loved AMC wish Alicia would come back. I could see Selena Gomez playing one of the Santos children or Scarlet Estevez as a Santos. William Liptonn or Hudson West as Kendall’s son.
Great! How about Susan Lucci (Erica Kane) as the powerful matriarch like “Phoebe” was? So fun to think of the story possibilities!
I am SO excited! Of course it won’t be exactly the same, but I trust Kelly and Michael. They love Pine Valley, it should be good. I’m looking forward to giving it a try. 🙂
Bingo-I do too, though I think we’re still a year away from anything tangible happening
I am going to reserve my comment to this, I hope, when they use the word “darker” it is not like Riverdale, with blood and gore in it. I hope they try to stay true to All My Children’s landscape and don’t go into the “belly of hell”.
I can’t wait. I do hope it will have some focus on the older characters though.
Why do we need “a darker feel”? Isn’t the real world dark enough as it is from covid stories to politics? And most stories on our soaps. Y&R even had to mess up a happy time with Abby and Chance two minutes after the wedding.
i want to escape the real word of darkness….too much gloom and doom…ill give it a chance but if it is a bit too dark for my taste im out!!!!
Maybe the “darker feel” was inspired by Mark Consuelos’s other show, “Riverdale”. Which is a “darker feel” of the old Archie comics & TV cartoon (and don’t forget the bubblegum records)
I agree, Rose. Moreover, AMC already had a lot of dark stories. It doesn’t need to go any darker.
I’m looking forward to it.
Looking forward to this!
I think you would have to bring just about everyone back in order for it to continue in Pine Valley. I have watched this show since I was in high school and I am 60 years old now. People have died on the show and in real life, so you can hardly replace them. Then you have people that are in other soaps. Will they be able to do it or would they do it? Two of my favorite couples were Jenny and Greg. I know they are both acting in real life, but Jenny died on the show (course that doesn’t mean anything on a soap opera). And if Tad (Michael) & Dixie (Cady) aren’t there, then how does the Martin family continue. I just don’t know what to think. But I do love watching the old clips on You Tube.
Well for goodness sake, Jenny and Greg were from 35 years ago – I mean, I’d be more interested in the really main characters – It can’t be a “continuation” show at this point. The days of the Afternoon soaps, they are unfortunately dwindling down and our real chance to see our Pine Valley Pals would be an inception such as this one. I’m older too, don’t get me wrong, I’m interested in the older characters but it’s a night time show and they have to attract younger viewers too.
Always loved the show. Loved all the characters.
I’m excited that the soaps are getting an opportunity in prime time. I may have never regularly watched AMC, but I followed it enough on air in the press to know what was going on. And sure, it’s not going to be the same. How could it ever be the same? But it’s an opportunity to see a version of what happens after the last episode of the original aired. I would give my eye teeth for something like this to happen for ANOTHER WORLD or a zillion other soaps we lost. I’m going to watch and root for this show to be the best it can be and to be one I enjoy watching!
Not interested in watching anything associated with Kelly Ripa.
I watched AMC from the time I was 8, when it first came on the air until they took it off & then I cried!! I can’t wait to see Pine Valley!! I don’t care if it’s darker or anything. I just want to see at least some of the old AMC people again!!! I have missed them so much!!!
Wasn’t there already a reboot on Hulu? I remember watching it it answer the major question to the Cliffhanger that was left in the original series who did JR shot I already know who it is but for those who haven’t watched yet I’m not going to spoil it but mainly it was about the children grown up and barely had the old characters in it most of the people we know are only mentioned
That was a continuation of the ABC soap; this is going to be a primetime-centric spinoff. As for it “barely” having the other characters, they did get a lot of veterans back, with [some] recasts, too. But, in total, there were only three or four brand-new characters brought on.
Super excited! I loved AMC and anything bringing us back to Pine Valley is great! Love Kelly and Mark too. They are so humble and down to earth. They work very hard and have a beautiful family.
I watched AMC from the mid 70’s until the day it ended, which was a very sad day. I even followed the online “Pine Valley” (I think it was called). Very excited to see the reboot in the the works and hoping for much success.
Same here. I can’t wait. That was a sad day indeed for myself, my mom and sister.
Although it won’t be the amc we knew and loved I think it will bring new stories to characters we knew.
I think they should use their son Michael as one of their children. He played his dad’s younger self in Riverdale and did great!
Awesome can’t wait I have missed it so bad
I’m so excited to watch the reboot. The last one they tried was terrible. I know most expected just to pick back up but it was just filled with kids. Ones we had no idea who they were until they said their name. Hoping Kelly did it better than the last one with prospect park . Been watching since 1977
The Prospect Park On-line version was slowly finding it’s footing, but it did lack the “heart” of the ABC-TV show. I watched it faithfully, it had it’s moments, but Prospect Park was not upfront with the Fans (like…at all) and not communicative with what was happening when the plug was pulled. For months we were left wondering, well, when is it coming back? I’m glad that the character rights have reverted back to ABC TV – though I wasn’t happy with their cancelling the show without even experimenting with trimming it here and there. In my opinion, no “daily” soap needs to be an hour. A weekly Hour show, telling the stories in a New way would work wonderfully!
I can’t wait!!!!
When Will IT air?
AMC reboot, whatever- it will not even resemble the long-dead soap..
It would be a watch for the Boomers..
Other than Boomers nobody will have a clue as to what it’s about..
AMC can not be revived and its offsprings/children will be an eeehh and canceled after 1st season. It can’t survive by Boomers alone and not many others but the Boomers will have the interest to watch, most likely, dunno but—– time will tell..
I wish it luck for the fans of AMC to have whatever it will be back for them to enjoy.
All My Children was always known for being lighter of all the soaps. More comedy. So I’m worried about what Agnes Nixon would think of this darker show.
Its been 10 years since Kelly announced the All My Children reboot. Well, lets see this happen. I run a group for the reboot my members are getting upset waiting for this reboot to air. Kim Delany was killed off the show decades ago as Tads sister Jenny. Bringing her back will be confusing. I hope she will be a whole new character. Come on Kelly put your money where your mouth is and bring us our ALL MY CHILDREN already. Cant announce bringing it back and leave us hanging.
I mean this in with most due respect and not the way it may be coming across.
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‘All My Children’ Movie Writers for Lifetime Revealed: Ron Carlivati, Jamey Giddens and Leo Richardson
This week began and as reported with a spotlight article on Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and how their production entity, Milojo, has been teeing up the All My Children reboot with Lifetime.
The L.A. Times featured the married couple, co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, and former All My Children cast members (where they met and fell in love) about their plans to bring two All My Children movies to Lifetime and how they are working with the Agnes Nixon estate to make it come to fruition,
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Daytime Confidential, that All My Children reboot producer, Andrew Stearn handpicked none other than Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Days of our Lives) and Jamey Giddens (who is the new co-head writer of The Young and the Restless, following his tenures on the writing teams of Beyond the Gates and Days of Our Lives), as the two scribes who will bring the first of two of Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movies to the page.
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RON CARLIVATI AND JAMEY GIDDENS CONFIRM THEIR BOARDING THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE PROJECT
The second installment is said to be written by primetime writer Leo Richardson whose credits include: Star, Katy Keene and more recently the Penn Badgley (ex-Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless) starring series, You.
Richardson also wrote for three years on the U.K.’s long-running soap, EastEnders. All My Children revival fans will recall Richardson’s name was attached as the writer for the first incarnation of the All My Children movies, entitled, Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati took to X and confirmed he is indeed boarding the All My Children movie project. Carlivati shared, “So excited to share this news! Thanks to Andrew Stearn, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini and the Agnes Nixon estate for entrusting Jamey Giddens and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime! Stay tuned!”
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Jamey Giddens confirmed DC’s announcement by taking to his account on X and expressing, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Thanks to Andrew Stearn, the Agnes Nixon estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for entrusting Ron Carlivati, and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime!”
Some fans seemed to question how Giddens could be writing for the first All My Children movie at Lifetime, when he is the new co-head writer at The Young and the Restless with Dan O’Connor. Jamey answered that head on via X and explained, “We turned in our All My Children script months ago. My sole focus as of this past Monday, is Genoa City, Wisconsin! #YR”
ERICA KANE, MARIA SANTOS AND HAYLEY AND MATEO SANTOS TO APPEAR IN THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE REVIVAL?
In the planned stories, Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane and Eva LaRue’s Maria Santos will be two characters whose lives we will get to see for the first time since the series was canceled by ABC back in 2011 after 41 years on the air. As well, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos confirmed they will make brief appearances on-screen; one could assume as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos to the LA Times. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
So, what do you think of Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens getting nod to write the All My Children movie #1 script and Leo Richardson #2? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘All My Children’ Revival Updates: Lifetime EVP Speaks on Why Proposed Movies are Great Fit, Mark Consuelos Wants To ‘Give Back’ to Fans
The All My Children revival via movies at Lifetime is still in the works from former series stars and marrieds, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, through their production company, Milojo.
The co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark were featured this week in a Los Angeles Times article which detailed their efforts to bring some of the citizens of Pine Valley back to your screens.
As previously reported, and reaffirmed by the L.A. Times, the All My Children movies will be set in the present day and focus on what beloved characters such as Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) and Maria Santos Gray (Eva LaRue) are doing now. In addition, Kelly Ripa confirmed that she and Mark Consuelos will also appear on screen briefly most likely appearing in their signature soap roles as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
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ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIES BRING NOSTALGIA THAT CAN BE MADE TO FEEL NEW AGAIN
Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vice president and head of programming for A&E, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movie Network said of the All My Children reboot, “Lifetime is always interested in shows that kind of tap into a powerful nostalgia that can be made fresh for today’s audience. There’s a whole generation of women that have missed these stories and these characters.”
As for working with Kelly and Mark on the Lifetime movie versions of the soap, “They’re exactly the kind of partners you want at a brand,” expressed Bryant. “They’re trusted voices because every day they’re talking to their audience, which, a lot of times, is our audience. They bring a real credibility and have an authentic point of view. You meet Kelly and Mark and kind of what you see is what you get, and I think they bring that same authenticity to their development standards.”
Albert Bianchini, executive producer for Milojo, says he knows All My Children is so wildly popular with the fans of daytime. That was punctuated when seeing it in person, and how the energy was off the charts back in January of 2025 when Kelly participated along with Susan Lucci, former head writer, Lorraine Broderick and casting director, Judy Blye Wilson in a conversation with Andy Cohen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
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“I’ve never seen a crowd like that in my life. People were lined up around the block, recalled the Bianchini. “Everyone wanted to know, ‘When is (All My Children) coming back? We want more.’ We got to see that in real life and Kelly got to feel it in real life, and it made so much sense. I just know that the minute it gets out in the world, people will want more and more and more. There’s just a love there.”
Kelly Ripa added that they are, “working closely with Bob and Sarah Nixon, who are also serving as producers.” She recalled, “She (Agnes Nixon) was so far ahead of her time. She covered topics that weren’t being covered. It was extraordinary the audiences that the show drew, and she served them real stories that were affecting Americans across the country but weren’t necessarily being represented anywhere.”
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
THE CANCELLATION AND STOPS AND STARTS OF ALL MY CHILDREN REBOOTS
All My Children aired on ABC from 1970 to 2011. It got a second chance at life when Prospect Park resurrected the show and brought it to The OnLine Network and Hulu for one season in 2013.
Recently, the series made a return through the estate of Agnes Nixon and is streaming internationally on BEONDTV and through their partnership with PlutoTV Canada with episodes starting in 1995. Fans hope original episodes will some day soon be available in the U.S. as well, but that could prove more difficult since ABC owns the rights to the episodes stateside.
Now 13 years later, while there is no word yet on a definitive production start date to the two movies at Lifetime, all the people involved seemed determined to make it come to life.
So, what do you think of the executive vice-president of Lifetime and LMN being enthusiastic about Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movie revivals? Are you wanting to see this come to fruition? Kelly and Mark seem to have made this a very high priority. Do you hope that by 2027 we might be able to get this to the finish the line and into production? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Starting on May 1, All My Children fans in Canada will be able to see classic episodes of the beloved former ABC soap opera when they stream on Pluto TV Canada.
Pluto TV picked-up the All My Children Channel that the Nixon family has created in partnership with BEONDTV +. The show which aired for 41 years on ABC and ended on the network in 2011, had so many memorable storylines and characters; the least of which is the enduring run of Erica Kane played by soap icon, Susan Lucci.
As previously reported, starting with episodes from the year 1995, which was the 25th anniversary of the soap. Pluto TV Canada viewers will be able to catch 8 episodes on repeat per day. With the success of the venture, the Nixons are hopeful that they will bring viewers many more years of the show to come.
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Sarah Nixon, producer, shared with Michael Fairman TV exclusively, “We are thrilled that Pluto TV has launched All My Children in Canada! Let’s hope the engagement from our incredibly loyal fans across the border will encourage ABC to bring it to the U.S.! We share what Aggie (Agnes Nixon) always felt, that it is the enthusiasm and love from the fans that has kept this legacy beloved and relevant – to this day!”
In addition, 0ne week ago, during Susan Lucci’s visit to Los Angeles promoting her book La Lucci, she was joined by her former Pine Valley castmates, Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee, AMC, now Taylor, B&B) and Eva LaRue (ex-Maria, AMC) and the trio posed for a pic. At that time, LaRue shared via Instagram, “NEW All My Children channel streaming classic episodes 24/7 now on Pluto TV Canada! Fingers crossed to watch soon on Pluto US.”
That was also confirmed this week by TV Watercooler’s Jeevan Brar who took to X and expressed, “The All My Children channel begins streaming this Friday, May 1 on Pluto TV Canada.
So, Canadian viewers, excited about Pluto TV’s All My Children channel? United States fans, hopeful from Sarah’s message that perhaps soon, we can see the beloved soap once again as well? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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