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SOAPnet announces programming schedule Post-AMC!
Yup, the time is drawing near, and it certainly feels more so now that SOAPnet has announced their plans for their revised programming schedule after the last episode of All My Children airs on Sept. 23.
According to Soap Opera Digest, the new line-up and programming block has the canceled primetime soap, Brothers & Sisters joining the schedule, while Ryan’s Hope has been dropped entirely. In addition, classic episodes of All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will now air in the overnight (3 a.m. – 6 a.m.) timeslot. The scheduling revision also puts Days of our Lives into a better position inside the primetime block.
After the jump, check out the SOAPnet programming schedule as of Monday, Sept 26th in order for you to know when to be at home to catch the same-day episodes and other acquisition programming, or to TIVO them!
THE OC will air at 6 a.m. & 11 a.m.
ONE TREE HILL will air noon-3 p.m.
BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 will air at 3 p.m. & 4 p.m.
BROTHERS & SISTERS is added to the schedule at 5 p.m. & 6 p.m.
YOUNG AND RESTLESS will air at 7 p.m. 11 p.m. & 10 a.m.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES will air at 8 p.m., midnight & 7 a.m.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE will air at 9 p.m., 1 a.m. & 9 a.m.
GENERAL HOSPITAL will air at 10 p.m., 2 a.m. & 8 a.m.
Classic episodes of AMC, OLTL and GH will air at 3 a.m., 4 a.m. (M-F) and 5 a.m. (Mon-Thu & Sun)
The weekend preceding AMC’s last week on television, SOAPnet will air the Best Of AMC on Saturday, Sept 17 and Sunday, Sept 18 from 7 p.m. to midnight.
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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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Well it depends on how “classic” these episodes are. We know for holidays and stuff, ABC’s idea of classic episodes is something from eariler in the year or a couple of months eariler. I would love for them to go back to the 80’s or even 1990’s. Glad Brothers & sisters is comming on though. It was a good show and deserves a bigger following.
I have always wanted the ABC soaps to air repeats on SoapNet so I am most excited by the classic episodes that will be airing of AMC, OLTL, and GH.
It still amazes me how great these shows were 15/16 years ago when they were so much more entertaining to watch. The whole one hour daily drama needs to change from a production standpoint so much and the stories need to improve and I am hoping Prospect Park plans on evolving AMC and OLTL and not just airing them.
As far as GH, if they thought all they needed was Guza fired and at the bell all is well. Forget it, Story, Story and Story is very important but your cast is also full of Corinthos’s extended family and children, where are the classic character’s families. Where’s Robert, Anna, Ned, Lois, Dillon, Lucy, Scott, Laura, Bobbie, Kevin, Lucas, Serena, Felicia, even Frisco (if you can pull JW away from B&B)? As far as our dearly departed write back from the dead stories for AJ, Alan, Duke Lavery, Zander, Emily?
TC and Ingo’s firings served no purpose…I would have preferred to see GH lose the newbies than the presence of Jax and Nikolas.
Bring on some competent police officers who aren’t Sonny’s son (he should have lost his badge months ago)! Why not FBI agent Jagger Cates, sexy as hell, hates Sonny and Jason and was a terrific return on Night Shift 2!!
The only person who holds any connection to Sonny that I would cheer coming back is Rick Hearst as Mr. Ric Lansing, he is a phenomenal actor to watch on any show. Plus if you just started watching GH you would think Molly was also Sonny’s kid with the way her father is never mentioned and she floats in the pack with all his kids.
Another story note to GH…Sonny doesn’t have to be on everyday when all his connections are on everyday…thanks to Guza…Sonny became a part of everything and even when you aren’t watching him, you are still watching his ex loves, ex wives, enemies, sons, daughters, best friends, and victims…literally it’s sick how much his hand imprint is on every character.
As far as JFP’s recent interview, we need the fans well then you need to stop the ageneda of the network or the hire ups and bring back what fans love, they know and get rid of what they are tired of and don’t want to see anymore. Fix the problems, fix the show. While you are it…change it up even for a long time viewer like myself, the Production of daytime soap is old and stale…Shake it up. Why not treat the stories like arcs…giving all the characters outs not just TG’s Luke and making it more like seasonal TV even without taking a yearly hiatus like every other genre except Daytime does.
Put the above mentioned vets on recurring and bring them in and out like you do Luke to shake up story and give back the generational story telling GH use to have for everyone not just Sonny and Carly with the exception of Bobbie and even Ron Hale’s Mike who were both given up on by the show but gave Sonny and Carly the most important parts of their character and the most memorable scenes for the characters.
So I will enjoy watching the GH classics most…..so much more than the episodes they air today. Because when I watch the repeats I watch legacy, history, family and characters I love and I can’t say that about today’s General Hospital at all. I will also enjoy looking back at OLTL and AMC but I am looking forward to their future in someone else’s hands creatively, production wise other than ABC.
SoapNet adding Brothers and Sisters or removing Ryan’s Hope doesn’t really matter to me at all. I would have liked to see Another World make a return to SoapNet, that show was definitely a past favorite.
I vented alot…didn’t mean to do that…I will enjoy the AMC, OLTL, and GH reruns until SoapNet is cancelled!!!
Where is Dawson’s Creek?!!!
If the network is called Soapnet, why not feature soaps? Another World, As The World Turns, Generations, Sunset Beach, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light, Port Charles, The City, Loving…..I could go on. To me, this network was a joke since day one. I mean it’s nice that they air the soaps at night, if you miss them in the day, but they never really focused on featuring daytime programs. Hours and hours of Beverly Hills 90210, or One Tree Hill…that are prime time dramas should never have been the major focus. Plus I miss watching Soap Talk with Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway….cause it was nice to finally see a talk show have daytime stars featured…you know, to come on and do interviews and show scenes from their prospective shows. I mean, you never see them on any of the current talk shows. So, whomever came up with Soapnet, really dropped the ball big time, cause they never made the network what it should have been about…. Daytime Soaps.
Hey, the reason they don’t show the old soaps is because you and I would see how good the writing and the actors use to be. They did use to show AW and the old Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest but then they decided to go with the younger crowd. A shame!!!
I miss the older soaps, too, kay killgore. I find more and more I drift on to youtube to catch scenes or openings of our dearly departed programs. There is always such chatter about the diversity of cable. And while it really isn’t all that diverse actually, a soap network with classic episodes and reruns of classic primetime programs would be welcome by me. Seems it is not going to be SoapNet, however.
I have read that AMC and eventually OLTL will be on the internet. That is fine and dandy but internet people that have a cap on their internet may not get to watch them because it will use all of there k bits or whatever there are called. I was hoping that soapnet might show them all on the weekend. I’m going to be pretty upset if I won’t be able to see them at all. I look forward to watching them and now there taking two of the best soaps off the air to put on what, another reality or talk show. I’m getting really sick of reality shows and more talk shows. I know the economy is in the toilet but the soaps are our escape at least for a couple of hours. I feel bad for the people that don’t have the internet and like me will not be able to watch their two favorite shows. Call Oprah, maybe she will put them on her network, it would be good for her network and get more people to watch her network since she just launched it. BRING BACK AMC AND OLTL,PLEASE.
I agree with you 100%. I said they should call Oprah!!! There are not too many good shows on her network, so an assortment of daytime and nightime soaps would be an added feature. Then maybe I would watch more of her network.
I miss RH thEy keep pulling it right in the middle of some crisis. Is there some place that I can get all the seasons or watch all the past episodes?
Please…soapnet…since AMC was cancelled…and its not going online…and u wont sell the right to past episodes…now that ur converting soapnet to a cartoon channel…@ lease keep the reruns of soaps n the evening? kids arent going to b up all nite and adults/fans r willing to watch late or DVR it…make the best of both worlds…its cheap..comeon…rerun the older versions and go from there…ive watched for 40yrs…now thats dedication!
Why did you cancel “Young and the Restless” on the weekends, Saturdays? It was comforting to catch up on the soaps, from Mon thru Fri; on Saturdays. Why did you mess with a perfect arraingement? Please re-schedule my favorite soap in the intire world, back to the old way it was; it is so inconvienant to try to catch up with what go’s on with the story during the week!!!!!!! Are you at least considering putting the soap back to it’s original weekend slot from 7pm- till midnight? It did make the stories flow better. YOUR THROWING ME OFF EVERY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this arraingement temporary? Please get back to with at least telling me that you will consider returning my soap to the weekends again please e-mail me back, at least tell me it’s gone for good. Can’t wait to here from you.
I can hear Y&R at 7pm but no picture. Why?? I dont find soapnet on my tv guide button either. is there another channel??
I have enjoyed watching the reruns of AMC from 12:00am – 3:00am and wonder if you will be airing the new shows that will be starting on an internet station this April, 2013. I also wonder if you will go way back to the beginning of AMC or perhaps air shows during a time when the plot lines were the hottest , i/e When Erica was married to Traves Montgomery but then his brother Jack entered the picture!!!. AS a matter of fact, what would stop your network from airing the new AMC shows in primetime?