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This Week On All My Children: Key Scenes Between Bianca & Kendall! Lea Puts On The Brakes With Zach!

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On today’s all-new episodes for the week of All My Children on Hulu and iTunes, the relationship status between Kendall (Thorsten Kaye) and Zach is explored deeper with the return of Alicia Minshew (Kendall) in a some key scenes with her long-time on-screen sister, Eden Riegel (Bianca).
In those scenes, we learn somewhat what is ailing Kendall and why Bianca is there tending to her. We also see how badly Bianca feels for her daughter Miranda, because Miranda is picked on over her mom being gay. One of the more telling moments is when Bianca tells Kendall she should call Zach and tell him what is going on with her health. Kendall refuses to call Zach saying they have been over for years.
Meanwhile, sexual chemistry comes to a boiling point, when Zach kisses Lea (Paula Garces) and it looks as if the two are going to have sex right in Lea’s office. We come to learn later that Lea put on the brakes, because she still feels that Zach has feelings for Kendall, even though Zach admit he rarely communicates with Kendall unless its about their children. Lea points out that Zach is still wearing his wedding ring, and when he is ready to move on, she will know.
So AMC fans, where you happy to see Kendall on the canvas? Do you hope Alicia Minshew can come back on a more recurring basis to play out this storyline? Do you want Zach to move on with Lea at this point, and you don’t care anymore if Zendall could reunite? Weigh-in and watch this week’s All My Children after the jump!
Am glad to see both Kendall and Bianca back – now they just need to add Erica Kane to the mix and maybe the show will regain some of the magic it used to have.
Would be nice if Alicia Minshew could return even on a semi-regular basis as Kendall – Kendall can be a real pain the rear but the show needs something, every actor does their best to breathe life into rather mundane scripts, but maybe that will start to change.
She told me she would be coming on in July, & that she would love to go back for good. I am a friend/fan who would love her to be happy! For now, I can go to Prohibition in the city & say hello. She is as beautiful as she is friendly!
Welcome back Kendall, you were missed. Kendall and Zach belong together with all of life’s ups-and-downs. Lea doesn’t have that chemistry nor personality to belong with Zach. Lea is too much of a “glass half empty” person. Kendall please come back for more than just a cameo appearance. Maybe you will find you miss being with the AMC family. One can only hope.
It will be fun to see Kendall once again, but I have never been into that character, it is all about the hair lol
That hair style has not budged in a decades, the make-up department needs to give her a a more prestige, look.. She needs a new hair style, even tho her hair is beautiful she needs an upgrade..
anyways, it will be fun to see her..
I have to disagree, Michael. There’s no sexual tension boiling over with Zach and Lea, no matter how the AMC spin machine tries to sell it. He was looking for a little nookie in the police station with his bodyguard as a way of celebrating charges being dropped, which made me think Zach resembled a sailor on shore leave rather than half of Always, Only You, but this is what AMC wants to promote. As for Kendall, I would like her to return to AMC for more than a 2 minute scene but only if AMC reverses direction here and reunites Zach and Kendall. But I didn’t take her comment as saying that they’ve been over for years. I took the fact that she doesn’t want to drag Zach into her problems, and the fact that he can’t seem to move on from Kendall, to mean they’re still very much in each other’s hearts. I would hope the new head writers would know that this is a great couple who should be reunited. And it also seems to me that episodes like this week’s AMC show why the former head writers were fired when they write Zach this way and downplay the supercouple that Zach and Kendall still are.
Loved seeing Kendall. I so long for the AMC that was.
amazing to see AM back as Kendall, gave the show some well needed heart. She belongs in Pine Valley. Her presence is so badly missed right now, but no where greater than in Zach’s live. It’s terrible to see what they’ve done to Zendall, and how much they have isolated Zach away from his family and everything we once knew to be true about him. He clearly still loves his wife. Once you’ve seen a love story play out the way Zendall’s did, its hard enough to see it be torn down by writers who don’t understand history, but its even harder to watch Zach being forced to settle. TK and AM are magic together, and nothing else comes close. Zach shouldn’t settle. The fans shouldn’t have to settle. And AMC shouldn’t settle for anything less. Here’s hoping they wise up soon!
You know, if I saw sexual chemistry between Zach and lea, I’d say it. I really would. But I don’t. It feels manufactured to me instead of an organic reaction. In all honesty, the kiss was just something to get through, not enjoy.
I’m waiting for Zach and Kendall to reunite. Please, please bring back AM’s Kendall. Reunite her with the Mahn she loves, and get rid of this unsatisfying story/relationship Zach is stuck in. I want to anticipate seeing him on screen again, not wait for it to be over. My apologies to Paula Garces, but her character is not pulling it with Zach. I wish her the best with her new addition.
I loved that Kendall returned even if it was only for a brief cameo. I hope Prospect Park is doing all they can, and more to bring Kendall back on a regular basis. Her absence leaves a huge hole on the Pine Valley canvas.
Miranda needs her aunt Kendall who shares a common background, that of being a child of rape, to show her how to be a survivor and help her get past her history and learn that it’s who she is and not who her father was or how she came to be that makes her a strong good person. Mostly, I want Kendall back with Zach. Thorsten Kaye and Alicia Minshew are that rare and special fit on daytime that cannot be duplicated nor substituted. AMC needs them together badly, so do we.
I do not in least bit feel anything for Lea and Zach. There is zero chemistry there. If Zach doesn’t communicate with Kendall frequently, it’s because he loves her so much it hurts too much to even hear her voice. I hope Alicia Minshew returns to breath life into AMC we need her badly.
Seeing Alicia Minshew again was a breath of fresh air! It is my hope that Ms. Minshew can return on a full-time basis. All My Children needs feisty, take-no-prisoners Kendall Hart Slater back on canvas now!
As a viewer, I cannot reconcile what the audience was shown at the end of ABC’s version and the new Prospect Park version.
Team Slater (Zach, Kendall, Spike and Ian) were happier than ever and now with a few poorly-written lines of dialog Mr. and Mrs. Slater have been “done for years.”
This after the supercouple have been through nearly every obstacle possible, even on soaps, and have gotten stronger as a result. Thorsten Kaye, whom I have a great deal of respect, was always able to show Zach’s complete and utter devotion to his sons. Zach also interacted with the majority of Pine Valley residents as a powerful businessman.
Now, the writers won’t even allow Zach to talk about his sons, Spike and Ian, by name. He primarily interacts with certain castmates and, in my opinion, Mr. Kaye has spectrum of acting abilities that is being sorely under utilized.
While I am happy Prospect Park gave All My Children new life, it is hard to get enthused about what I am seeing. Mr. Kaye brought Zach Slater to life years ago with wonderfully-nuanced acting choices and I do not recognize him right now.
It is my hope that the new writers, who have a history with the show, will find a way to bring Ms. Minshew back full time and try to make sense out of nonsense.
“Mr. Kaye brought Zach Slater to life years ago with wonderfully-nuanced acting choices and I do not recognize him right now.”
I so agree with you. I feel like this is a new Zach, and I don’t like him. Bring back Kendall so she can straighten him out! Alicia Minshew, we need you!
I’ll take Alicia Minshew and Kendall as much as I can get them, but I certainly hope that means a MUCH more recurring, even regular, basis. Seeing her today was wonderful, but not nearly enough. And yes, I want her and Zach to reunite. Their story is nowhere near finished, and they obviously still love each other very deeply.
Was happy to see Kendall /Alicia. But I want more than just a cameo. I want her back permanently and reunited with Zach. They are the reason I started to watch AMC . I miss seeing seeing family time with Spike and Ian. I am never going to believe that Zach is ok with not seeing the boys. I don’t believe for one minute that Kendall would ok with it either. This is not the Zach and Kendall I remember and I am hoping that there will be changes made to rectify this.
I NEVER got the appeal of Zach And Kendall whatsoever. They were never shown falling in love, and the media hailed them as a supercouple before they ever even were one. I love Alicia and Kendall, but I always preferred her with Ryan. Even Aidan before the show trashed his character for no reason. I would rather have Kendall on the show than Zach. Much like Michael Easton and his multiple ABC characters who go nowhere, that‘s how I view Thorsten and his rotating ABC roles. It‘s not that I mind his acting, I just don‘t “get“ the point or appeal of his characters.
I’m surprised that anyone could not see Zendall falling in love. I truly felt they had the best slow burn in soap history –one that had me rushing home each day so excited to see what Zendall would do next . I totally respect your opinion but wish you could have enjoyed that amazing story line like I did
I had to scratch my head over this one, too. They spent most of 2005 falling in love and trying to fight it. Their chemistry was–and still is–off the charts. It was one of those love stories that had me hating Fridays. I get that Zach and Kendall isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but AMC definitely showed the two of them falling in love.
Yes they did I agree! I loved watching them falling in love and trying to say that it was nothing more than a “business arrangement”! Thorston and Alicia knock it out of the ball park as Mr and Mrs Zach Slater!! LOVE THEM!!! Not quite sure where she got his rotating roles on ABC he only played 2 characters for “ABC” Patrick Thornhart and Zach Slater, 2 characters completely different from each other and IMHO Zach is a WAY BETTER character than Boring OLD Patrick LMAO!
Great to see Alicia, Kendall Slater has been missed. Sorry, I am not seeing any type of chemistry between Zach and lee. She is boring and TK looks bored.
I hope PP can get Alicia back full time.
Definitely glad to see Alicia and want her back in Pine Valley reunited with Zach. Soaps are defined by Supercouples and none better than Zendall. I’ll start clicking on once Zendall is together again. Until then I’m not interested in watching Zach in the current storyline.
I’ll be honest, I tuned AMC off the day after the first episode aired of the new show. It was not the AMC that I remember and I had little interest in watching. I’ve kept up with summaries of the shows to see if anything interested me….it hasn’t. What will? A permanent return of Alicia Minshew as Kendall and the revelation that this separation between Zach and Kendall is bogus. Zach’s family means the world to him. In no way shape or form would he chose the casinos over them. At the end of AMC on ABC, we saw Zach doing everything he could to sell the casinos and keep his family out of danger…yet these writers do the exact opposite? It’s clear they do not have a clue who Zach Slater is and what he stands for. Zach and Kendall are the best supercouple on AMC. Thorsten and Alicia are pure gold together. With a return of Alicia / Kendall, the real Zach, and a reunion of Zendall, I’ll tune back into AMC in a heartbeat.
Getting better and better .Ericka come back and claim ur man dimitri before he hooks up with brooke.
So thrilled to see Kendall and what I want more than anything is her back full time and reunited with Zach and their boys.
AMC needs Alicia back full time and not just that small cameo that was shown. AMC is just not the same without Kendall in it.
As for Zach having chemistry with Lea there is none. No matter how much the writers try to push Lea and Zach as a couple it just not going to work. Heck a blow up doll has more brains and life in it than the character Lea. She makes me turn off the show whenever she is on.
AMC needs to get Zendall back together again. Zendall is the only couple that was in the top ten if not the top 5 on a weekly bases for well over 5 years for AMC and Zendalls chemistry was off the charts.
Zach has 1000x more chemistry with Lea than he ever did with Kendall! For the last several years on ABC, Zach looked bored in that forced pairing. I’m glad Alicia made her appearance to explain Bianca’s absence and now Kendall can remain off the canvas while Zach moves on with Lea.
I do hope Erica returns around the time Miranda learns of her paternity, though, so we can see how the Erica/Kendall relationship shaped Bianca’s decisions and hopefully that will play out in contrast to Cassandra most likely having an abortion in a similar circumstance. Only on soaps can this type of complex storytelling exist!
I was very happy to see Alicia Minshew (as brief as it was) playing our Kendall Hart Slater. AMC needs Alicia/Kendall back and reunited with Zach (and of course the boys). The chemistry between Thorsten and Alicia is amazing, and cannot be duplicated with anyone currently trying to play a new love interest for him. I was very disappointed that they are divorced (I had so hoped it was a ruse to keep his family safe), so hopefully the new writers will have them back together very soon. Zach would never stay away from his boys, let alone Kendall (and she worked along side him through other dangers, such as the Satin Slayer story — so I’m not buying that they went their separate ways due to the danger that Zach is in. Plus, our Zach would never chose danger over his family). Always only Zendall for this fan/viewer. Go Team Slater!
Loved seeing Kendall back on AMC. PP needs to pull out all the stops to get Alicia back on a regular basis. We need Zach and Kendall back together!!!!!!
When I know Kendall/Alicia Minshew is coming back, I will watch AMC again. I want Zen reunited and with their boys.
Loved seeing Kendall come. Really enjoying watching the show. I like the way the older characters ate being brought back. Would be great if Erica and tad came back.
I loved seeing Kendall again. I can’t wait for her to sign on so I can see her back full time.
I can’t stand Zach with Lea. They have no chemistry together. It’s so obvious Zach is still in love with Kendall and always will be, and she with him.
It’s time to turn this show a round before we lose all viewers.
BRING BACK ZENDALL1
Where are the Castillos? Where is Jordi? You just dropped that ball abruptly. This is some team of writers. Did you pull them in off a picket line or what. Maybe they came from where old writers go to die. They are most definitely not of the caliber that AMC writers were when they were on TV. Not even the 2nd team. Just a bunch of rookies trying to find their way.
The only good thing about the new AMC is the veteran actors. They are great! BUT. the rest is so disappointing! Bad casting. Bad acting. And most of all bad writers. I am an avid fan and was fortunate enough to record 580 episodes of the last 3 years. I watch them instead of the new one. Hate the raw edges and bad language. Worst casting is Colby! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? They brought her back as a mean diva that looks like a street walker with all that ugly hair. Natalie Hall was fab in every way for that part. JR casting. No. No other than the original. Oh how I miss the real thing. The writers were amazing and actors fantastic all. Very sad! 🙁
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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.
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‘All My Children’ Episodes to Stream on Pluto TV Canada
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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