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Three-Time Daytime Emmy Winner, Cady McClain, Reveals She’s ‘Back On Set’ But On Which Show?
After her Instagram post earlier this week, fans of Cady McClain have been attempting to dissect her cryptic tease of a message. McClain, a three-time Daytime Emmy winner, shared the good news with fans that she is ‘back to work’, except she didn’t share which show or project she is working on … just yet!
In her post, McClain teased: “Back on set! Fun to be working again on such a terrific show! Can’t wait to be able to share the news with you all soon! Meantime, hoping you are all taking good care of yourselves. Sending hugs!! ”
Now, it could be Cady is working on a primetime show, not a daytime show, but we shall see.
She has previously appeared on The Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives of the four remaining daytime soaps. On Y&R she played Kelly Andrews, and on DAYS, Jennifer Horton Deveraux. And, as viewers of the NBC soap saw this week, Jennifer (in a short appearance by Melissa Reeves) returned to Salem with Jack (Matthew Ashford), only to tie-up loose ends over the holidays and exit the show.
Since DAYS still tapes months ahead, could McClain be returning there, or might she pop up on GH and B&B? The character of Kelly was killed-off of Y&R back in 2015.
Previously, Cady became soap-famous for her roles as Dixie Cooney Martin on All My Children and Rosanna Cabot on As the World Turns.
Share your thoughts on which show you hope Cady is working on, whether, primetime, daytime, or a streaming series, in the comment section below.
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It would be nice to have her pop up on GH as Dixie but I don’t know if that would work since Michael E. Knight is now Martin Gray on that show.
She could go back to Y&R as Roseanna Cabot…that might be nice too.
But if she’s going to be a new character, I’m sure it will be good either way.
A short-term gig as one of Martin’s ex-wives on GH could be fun. Heck, I’d buy her as Esme’s birth mother. Would give Cady scenes opposite her husband.
However, since GH is dark this week, I’m guessing that it’s a different show. B&B?
Thank You, James! Rosanna was my favorite character when Cady played her. Rarely do we get such a smart, admirable, and brave woman who actually respects herself the way Rosanna did. She and Maura West as Carly, her half-sister, were pure soap magic together. Y&R was not a good fit for her, not as Kelly anyway. Not even Cynthia Watros could salvage that train wreck character!
Show up on B&B as Liam’s supposedly deceased mother
If we’re sticking to daytime, and going by her costume, hair & makeup, I’d wager to believe she is on the set of General Hospital. However, she could also be on set of a primetime series and/or film. Who knows. Am hoping it is daytime related, though. Days of Our Lives should have kept on her; reception was positive, and she did marvelous work. However, given the dire look and state the soap is in, I wouldn’t want her near it.
Scott, aren’t you the detective! I was hopeful for her return to DOOL, but that hairstyle alone is the not Jennifer’s style last time we saw McClain in the role. And I certainly get your point about the current status of DOOL. Whatever show has hired McClain is lucky to have her! Happy New Year!
I hope it’s Days! It’s an unpopular opinion but I like her over Missy Reeves.
I agree. I like Cady in the role of Jennifer
Wholeheartedly agree with you!
Phil…me, too…PERIOD!!!!!
NO, NO, NO!!! Not on DOOL’s!!! Not a good Jennifer and Not a good actress!!
I hope she’s coming back as Jennifer Horton Deveraux. I think DAYS needs more Hortons on the set. The grandparent generation is there, but not the parent generation of Hortons. (And, yes, I know I’m not counting Tom and Alice since they passed away.) Julie, Doug and Maggie are still around; seen every once in a while. But Hope and Jennifer, our mainstays for so long, are gone. Even Lucas just left again. Allie and Johnny, Shawn and Belle, and even the next generation in Ciera and Ben (plus baby), are difficult to identify as Hortons since they spend so little time there and don’t really embody the spirit of the Hortons of old.
Send Jennifer back to us! Have Hope return, too. (If Kristen is down with Hope, let some other talent step in. With only four soaps left, there is an embarrassment of extremely talented actresses who could take on the role.) Bring Mike home with Jennifer, too! And how about Jessica and Marie? Jeremy, Sandy, Julie’s brother, (was it Steve?) and her other grandson, Scotty. All of these could beef up the Horton household.
Just my wish list, I guess; with Cady leading the parade as Jennifer.
Here Ye, Here Ye !!! ^^^^^ “… With only four soaps left, there is an embarrassment of extremely talented actresses who could take on the role. ” that’s just it… a treasure chest trove of ideal actors to step up. I get that at least @Days is trying to canvas the whole cast.. hence ALL the comings and goings.. which should satiate the legion of fan . I hoped this was so… Newbies, don’t know the past , supercouples, they want to watch Ben and Cierra, Jake and Gabs… as the desired demographic… I go with this… just throw in chad and Abs for security… for mine ! Cady McClain muchos gusto , enliven, the horton familial… Herself, jack, Abby, JJ… this was the one time, to RING in Matthew Ashford…. manhood , seal undone.. come to.. you studded… i want sex.. aroused
Please let it be on the set of All My Children/ Pine Valley!! I’ll be happy wherever she is though.
And she’s married to Jon Lindstrom, or Kevin Collins on GH. Seems good acting runs in the family.
She could be on GH as a love interest for Martin Gray her old love on AMC.
Sounds like fun. It would be interesting when Candy and Kevin’s paths might cross on GH if this happened.
She is working “again”, so it is either DOOL or Y&R
Or on Pine Valley in Primetime.
In love the thought that she’s filming the pilot for the Pine Valley primetime series!
Would be fun if it is GH since Cady and Maura were fantastic as Rosanna and Carly on ATWT, and her hubby is also there, as are so many other fantastic actors. But if not, I actually really enjoyed her with Jack on Y and R, until she went psycho. Seems Jack has a pattern on that front, and I have absolutely no desire to see Jack and Phyllis reunite. Not sure why Peter, aka Jack, has been off campus during the holidays (hopefully he is healthy and simply taking a vacation in “NYC”), but with Stitch returning earlier this year, who knows, maybe Kelly is returning. Regardless, she is a powerhouse and fantastic actor, and I am looking forward to her return, wherever it may be.
Here’s hoping she’s playing Jenny Eckert on GH! It would be great to see her on-screen with Jon Lindstrom since they’re married in real life. Jenny is also Luke’s cousin, and with his recent “death” (he’s 100% not dead), it would be neat to see her factor into this story somehow.
Sorry Jimmy – but bite your tongue. As someone who lived through that challenging period in GH history, I hope we never see an Eckerdt on screen again. Even when they occasionally mention the Eckerdt Bakery, my skin starts to crawl.
LMAO!! Ya, that era was not Monty’s best work!! To say the very least!!
Although…the character of Jenny did blossom nicely towards the end! When they have her a nice flattering hairstyle, gave her more personality, and pitted her against Tracy, I really enjoyed her.
It’s not Days or GH as both are still dark this week.
Cady is a fireball, she brings subtle grit and total commitment to all she bites into, and always retains her likeable star aura. I look forward to her next adventure.
It will be great to have her back on any one of the shows. Y&R has been my favorite for a long time, so hope she goes there! Welcome back Cady!
I think she’d be perfect for Jack .Caddy is beautiful, the right age and everything Jack needs in a woman.
I can’t agree on this one, Violet. When Cady played Kelly Andrews years back, Cady and Peter Bergman didn’t click at all, at least not for me. I was hoping she’d be Ashland Locke’s unmentioned sister who could knock Victoria off her high horse. Or something similar. Pray she won’t be ANOTHER long lost Quartermaine on GH!
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I see what you’re saying, now that you refreshed my memory. I had forgotten that kook Kelly she played, keeping Jack prisoner on that island. Thinking back, she seemed altogether different than the Cady we all know and love. Yes, the last thing we need is another Q.
Oh see, I did believe Peter Bergman and Cady McClain had some fantastic chemistry. Hell, even in writing my own web serial drama, years prior to McClain joining The Young and the Restless, I wrote my Bergman and McClain characters as spouses.
I would love to see Cady on G.H.; real life husband plays Dr. Kevin Collins on the show. He is married to Lara Collins; I would hate to see them break up though.
I’m hoping she is NOT returning to Y&R. I’ve never been a big fan of McClain. I never watched AMC so I can’t speak to her performance on that show. However, I thought she was a poor recast of Rosanna Cabot on ATWT and didn’t think she was very good as a recast of Kelly on Y&R.
I know that I may be in the minority. McClain has had a long career and a following among viewers. I’m just not one of them. To me, she has little screen presence and I would prefer not to watch her in anything else.
I’m having a major guess at this moment, but maybe she will be on Y and R as Avery Clark. Cady is 52 years old, and Jessica who previously played Avery is 51 years old. Phyllis needs someone on canvas and it doesn’t seem like either Daniel or Summer will be returning to GC anytime soon. Maybe this will allow Nick to have a rekindled romance. I don’t know. Just an idea. Y and R needs to get a major jolt! Especially with Richard Burgi departing.
On Jan. 11 episode of GH, Austin mentioned his mother to Britt….
We will see..
Cady is one year younger than Roger Howarth. Austin’s mother, Charity was already up there in years when she took up with Jimmy Lee. Probably not a character we need to see again on screen.
Perhaps long forgotten Kristin Forrester on B and B?
Hayden on GH?
The go-to recast for Kristen should be Brenda Epperson, who resembles O.G. portrayer, Teri Ann Linn.
GH please. She could play that southern Belle that was Martin Grey’s “the one that got away!”. She could give Lucy some competition and Michael E Knight a chance to play some romantic comedy. I miss his smile and the mischevious glint in his eyes. Let Martin Grey lighten up just a smidge.
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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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