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I don't remember him either. This was around 2001. I don't think Hayley had another love interest outside of Mateo at this point. I'm reading the synopsis from that year and Hayley and Mateo were involved in the Proteus storyline, which I barely remember. Apparently Mateo was acting as a double agent and so maybe Hayley was assisting him and that's how she ends up in a kissing scene with Ed Fry? Who knows?

Wow. That was 1984ish?

That's interesting. Marcy though was on All My Children in the 1980s then left for Santa Barbara, and then returned to AMC in the 1990s.

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Agree. I would like for the show to revisit the English family (since they were the first family of Pine Valley).

Gosh, I'm hoping you know something we don't know... (fingers crossed).

I’ve really been enjoying Agnes Nixon’s Instagram account. Whoever in her family is behind it is doing an excellent job sharing nostalgic moments, fun trivia, and historical insights. https://www.instagram.com/agnesnixonamc/

I see John O'Hurley (ex. Mr. Eva La Rue) playing a different role. He also appeared in 2011 as Kit Sterling, the film producer who was going to make a movie about Erica.

Has anyone had success purchasing using a VPN? I have not been successful 🙁

I find it interesting that the international rights to All My Children are held by Agnes Nixon’s estate or her production company, Dramatic Creations. The estate also owns both the domestic and international rights to Loving/The City, which BeondTV has said it plans to offer at some point. (I came across this information in an Instagram comment BeondTV posted.)

I tried to buy the episodes while using my VPN, but the site blocked me. 😕

It looks like BeondTV+ worked with Agnes Nixon's family to bring these 20 episodes to streaming. So maybe the Nixon family owns the rights to the show internationally? https://daytimeconfidential.com/2025/09/18/classic-episodes-of-all-my-children-to-stream-outside-u-s

I can’t imagine why ABC wouldn’t own the international rights — who else would? Maybe they’re licensing it abroad while holding on to the U.S. rights, just in case (fingers crossed) they decide to put the show on Disney+.

Eva La Rue is a ray of sunshine. Would love to see Dr. Maria Santos again at some point.

Yes, LOL.

Honestly, I fear that when All My Children got cancelled, all those tapes just ended up dumped in some storage warehouse and forgotten. Decades of episodes—thousands of hours of storytelling—possibly sitting in unlabeled boxes, slowly deteriorating. It’s heartbreaking to think about how much TV history and cultural legacy might be lost like that. I hope they’ve been properly archived or digitized… but I’m not holding my breath.

It bothered me to hear her say she doesn’t watch most of the episodes. I get it when soap actors say that—those shows run five days a week, all year long. But SATC and AJLT only had about a dozen episodes per season. It’s not exactly an overwhelming commitment.

I understand that And Just Like That is a different show from Sex and the City, but it lacked the humor and intelligence that the original had in spades. One of the biggest issues was the absence of a clear point of view. I really wish the show had told the story through Carrie’s lens, the way the original did—it needed that connective tissue to bring everything together. Instead, the storytelling felt disjointed, and new characters like LTW—while interesting on her own—never really connected with the rest of the cast beyond Charlotte. Seema came the closest to establishing a real bond with the core group, but even she often felt like she was on her own island. Visually, the show delivered with beautiful cinematography and impeccable wardrobe, but that was about it. It had style, but no substance—the writing was ultimately disappointing.

I remember there was a story about Marc Cherry recording a video for Super Soap Weekend. In the video, he playfully invited Susan Lucci to join Wisteria Lane. But for some reason, the video never ended up being used at the event. This would’ve been during the middle of Desperate Housewives' run—well before All My Children was canceled and before Devious Maids was even in the works.

I love these clips from the 80s. I wish full episodes were digitally remastered and available to watch.

Yeah, this was created by Google's NotebookLM which makes podcasts. You provide the inputs, it outputs a podcast. It's wild.

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Devon was definitely milquetoast. What was shocking is that the character left the canvas and then the writers decided to bring her back years later. Same actress!

OMG! Pope Leo!