All My Children Tribute Thread

[j swift]

I would've liked Phil, Tara, and Chuck to continue, mostly because they would've been a fixture of multigenerational story telling. 

However, I also wonder if their progress would've been stunted due to Erica?  Once Erica became the center of attention, and given that it was established that she and Tara were the same age, maybe they would've been hard-pressed to write more mature stories for Tara and Chuck, while keeping Erica eternally youthful. 

I'm not slighting Lucci.  Nor am I forgetting that they SORASed Tara kids.  However, the direct contrast may have creatively difficult to balance.  Obviously, the reasons are multi-variant.  Yet, I often wonder if certain characters are sacrificed in order to continue telling the stories of their peers. 

That being said, one of my biggest grievances with AMC was the eventual détente between Phoebe and Erica.  It was as if later writers completely forgot the past in a way that Phoebe would not have.

Edited November 23, 2024 by j swift

[DRW50]

This has some April 1997 episodes, including a Daytime to Remember from 1983 which is already on Youtube but the audio is not great on the Youtube upload. I don't think the "new" April 1997 episodes are on Youtube right now.

Fox and ABC; Soap Operas, News and Sitcoms (April 18, 1997) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Edited November 29, 2024 by DRW50

[All My Shadows]

Y’all, were we bamboozled in regards to this damn Lifetime Christmas movie?! Why haven’t we heard more?!

[Maxim]

Thank you! I'm always on the lookout for AMC episodes. 

[Jonathan]

I don't think it was ever meant for a 2024 launch. Maybe 2025 if we're lucky.

[DemetriKane]

Part 2

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Part 3

 

 

[Khan]

Unfortunately, I suspect the AMC Christmas movie was DOA about ten minutes after the media had reported on it. 

Granted, I wasn't looking forward to the movie anymore than I was to that dreadful-sounding Pine Valley-meets-Riverdale reboot, but I think the media needs to back off on reporting anytime someone gets a wild idea to revive this-or-that series.  For one thing, less than half of such notions ever make it past the "tentative talks" stage in the entertainment industry.  For another, all that the media's reporting is actually doing is just pissing off those who truly care about seeing their favorite shows and characters again, and who are left disappointed when it doesn't come to pass.

[gimmetoo]

Erica Kane and friends to celebrate AMC 55th anniversary

https://www.92ny.org/event/susan-lucci?j=1755607&sfmc_sub=471023424&l=86_HTML&u=72716664&mid=100010720&jb=10186&utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=Email_92NYInsider_121524&utm_campaign=92NYInsider_121524&mcSID=1073492

Edited December 16, 2024 by gimmetoo

[Jonathan]

I love that they added Lorraine Broderick. Should be a fun conversation.

[Jonathan]

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Kelly, Mark, and Ben Stiller reminisce about Ben's mom Anne Meara who played Peggy Moody on All My Children.

[DemetriKane]

Love this! I would add more mainstays like Julia Barr and Michael Knight but this should be great. Eisner Washam deserves to present too.

[Vee]

I doubt it, it hasn't been that long. I rather doubt it's dead, Lifetime has a pretty tight system in place re: their product unlike ABC taking a flyer on a primetime pilot script based off a daytime soap which was the "Pine Valley" project a few years ago.

I am not going to begrudge AMC returning in a format that could lead to it running and running with a series of TV movies. The Lifetime/Hallmark pipeline stretches on forever these days. I just hope they're of some quality if and when they do come along.

[Jonathan]

Wisner Washam is probably the best head writer All My Children had whose name wasn't Agnes or Lorraine.

[NothinButAttitude]

@Jonathan @Vee @Khan @Chris B @DaytimeFan @DRW50 @vetsoapfan @Antoyne @Cheap21 @DramatistDreamer@DemetriKane@j swift@Maxim@All My Shadows

I read it elsewhere (and I wish I could give them credit, but I know how forums are), but did you all hear that Sabine Singh hopped on an X/Space and spilled tea on her time on AMC? Supposedly, the following was said: 

• Sabine auditioned for a character named Sarah and didn’t find out she was replacing Greenlee until after she was hired. She freaked out because Greenlee was such an important role.
• She and Alicia Minshew worked crazy hours (ranging from filming from morning to almost midnight) every workday. Sabine would sneak and sleep in her dressing room to prevent having to commute. Susan Lucci refused to do that and only filmed once a week (doing 9 episodes that day).
• She hated the Aiden/Greenlee pairing. Allegedly, Turner was a drunk and on drugs. No one wanted to be paired with him b/c he wasn't professional. Allegedly, this is how Kelli Giddish wiggled out her contract.
• Said he once scolded her and said, “Be quiet before I shove my d*ck in your mouth,” and the entire set went silent. TPTB was brought in; however, b/c the pairing was popular, no punishment occurred. 
• Budig was asked back numerous times. Budig wanted to make it in LA until she couldn't and agreed to return. 
• Sabine/RB had the same manager, who was secretly negotiating on RB's behalf (wasn't it M*chael B*uno)? She was fired over the phone by the agent and Julie Hannan Carruthers. Carruthers asked if Sabine was still coming to work her last tape weeks and whether she wanted a cake.
• Sabine threw a fit on the on first day back on set after being fired. Said TK got wind and rallied the cast behind Sabine. She got nice gifts from Thorsten & Cameron. 
• She didn't get to say farewell to the cast as they made her shoot late on her last day.
• The “real Greenlee” promo hurt, but she was more upset by Brian Frons publicly saying she couldn’t act or fit in Rebecca Budig’s "Manolos." Thorsten sent her a note with the coat he’d given her saying she may not fit Rebecca’s shoes, but that coat would always be hers.
• Learned that Brian Frons blocked her from an Emmy nomination when her name appeared on the pre-nomination ballots by threatening the cast not to vote for her.
• Once ABC got rid of Frons, he tried reaching out to Singh via LinkedIn but she blocked him. 

SN: I think it might be true as the host of a soap space on X thanked her. 
 

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Edited December 21, 2024 by NothinButAttitude

[DRW50]

Thank you for transcribing all this tea and tagging me @NothinButAttitude . She certainly didn't hold back. I was not even really watching AMC at that time but even then, I knew her treatment was incredibly shabby. I'm glad she blocked Frons.

Edited December 21, 2024 by DRW50