Nearly four years since a primetime reboot of “All My Children” was first placed in development at ABC, it looks like Lifetime will instead become the new home for the latest happenings in Pine Valley.

Soap Opera Network has confirmed that the cable network is in the early stages of development on a series of TV movies that will utilize characters from the long-running daytime drama series, which ran from January 5, 1970-September 23, 2011.

Lifetime

According to TV Line, which first reported the news, the network is in active development on at least two “All My Children” TV movies, one of which is said to be holiday-themed. Initially, the outlet reported that talks of a revival were in the early stages, with one source describing the conversations as ‘exploratory.'” The outlet later updated its report with confirmation from a network representative.

A continuation of “All My Children” at Lifetime comes more than 10 years since Prospect Park Networks, which had licensed the rights to the show and its sister soap “One Life to Live” from ABC, failed to sustain an online continuation series. Available on Hulu and iTunes at the time, the online reboot of “All My Children” ran for just 43 episodes from April 29, 2013-September 2, 2013.

Prospect Park Networks

TV Line notes that Disney, which owns a 50% stake in Lifetime parent A&E Networks, has been looking for opportunities to “mine” the intellectual property of “All My Children” for years. This includes the defunct “Pine Valley” primetime reboot that was in development at ABC which would have followed a young journalist with a secret agenda who comes to Pine Valley to expose the dark and murderous history of the town only to become entangled in a feud between the Kane and Santos families.

The series was expected to explore all the secrets that came with the Kane and Santos family names, and would have been executive produced by “All My Children” alums Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos (Hayley Vaughan Santos and Mateo Santos), hosts of the highly rated daytime talk show, “Live with Kelly and Mark,” which is nationally syndicated by Disney.

In the time since “Pine Valley” was first announced as being in development, several former “All My Children” alums have indicated they would appear, if asked, including the legendary Susan Lucci (Erica Kane), Kim Delaney (Jenny Gardner) and Alicia Minshew (Kendall Hart), among others.

Susan Lucci, Walt Willey (“All My Children”)
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Robert Nixon, son of the late Agnes Nixon, who created “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” had signed on as an executive producer alongside Ripa, Consuelos and Andrew Stearn. “Pine Valley” was based on a script written by Leo Richardson (“EastEnders,” “Katy Keene,” “Star”), who also would have served as an executive producer.

In 2023, “All My Children” fans were thrilled to see actor Walt Willey reprise his role as Jackson Montgomery on “General Hospital” during a multi-episode arc that saw the character at certain points appearing in his office in Pine Valley alongside Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) and Felicia Scorpio (Kristina Wagner). He later appeared in Port Charles as an attorney hired by Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) in a lawsuit she filed against Deception.

Since the cancellation of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” in 2011, the daytime landscape has sustained itself with the likes of “General Hospital,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” remaining in production on broadcast television. Meanwhile, “Days of our Lives” continues to flourish on Peacock, the streaming service owned by NBCUniversal.

In January 2025, CBS will introduce “The Gates,” the first new daytime drama series since the debut of NBC’s “Passions” in July 1999. Created by veteran writer Michele Val Jean, who will also serve as showrunner/executive producer, “The Gates” tells the story of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. It is also the first daytime drama series expected to feature a predominantly Black cast since the 1991 conclusion of “Generations.”

Note: The post Lifetime Developing Revival of ‘All My Children’ As TV Movie Franchise appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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Yeeees yeees yeees! Now Let’s bring back Susan Lucci as Erica Kane!

And my Ultimate favorite Vincent Irrizari / David should be there too 

On 9/11/2024 at 5:27 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

Yeeees yeees yeees! Now Let’s bring back Susan Lucci as Erica Kane!

And my Ultimate favorite Vincent Irrizari / David should be there too 

+1,000,000 to both!

New news on the films:

According to Daytime Confidential, Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens have been chosen to right the scripts for the first two movies at Lifetime.

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

New news on the films:

According to Daytime Confidential, Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens have been chosen to right the scripts for the first two movies at Lifetime.

AMAZING! Some progress here... making it seem more like a reality!!!

Interesting to focus on Maria. I loved Maria, and I guess I can't be surprised considering she's Mateo's sister and Eva is so close to Kelly/Mark... I do hope we get some update on the Chandlers and Martins. Would love it if MEK and Cady could sign on and be featured. Of course would love to see Greenlee, Kendall, Bianca, Ryan, Zach... ok, I want to see everyone LOL.

Erica is obvious, and thank God we're getting Lucci here before she's unable to really perform anymore. Wonder if we'll get a Julia Barr cameo...would be nice.

Not surprising, though I wasn't expecting Jamey.

DC does not appear to have updated its old copy on this story from when I think Leo Richardson was attached to the primetime "Pine Valley" pilot for ABC years ago. Unless Richardson is somehow also on this Lifetime project with those two. Looks like they forgot to delete a line.

@Darn @DRW50 @titan1978 @EricMontreal22 @Chris B @Khan @Jonathan

Wonderful news! Jamey Giddens is a busy man. I LOVE Ron Carlivati and he will be a fabulous writer on this project! Great news!

I think I might pass on this. Nothing but a bunch of David Hayward haters and no David Hayward.