All My Children Eyes Resurrection as TV-Movie Franchise (Exclusive)

Michael Ausiello

11 September 2024 at 11:25 am·2-min read

ABC’s long-defunct soap opera All My Children may be revived via a series of TV movies.

Multiple sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that preliminary discussions are underway at Lifetime to launch a TV-movie franchise featuring legacy characters from the classic Pine Valley-set daytime drama, which ran on ABC from 1970 to 2011 before being briefly resurrected as a web series in spring/summer 2013. An insider cautions that the talks are in the early stages, with one source describing the conversations as “exploratory.”

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UPDATE: After initially declining to comment, a Lifetime rep is now confirming TVLine’s exclusive report, adding that there are two AMC movies in development, one of which would be holiday-themed.

The Walt Disney Company, which owns a stake in Lifetime’s parent company A&E Networks, has for years been eyeing opportunities to mine the All My Children intellectual property. In 2020, ABC announced that it had partnered with former AMC stars Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos to develop a primetime iteration of the soap. That ill-fated sequel series, titled Pine Valley, would have centered on a young reporter with a secret agenda who threatens to bring the Pennsylvania town’s deadly history to light.

And last year, ABC’s lone daytime soap, General Hospital, brought back the All My Children character of Jackson Montgomery (once again played by Walt Willey) for a multi-episode arc.

News of All My Children‘s possible comeback comes as rival network CBS is readying the January debut of The Gates, aka broadcast television’s first new daytime soap since the launch of NBC’s late Passions 25 years ago.

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