The long-running day soapie All my children came on the air for the first time on ABC in 2011, but it could possibly make a comeback in its original network. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, who both starred in the series in the 1990s and early 2000s, play a role in a sequel to the soap called Pine valley.
Pine Valley
According to TVLine and Deadline, the program will focus on a young journalist who has a secret agenda that will expose Pine Valley’s ‘dark and murderous history’. While this is going on, the journalist will be embroiled in a feud between the Kane and Santos families.
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Ripa and Conseulous are executive producers of the project, which is written and executive produced by Leo Richardson. He previously spoke to Lee Daniels’s Star as well as The CWs Riverdale spinach, Katy Keene. He also has experience in the soapie after writing about the British soapie, Eastenders. Andrew Stearn Robert Nixon, who is the son of the late All My Childen creator Agnes Nixon, is also an executive producer.
As the deadline reports:
Pine valley will feature a new generation of characters and some old favorites. There are currently no similarities with original members, but the plan is to invite a number of them to make an appearance, with Ripa and Consuelos also possible to make a turn. Pine Valley plans to continue the legacy of the original series to tackle difficult issues and inclusive.
Although the program will not air at night and not during the day, it will pay homage to its soap opera roots during the day, with an “increased tone and wink for the day soap genre like the CW’s. Jane the Virgin tribute to telenovelas. ”
Mark Consuelos talks about the new ‘All My Children’ series that is in the works on ‘The Talk’
In an interview on the CBS talk show The talk, Consuelos teased what is. continue the project in the early development stage.
‘Man, you know, All my children was such a big part of my life and my wife’s life, and you know, I met my wife there, of course had kids and became a young man in the program, ” he said, according to Soap Opera Digest. ‘We had the opportunity to reload the primetime version and the idea was brought to us and we are so excited. Of all the things we ever announced we were going to do, this is one of the biggest responses we have received from our fans, they are so excited. It’s been a big piece of TV that’s been missing for so long and we’re going to bring it back, and I’m excited about it. ‘
Consuelos were asked in which characters they could appear Pine Valley, but acknowledges that he is not yet sure about it and that some of these decisions are beyond his control. “I think the decisions are a lot higher than my salary, but I know they’ll bring back some favorites for fans, and that’s going to happen in Pine Valley, and I’m really excited about that,” he said.