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All My Children-related news from 2017
It's impossible to keep up with all of the twists and turns from the world of soaps. Luckily, Soap Central has archived all the All My Children news from 2017.
Here are the news stories posted on Soap Central during 2017 that focus on All My Children or past and present AMC performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link. To access articles from other years, click here.
January 2, 2017
All My Children alum Walt Willey (ex-Jackson Montgomery) opens up about his future at The Young and the Restless.
January 9, 2017
ABC executive Nathan Varni sheds light on the future of All My Children and One Life to Live now that the network has regained rights to the beloved soaps.
January 11, 2017
All My Children alum Alicia Minshew (ex-Kendall Hart) dishes on her bitchy alter egos, the emotional upheaval fans can look forward to on Tainted Dreams and the possibility of bringing her former Pine Valley character to General Hospital.
January 12, 2017
Former All My Children star Amanda Seyfried (ex-Joni Stafford) is pregnant.
January 16, 2017
General Hospital's William deVry (Julian Jerome) says he isn't quite sure about his future with the ABC soap opera.
January 17, 2017
Days of our Lives' alum Alison Sweeney (ex-Sami Brady) and All My Children alum Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery) are set for another installment of Murder, She Baked.
January 17, 2017
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful), Lindsay Hartley (ex-Cara Castillo, All My Children), and Vivica A. Fox (ex-Stephanie Simmons, The Young and the Restless) are appearing together in the new film Garlic & Gunpowder.
January 23, 2017
See which daytime favorites joined the millions of men and women who marched for female equality over the weekend.
January 23, 2017
Hallmark's Home & Family is welcoming All My Children alum Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) as a guest host for an entire week that will include a very special AMC reunion!
January 23, 2017
All My Children alum Elizabeth Rodriguez (ex-Carmen Morales) is headed to Marvel's Wolverine-based film, Logan.
January 31, 2017
All My Children alumna Leven Rambin (ex-Lily Montgomery) has been cast opposite Chris Noth in NBCUniversal International Studio's procedural drama Gone.
February 1, 2017
All My Children alum Walt Willey (ex-Jackson Montgomery) opens up about Tainted Dreams, why he didn't like his Pine Valley character, how his supercouple status with Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) affected his post-AMC career, and more.
February 3, 2017
Home & Family's All My Children reunion episode included an in-memoriam segment that's quite a tearjerker.
February 5, 2017
This year's Daytime Emmy Awards will be "having it all," because All My Children's Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) is returning to the celebratory event.
February 6, 2017
Are you ready to Netflix and chill... with Erica Kane?! Rumor has it All My Children is heading to Netflix, and Eva LaRue (ex-Maria Santos) says she's on board.
February 8, 2017
All My Children alum Richard Hatch (ex-Philip Brent) has passed away.
February 8, 2017
All My Children alum Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) is putting 300 items of clothing and household wares up for sale, and the bidding starts at just $1 -- for Daytime Emmy dresses, too!
February 9, 2017
General Hospital's Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) dropped by Michelle Stafford's (Nina Clay) podcast, Single Mom A Go-Go.
February 15, 2017
All My Children alum Jacob Young (JR Chandler) has scheduled his very first concert as a musician, and it's taking place in Las Vegas.
February 15, 2017
Emmy winner Vincent Irizarry has wrapped up his time on Days of our Lives. The actor first appeared on the NBC soap in January 2016.
February 20, 2017
General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini opens up about the chances fans will see All My Children characters in Port Charles.
February 23, 2017
General Hospital's Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) opens up about her character's emotional cancer diagnosis and what it means for Anna's future.
February 24, 2017
All My Children alum Josh Duhamel (ex-Leo du Pres) has been cast as a real-life detective in USA's true crime pilot Unsolved.
March 1, 2017
The Writers Guild of America is preparing for another strike, meaning the world of daytime could once again be headed for the chaos it experienced during the disastrous writers' strike of 2007-2008.
March 6, 2017
The Young and the Restless' Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman) reveals she's working on an exciting new project.
March 9, 2017
The Brentwood home of late soap opera star Patricia Barry (DAYS, AMC, and GL) has pulled in a cool $10.3 million.
March 10, 2017
All My Children's Finn Wittrock (ex-Damon Miller) has signed with CAA, meaning his already stellar post-soap career may explode.
March 10, 2017
TV history has been made by All My Children alum Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley Santos), who has broken a record on Live! with Kelly.
March 17, 2017
All My Children alum Eva LaRue (ex-Maria Santos) shares how she is staying strong through her mother's emotional battle with cancer.
March 17, 2017
Former soap opera writer Charles Pratt has stepped down from his position as show runner for the primetime drama Star.
March 17, 2017
All My Children alums Mischa Barton (ex-Lily Montgomery) and Amanda Seyfried (ex-Joni Stafford) are both battling against the release of sexual material featuring their images.
March 22, 2017
The final nominees for the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards have been announced, and it looks like 2017 will see quite a race for the gold!
April 7, 2017
All My Children alum Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo Santos) will play a major part in season four of The Night Shift.
April 3, 2017
The Daytime Emmys expanded the number of categories devoted to digital drama series. We chatted with the nominated stars to learn more about the series they star in and to get their reactions to landing Emmy nominations.
April 18, 2017
All My Children and Dallas alum Clifton James, widely known for his James Bond role Sheriff J.W. Pepper, has passed away.
April 20, 2017
All My Children alum Carrie Genzel (ex-Skye Chandler) shares some fun tidbits about playing the First Lady in her new film, Max 2: White House Hero.
April 24, 2017
All My Children's Michael B. Jordan (ex-Reggie Montgomery) joins Michael Shannon in HBO's upcoming film based on the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451.
April 26, 2017
Popular CW series Riverdale has cast All My Children alum Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo Santos) as Veronica's dad -- but there's a catch.
May 4, 2017
Question: This type of daytime entertainment will again be featured on the popular game show Jeopardy! Answer: What is soap operas!
May 10, 2017
Everything General Hospital fans need to know about Alex Devane, the mysterious twin sister of Anna Devane.
May 12, 2017
All My Children alum Jennifer Bassey (ex-Marian Colby) is heading to General Hospital.
June 6, 2015
It's the end of the line for five-time Daytime Emmy winner Jean Passanante. The current co-head writer of General Hospital is stepping down and retiring from soap writing.
June 6, 2017
As she prepares to exit the canvas, The Young and the Restless' Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell) is offering fans a whole new way to say goodbye to a character.
June 9, 2017
It's been nearly 14 years since Sheila Carter stirred things up on The Bold and the Beautiful, but that's all about to change thanks to an epic surprise that kept Kimberlin Brown's return to the CBS soap a secret.
June 14, 2017
Daytime favorites like Donna Mills, Diedre Hall, and Cameron Mathison have signed on for the revival of the 1970s classic Battle of the Network Stars.
June 14, 2017
Just in time for Father's Day, The Bold and the Beautiful's Jacob Young (Rick Forrester) opens up about raising three kids.
June 21, 2017
All My Children alum James Kiberd (ex-Trevor Dillon) opens up about playing an abusive homophobic in The Crusade of Connor Stephens and waxes nostalgic on his Pine Valley days.
June 23, 2017
All My Children's Bianca Montgomery has been named one of the most important LGBTQ television characters of all time.
June 23, 2017
All My Children alum Cady McClain (ex-Dixie Cooney) won big at the Soho International Film Festival, nabbing the audience award for best feature film for her documentary, Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct.
June 26, 2017
All My Children alum Finn Wittrock (ex-Damon Miller) has been cast opposite former General Hospital star Ricky Martin (ex-Miguel Morez) in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story .
June 6, 2017
Find out which popular soap roles were recast but then recast once again when an earlier or original portrayer was (woo hoo!) able to return.
July 3, 2017
General Hospital's Michael Easton (Hamilton Finn) shared an emotional poem in response to the news that his costar, Rebecca Budig, has been let go from the ABC soap.
July 5, 2017
All My Children fans would love to see Vincent Irizarry's David Hayward head to General Hospital, and the actor agrees it could be a perfect fit.
July 6, 2017
The Bold and the Beautiful has scooped up Ian Buchanan to resume the role of psychiatrist James Warwick.
July 6, 2017
The Bold and the Beautiful has scooped up Ian Buchanan to resume the role of psychiatrist James Warwick.
July 10, 2017
Find out which piece of All My Children history was just purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum.
July 7, 2017
AMC alum Tonya Pinkins' new film, Book of Henry, boasts a song written by Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks.
July 20, 2017
Days of our Lives' Jordi Vilasuso (Dario Hernandez) bids Salem a fond farewell in a heartfelt message that confirms he's been let go from the NBC soap.
July 25, 2017
In the middle of a rumored impasse during contract talks, General Hospital's William deVry (Julian Jerome) reaches out to fans.
July 27, 2017
The Young and the Restless' Elizabeth Hendrickson (ex-Chloe Mitchell) has started a pretty sweet post-daytime venture.
July 27, 2015
General Hospital writer Jean Passanante shares a goodbye message on her last day of writing for the ABC soap.
August 2, 2017
Days of our Lives' Robert Scott Wilson (Ben Weston) has joined the new thriller The Girl Who Cried Wolf.
August 2, 2017
Watch out, General Hospital criminals, because Finola Hughes's Anna Devane is back to clean up the streets of Port Charles.
August 7, 2017
All My Children alum Abigail Spencer (ex-Rebecca Tyree) is replacing Bridget Regan in the role of newly returned Grey's Anatomy character Megan Hunt.
August 10, 2017
Daytime alums Justin Hartley (ex-Adam Newman, Y&R) and Chrishell Stause (ex-Amanda Dillon, AMC) share some lust-worthy teases about their upcoming wedding.
August 11, 2017
After more than a month and a half of uncertainty, General Hospital has confirmed that William deVry will remain on the ABC soap.
August 14, 2017
General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini opens up about why the show had to let Rebecca Budig (Hayden Barnes) go and whether or not there's a chance she'll return.
August 16, 2017
Alla Korot, known for her roles on All My Children, Another World, and Grimm, is joining General Hospital.
August 18, 2017
General Hospital's Rebecca Budig shares her feelings about Hayden's difficult journey and the character's even more difficult exit.
August 24, 2017
The Bold and the Beautiful's Jacob Young (Rick Forrester) gives Vegas another round of his musical talents.
September 1, 2017
Recent General Hospital alum Rebecca Budig (ex-Hayden Barnes; ex-Greenlee Smythe, All My Children) has taken on a job oh-so-familiar to us all: jury duty!
September 12, 2017
All My Children alum Mark LaMura, known as Erica Kane's brother, Mark Dalton, has died.
September 13, 2017
All My Children alum Eric Nelsen (ex-A.J. Chandler) has landed the role of Bram in the Showtime series The Affair.
September 18, 2017
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton acknowledges a campaign launched by All My Children alums Eva LaRue (ex-Maria Santos) and John Callahan's (ex-Edmund Grey) daughter, Kaya.
September 18, 2017
A post by All My Children's Alicia Minshew (ex-Kendall Hart) makes it look as if she's headed to General Hospital, but the actress is actually guest-starring on The Blacklist.
September 22, 2017
Former All My Children star Michael Lowry (ex-Jake Martin) dishes on catching up with costars he never thought he'd work with again.
September 26, 2017
Soap opera alum Daniel Cosgrove has landed a recurring role in Lifetime's new psychological thriller You, and it's probably not like anything you'd imagine.
October 1, 2017
Christmas is right around the corner, and so are a slew of soap-star-studded Hallmark holiday movies, featuring Alison Sweeney, Jack Wagner, Lacey Chabert, and more.
October 2, 2017
These twenty soap opera names are just as crazy fantastic as the baby swap, plastic surgery, and return-from-the-dead storylines they've been a part of.
October 8, 2017
All My Children's Michael B. Jordan has been tapped to executive produce a Netflix series about a young African American boy with super powers.
October 11, 2017
All My Children alum Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery) took a walk on the wild side and wrestled a crocodile with the Irwin family.
October 15, 2017
Days of our Lives' Kassie DePaiva, Martha Madison, Eric Martsolf, Marci Miller, Christopher Sean, and Jordi Vilasuso experienced some real-world, high altitude drama as they flew home from a fan event.
October 16, 2017
These 14 soap opera stars baffled audiences by playing completely different, unrelated roles on the exact same show.
October 22, 2017
Former daytime star Warren Burton (ex-Warren Andrews, Guiding Light, ex-Eddie Dorrance, All My Children) is dead at the age of 72.
October 30, 2017
Trick or treat: Fan favorite Vincent Irizarry (Deimos Kiriakis) is back in Days of our Lives' Salem.
October 30, 2017
Grey's Anatomy has cast Guiding Light alum Bethany Joy Lenz (ex-Michelle Bauer) in a new recurring role.
November 14, 2017
Former All My Children star J.R. Martinez (ex-Brot Monroe) is engaged.
November 16, 2017
All My Children alum Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery) is making a run for the money on Who Wants To Be A Cam-illionaire, er, Millionaire?
December 6, 2017
General Hospital's Billy Miller (Drew Cain) reportedly signed a new contract earlier this fall, lessening fear that he'll be leaving the show now that Steve Burton is back.
December 12, 2017
All My Children's Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane) has welcomed a new grandson and has been honored by NATAS for a notable career in television.
December 15, 2017
General Hospital's Billy Miller opens up about the unusual circumstances that pushed him out of the role of Jason Morgan and into the role of Drew Cain.
December 18, 2017
Soap veteran Jennifer Bassey (ex-Marian Colby, All My Children; ex-Quinn Danvers, General Hospital) has joined digital soap Anacostia -- at One Life to Live star Robin Strasser's (ex-Dorian Lord) request!
December 18, 2017
Ladies of the Lake is back for a second season, and both Days of our Lives' Robert Scott Wilson (ex-Ben Weston) and General Hospital's Marc Anthony Samuel (Felix DuBois) have come aboard as series regulars.
December 21, 2017
Find out what piece of Pine Valley memorabilia newly single All My Children alum Josh Duhamel (ex-Leo du Pres) has on display.
December 22, 2017
All My Children and Passions alum Lindsay Hartley (ex-Cara Castillo; ex-Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald) opens up about writing Lifetime films with her real-life beau, Jason-Shane Scott (ex-Will Rappaport, One Life to Live).
