Wednesday, September 30, 2009

List of Actors Moving to L.A. with AMC Released By ABC

ALL MY CHILDREN CAST MEMBERS CONFIRMED TO TAPE IN LOS ANGELES

SUSAN LUCCI, CAMERON MATHISON AND MICHAEL E. KNIGHT ARE AMONG THOSE CONFIRMED TO BEGIN TAPING "ALL MY CHILDREN" IN LOS ANGELES IN JANUARY 2010


In August 2009, it was announced by Brian Frons president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television, that the Emmy Award-winning daytime drama ALL MY CHILDREN will move production from New York City to Los Angeles, California. The final date of production in New York is December 11th.

With production set to resume in Los Angeles on January 4th, 2010, the following contracted cast members are confirmed to begin taping at the Andrita Studios in Los Angeles: Brittany Allen, David Canary, Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Stephanie Gatschet, Ricky Paull Goldin, Vincent Irizarry, Michael E. Knight, Susan Lucci, Jamie Luner, Adam Mayfield, JR Martinez, Cameron Mathison, Debbi Morgan, Cornelius Smith, Jr., Denise Vasi, Darnell Williams and Jacob Young.

Ray MacDonnell has announced that he will be retiring. We wish him well and our heartfelt congratulations. Thorsten Kaye will not be relocating to Los Angeles, and Alicia Minshew will be on maternity leave beginning November 2009. She will continue to appear on air through the month of December. Appearances by actors on recurring status will be determined by storyline needs and availability.

ALL MY CHILDREN's new, larger facility at Andrita Studios will give the show the largest production footprint of any of the ABC soaps. The site is twice the size of ALL MY CHILDREN's current New York home and contains two stages, which will enable production to keep more standing sets, thereby reducing transportation, set-up, knock-down and storage costs. The new facility will also allow for series production to immediately transition from Standard Definition to High Definition.

ALL MY CHILDREN will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on January 5, 2010. The program has successfully maintained its popularity and continues to be one of daytime's most compelling dramas. ALL MY CHILDREN took home the 1998 Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, the third time the show received this top honor, having also garnered the award in 1994 and 1992. In 2004 the show also received its third consecutive Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing, its third Writers Guild Award and its fourth GLAAD Media Award in March 2007

Created by Agnes Nixon, ALL MY CHILDREN premiered on the ABC Television Network on January 5, 1970, as a half-hour show; seven years later it expanded to an hour. Julie Hanan Carruthers is executive producer and Charles Pratt, Jr. is head writer. ALL MY CHILDREN is currently produced in New York and airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (1:00-2:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

9 comments:

  1. I love Darnell Williams! He is great!
    -Renegade Reporting

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  2. I'm betting that this is not the end of the AMC to LA drama............

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  3. Does this mean that Kaye and Minshew will be leaving AMC? Or I wonder if they will commute?

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  4. How is it that JR Martinez is still on the show but they released Beth Ehlers? I was REALLY looking FF to Tad/Taylor. She's the only woman Tad's had chemistry with since Dixie. Are they going to push Brot/Natalia on us? I like Natalia enough but Brot's outlived his usefulness on the show, IMHO! THey got rid of some 'dead weight': Aidan, Colby, etc. Brot would've qualified as dead weight, but Beth Ehlers? I'm shocked & annoyed at that.

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  5. "successfully maintained its popularity and continues to be one of daytime's most compelling dramas."?

    i dont know about that!

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  6. Who else besides La Lucci & Vincent will commute back & forth after the East-To-West move? Thanks Roger!

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  7. OK...so as we figured, the majority of the cast is moving to L.A....and those that aren't will move on to soapier pastures...I really hope the sunshine and change of climate does the writers some good...the show has been 'weak' at best...and I find myself FFing through most of Kendall's scenes...zzzz....and I'll never accept Jamie Luner as Liza..,I've tried but it's just not happening....good luck AMC!...and Happy 40th!

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  9. oh...and I totally agree with what Keira said...I don't think I'm gonna miss Beth as much as her...lol...but I did like Taylor and Tad...but then again the best scenes on AMC are Tad and anybody else...but I digress...lol...sorry for rambling...

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