All My Children

Daytime Emmys 2009: The Beginning of the End?

Ed Martin | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


Ed Martin

The genre's biggest night of the year, once a sparkling showcase for entertainment television, disappoints with a hurried, poorly directed show, telecast on one of the lowest rated weekends of the year.

Susan Lucci's Erica Kane To Go Cougar

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Susan Lucci's memorable "All My Children" character is about to become TV's Ultimate Cougar. The conniving Erica Kane, with 10 husba...

The Healing Power of Compassion: Actress Finds Remedy For Stress With Her "Big Give"

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living


Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

"It is better to give than to receive" is a phrase that has become so commonplace, it's easy to take the meaning lightly. Many of us have felt that wo...

Soap Operas Cut Costs, Susan Lucci's Salary Cut

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — The troubles that are part of imaginary life on daytime dramas are hitting those shows for real in the form of budget cuts and dismis...

Microsoft Still Not Interested in Acquiring Yahoo: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 7, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Steve Ballmer noted that Microsoft is not interested in acquiring Yahoo. Ballmer is quoted as saying "We made an offer, we made another offer.. We ...

Eileen Herlie Of 'All My Children' Dies At 90

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, h...

All My Politics!

j. saKiya Sandifer | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


j. saKiya Sandifer

As I was captured by the intellect of Obama, I couldn't help but notice how the various media outlets began to shape the Democratic primaries to play out as America's hottest new soap opera.

Fictional "All My Children" Character Publishes Book In Real Life

New York Times | Joanne Kaufman | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media


In a time of fake news and fake memoirs, why not fake authors? On Nov. 30, the glamorous, impetuous Kendall Hart -- wife, mother, founder of a highly...

Buffett Makes Soap Opera Cameo

New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


We knew that "All My Children" diva Erica Kane had friends in high places - but Warren Buffett? Yep. That Warren Buffett. The billionaire investor, ...