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Fans of the late, great daytime soap opera “All My Children” may take delight in this news: “Strahan and Sara,” “Good Morning America’s” mid-day hour, will host a special episode Monday that reunites favorite stars from the show.
Yes, Susan Lucci will be on the ABC show, hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines. This would be one of her first public appearances since recently disclosing that she had survived emergency heart surgery in October. Her presence will no doubt remind fans about why they loved seeing her portray legendary diva Erica Kane five times a week for 41 years before “AMC” went off the air in 2011.
Joining Lucci, Strahan and Haines on Monday’s segment will be other beloved “AMC” cast members, according to Daytime Confidential and tweets sent out by some of these personalities: Walt Willey (who played Jackson), Eva LaRue (Maria), Cady McClain (Dixie), Cameron Mathison (Ryan) and Jacob Young (JR).
Wait! Where’s Kelly Ripa?
Before “AMC” fans get too excited about this reunion, they should consider the likelihood that Ripa, another star from “AMC’s” glory days, won’t be there, even though she and Strahan worked together for four years, co-hosting the syndicated morning talk show “Live!”
Ripa played plucky Hayley Vaughn on “AMC” for 12 years, so you would think she would be a natural addition to Strahan’s star-studded reunion lineup.
On “Live!” Ripa also presented an “AMC” reunion segment of her own in 2018. It was in the form of an “AMC” spoof for Halloween that also featured Lucci, LaRue and Ripa’s off- and on-screen “AMC” husband, Mark Consuelos, according to Daytime Confidential. The spoof also included Sarah Michelle Gellar. The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star’s TV and film career took off after she played Erica Kane’s wayward daughter Kendall Hart on the show in the early 1990s.
If Ripa isn’t on Strahan’s show, maybe it’s because of a scheduling issue, though their shows typically air at different times.
Or maybe it’s because of the famous rift between the two former colleagues.
According to Strahan, a former NFL star turned TV personality, they haven’t spoken for two years. “I haven’t spoken to her in a long time,” Strahan recently said in an interview with Time.
The bad blood stems from Strahan not giving Ripa advance notice that he had decided to ditch “Live!” early in 2016 in order to take a full-time gig on “Good Morning America.”
Ripa said she was blindsided by Strahan’s news, which he announced on the show. She complained that Strahan should have had the decency to tell her ahead of time. Since he didn’t, she took an unscheduled one-week break from “Live!” then returned and presented a monologue about “communication and consideration” and “respect in the workplace,” according to the Daily News.
Now Strahan is hosting a reunion of the show that made Ripa a daytime star. But it doesn’t look like she’s a part of it. Maybe “AMC” fans should ask themselves: Does that seem right?
Meanwhile, Ripa’s former “AMC” colleagues are excited:
Please join Susan Lucci, Cady McLain, Eva La Rue, Cameron Mathison, and ME as we hold a little AMC Reunion MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 on "Strahan & Sara" (used to be called "GMA Day"), 1pm EST, 12pm CST/PST on ABC (AMC's old time slot!) Tune in! https://t.co/QbUq20SSjR
— Walt Willey (@wwilley) February 1, 2019
.RT Join me Monday February 11th 1pm ET/ 12c on the @strahanandsara show for a special ‘ALL MY CHILDREN’ reunion! With @Susan_Lucci @wwilley @CadyMcClain @JillLarsonAMC EXCLUSIVELY ON @ABCNetwork #allmychildren #amc #abcdaytime pic.twitter.com/SINX1F1GEn
— Jacob W. Young (@Jacob_W_Young) February 5, 2019
