To celebrate its fortieth anniversary the venerable ABC soap opera “All My Children” will welcome back two fan favorites to the show, the husband and wife team of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. The pair will appear in two special episodes airing on January 4 and 5.
“It is always great to come home,” Ripa said in statement.
Ripa and Consuelos will be joined by show veterans Eva La Rue, Julia Barr, Laurence Lau, Taylor Miller, James Mitchell, Leven Rambin and Eden Riegel. In story, Pine Valley will be elected “The Most Congenial Town in America.” Hayley (Kelly Ripa) and Mateo (Mark Consuelos) return to their home town for Hayley to produce and host a documentary for her television show “The Wave,” as she interviews her family members, friends and citizens who all call Pine Valley home.
The timing of the two special episodes coincides with the shows move from New York City to “Los Angeles. "Children"s' new studio space will enable the show to be shot in high definition. The soap’s first HD broadcast is anticipated sometime in February.
