All My Children Review

 All My Children is one of my favorite daytime dramas.  In fact, I watch several.  Some people call them soap operas, my family calls them "the stories".  I grew up watching them with my Mom and Grandmom and still enjoy watching them today.  Of the three shows I like to watch, All My Children is my favorite.  I try to watch daily, but sometimes tivo it to watch when I have time.

 Sure, during the last few years, the show had gone downhill a bit as far as characters and writing, but it is coming back up due to new writers and the return of original characters that we all know and love.  The characters that have remained, for the most part, are just as funny, devious, evil and sweet as they were all along.

 There's Adam Chandler who is always out to get someone while throwing in a comic retort from time to time, and don't forget his sweetheart of a twin, Stuart.  Erica Kane is still the same beautiful man-user of yesteryear.  Jackson, Opal, Palmer, Zach, Kendall, Ryan, J.R., Amanda, Crystal, Aiden and Tad are still up to their same antics and add to the shows continuity.  The newer cast members like  Frankie, Randi, Pete, Samuel and Annie just enhance the storylines that are already in place.  Bringing back the original Jesse, Angie, Greenlee and Gregg (for a short time) shows that the writers know we viewers liked the actors and brought them back to please us.    

 All My Children still explores new and controversial subject matter such as interracial romance, prostitution, infidelity, infectious diseases and premature birth.  I must admit, though, that it went way off the mark with the whole 'Josh is Erica's son because an evil doctor implanted her abortion into his own wife' thing.

 So those of you who stopped watching for awhile, it's time to come back.  All My Children is still the exciting, daytime drama it always was, with just a few change.  Some for the better. Just like you don't abandon your favorite sports team when they have a losing streak, you shouldn't abandon a good soap opera just because of a few bad storylines.