All My Children

All My Children is a US soap opera that has been broadcasted on weekdays since the 5th of January 1970. All My Children was created by Agnes Nixon which happens to be her first love amongst other shows she has created such as Another World and The Guiding Light. The show is based in a small fictional suburb of Philadelphia called Pine Valley. The show refers to the brotherhood of man as Nixon believed that, no matter what the person looked like who the person is; all human beings are god's children. Nixon has written a poem that personifies the aim of All My Children's storytelling with the lines 'The Great and the Least, The Rich and the Poor, The Weak and the Strong, In Sickness and in Health, In Joy and Sorrow, In Tragedy and Triumph, You are ALL MY CHILDREN'. The show has been highly popular in the US. It ranked #1 from 1978-1979 in the daytime Nielsen ratings. Its popularity has fluctuated over its long thirty year period during which many cast members have changed. By April 2006 All My Children was ranked #3 on the daytime ratings. The first show featured many characters and families. The families included, Phoebe Tyler who was a rich snob and portrayed herself as the 'Queen of Pine Valley.' Then there was Mona Kane who was a single mother looking after her prima donna daughter, Erica. The stable Martin Family was considered as the symbolic foundation of 'All My Children'. AMC has taped over nine thousand episodes of All My Children. The 9,000th episode was aired on 16 December, 2004. The show has been videotaped at ABC's television studio at 77 West 66th Street in New York City.