“All My Children” taped its final episode Tuesday in LA — and series co-star Ricky Paull Goldin says there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
“I can’t even begin to tell you how many tears there were — more than your average soap,” Goldin told me yesterday. “Everyone was crying. At one point, I was taking people on a little tour of the set on the final day — I wasn’t allowed to do that, but I forgot — so I snuck ’em through the sets and I started to get very emotional.
“I saw some of our sets coming down and ‘my’ loft, Jake’s loft, was gone and the Martin living room [set] was scaled down and Tad’s living room was stripped down and some of the other sets had tape across them.
“It was like a crime scene,” says Goldin, who joined “AMC” as Dr. Jake Martin in 2008 after seven years at “Guiding Light” (he also spent some time on “The Young and the Restless”). “I turned around and saw the sets as they were and got choked up and emotional, really for the first time, since it hit me that this was really happening.
“You never really think it’s going to go away.”
ABC cancelled “AMC” and “One Life to Live” last spring and will replace them with lifestyle-oriented shows. “AMC,” which premiered in 1970 and airs its final episode Sept. 23, will be replaced by “The Chew.”
“OLTL,” which ends in January, will be replaced by “The Revolution.”
“When we did our last scene for the show forever, after they said ‘Cut!’ on that scene we all got together for a photograph of the entire cast and crew,” says Goldin. “We all got together in Erica Kane’s penthouse and took the cast photo — including all the multiple kids in the show — and I went to the top of that sweeping staircase and looked out at everybody.
“One of our sound guys named Butch, who I’ve worked with for 14 years on three different shows, I looked at him and said, ‘I don’t have any other tricks up my sleeve, Butch. This is really happening.’
“It was very surreal, very Fellini,” Goldin says. “Everything just went in slow motion.
“It just broke my heart.”
There’s been talk of moving “AMC” to the Web — a company called Prospect Park announced plans for this in early July — but so far nothing’s been finalized.
“They’re very serious about it and from what I understand they’re moving full-force forward, but they haven’t approached any of the actors, as far as I know,” Goldin says. “I think the reasons are that they have to work things out with the unions . . . and who’s left standing in Pine Valley remains to be seen.”
Meanwhile, Goldin is psyched about his new Web series, a spoof on soaps called “CeReality,” which he’s doing for Disney (with co-star Kate Gilligan). He describes the show, premiering this month, as “a high-concept, over-the-top comedy.”
“Last year I would’ve said, ‘An Internet comedy? I’m not interested.’ But what’s happening is, I’ve got a newborn son, Kai, who’s 10 months old and by the time he’s 5 or 10, it’s all going to be blended,” he says. “You’re going to walk up to a flat-screen TV, touch a button and watch what you want. It’s happening already.”
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Couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca, who were announced as part of the newest cast of CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” will also kick off their new show, “Everyday Health,” which launches this Saturday at noon on Ch. 7.
The show, produced by Litton Entertainment, will feature Zohn, Morasca and Laila Ali traveling around the country to profile people facing health challenges who are also helping others (including a guy who’s been wheelchair-bound since the age of 17 — but still loves to surf).
The 19th season of “The Amazing Race,” featuring Zohn and Morasca, premieres Sept. 25.
Zohn, of course, won Season 3 of “Survivor” and also came back for the “All Stars” edition; Morasca won “Survivor: The Amazon” in 2003.
Last, but not least:
* Good news for the second episode of David Fishof’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp” on VH1 Classic, which increased its viewership a chunky 50 percent from premiere week. This Saturday’s show features Marky Ramone . . . Al Roker guest-voices on Monday’s episode of “WorldGirl” on PBS called “Sonny Days” . . . MSG airs four hours of the Quiksilver Pro New York championship — that’s surfing, people — between next Monday and Thursday, Sept. 15. The championship date will be determined by the surf. Msg.com has details . . . This year’s New York Television Festival (Sept. 20-24) features keynote speaker Damon Lindelof (creator of “Lost”), a late-night writers panel hosted by “SNL’s” Jason Sudeikis and an exclusive screening of NBC’s new series, “Prime Suspect” (Maria Bello), among other events. Nytvf.com has more info.
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