Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos Return to All My Children!

Hayley and Mateo return to AMC
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are set to guest on AMC this January.

Whoa ... this is a big one. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos -- the real life marrieds who met on the set of All My Children -- are bringing their beloved characters, Hayley and Mateo Santos, back to the show! It's to help celebrate the show's 40th anniversary (slated for January 5th, 2010). Expect them to air on January 4th and 5th. Kelly broke the news on Live with Regis and Kelly.

 

Kelly joined AMC in 1990 as Trevor Dillon's black wig-wearing, rebellious niece Hayley. She soon found out Adam Chandler was her dad and became one of the show's most popular characters. When Mark joined as Mateo in 1995, Hayley and Mateo fell in love -- and so did Mark and Kelly. The two were last seen in Pine Valley in 2002, when they left for California to work on Hayley's talk show.

 

Kelly, of course, shot to superstardom as co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly (she did double duty with that job and AMC for a while) and her own sitcom, Hope and Faith. Mark's continued acting (with guest stints on Ugly Betty, among other shows), and was a regular contributor to Oprah for a while when she was doing those Friday roundtable discussions.

Comments

Tue, Nov 03 - 5:25 pm

I am so happy to see Haley and Mateo back - they were a wonderful part of AMC and will add much to it once again.

Tue, Nov 03 - 1:22 pm

Right if you want Amanda and Jake together.
Please let Jake be Trevor's dad. Let Amanda be pregnant with Jakes child. Let them be the Joe and Ruth couple. They need one who is interesting and yet not breaking up all the time. They are the best actors on the show totally believable despite their story line.
I so wanted Annie to be refomed but to put her daughter through all of this for Adam? Not mother of the year.

Mon, Nov 02 - 8:58 am

I love the way the show is going! BRAVO!!!! I also cannot wait for Hayley, Mateo as well as Greenlee!!! All of them back together on the same show is FANtastic!!! tyty.

Sat, Oct 31 - 9:14 am

Glad to have others validate my response to AMC and OLTL. It seems like they don't have many lines to learn since they just keep repeating the same argument or conversations too much. I can watch these on fast speed on my DVR.
This "David" fighting the world is boring boring boring. Please let Trevor be Jake's son and that she gets pregnant on their hot night together. Writing is more than repeating the same theme. Please do not bring back every character from the past. We want new exciting stories. Please, Colby and Pete? Ryan and Erica? Love them both, the show couldn't go on without them. We miss Jacks authoritativeness as DA, he could come back as a Judge. Annie, though, I thought was good addition at first, then many people were cut from the show, Annie remained with some innovations. Then it turned out to be Zach's Father as the killer...OMG.
Zach (Thorsten Kay) should have gotten that emmy. He has been carrying a lot of weight in AMC and he is very dynamic to the show. Zach character is a balance sort of or various gifts and personalities. But now AMC writers just have him running in circles. Is Kendal going to remain shallow on one hand and brutal on the other? Amanda is delusional, Jake looks like a shamed sheep dog ( and he is so gorgeous and could have brought a lot to the show considering his work in Africa). Glad to see Liza character back. She is very smooth, gorgeous and looking forward to her develop.
Please give all the characters a real 'role' in this show. Then, it can remain fresh and new as people's characters develop and more people pass through like ships in the night.
Hayley & Mateo are fun & strong characters. So, use their stardom as something special to the show.
Characters need an opposite aspect: like Brooke and Erica sparred and kept each other in line. Same with many other characters who are very good at their roles. I have watched AMC since it started, except when I worked until I got VCR. Please keep it worthwhile to continue watching. Love Love AMC.

Sat, Oct 24 - 10:34 pm

Kelly and Mark will bring a much needed breathe of fresh air to the show...it has gotten so boring! The Kendall in jail/out of jail story line is SO unrealistic...I know its a soap but come on!! Just please end the Stuart murder thing already and find another way to get rid of Annie. Let that poor little girl get back to being a cute little girl (who I think does a great job for a 7 year old). But ya know, Ryan is starting to get on my nerves, too. First he loves Annie, then Greenlee, then Kendall (who he apparently loved all along) and NOW he's rubbing toes with ERICA!!! Now Greenlee is coming back! (I figured David had her stashed somewhere) That should be interesting...not only does she have to deal with her bff sleeping with her man but also her boss/arch enemy/x-stepmom!! Poor Greenlee! and poor JR! I hope he survives cancer and I hope Jake and Amanda survive Dastardly David!!! And does anyone else think that someday we will find out that Trevor is Jake's baby after all?? Wouldn't that put a wad in David's panties!!
Okay so it's not ALL boring...I still love the show and can't stop watcing it!! Just think sometimes the story lines get a little drawn out and tired, but then you have the fastest proposal and wedding in the history of TV with JR and Marissa!
Anyway, can't wait to see Hayley and Mateo and hope they return as a 'normal' happily married couple.

Sat, Oct 24 - 7:44 am

I would love to see H&M back 4 good or at least several wks though the yr. I would love to see them come back with their son by their side. I was hoping they would have come back 4 Sturt funeral.

Wed, Oct 21 - 2:51 pm

I stopped watching all my children after over 30 years, i will tune in for kelly and
mark. And I will return when these ridiculous story lines are over and when annie is gone from the show. Hope the writers get a grip on these stupid stories before they lose more viewers like me. As for braeden leaving Y&R maybe it's time since it's seems like the writers seem to be heading to the same old thing of victor and nikki. I went from being addicted to soaps to barely watching and it's sad.

Wed, Oct 21 - 9:38 am

I am about everyone else. You kill them off then bring them back. All the soaps are using that. Why can't you say they are moving away then you can bring them back LIKE KELLY. She moved. Dying is getting totally out there. I do not record soaps anymore because on my days off I can catch up because it is the same old things. All soapys. I was a soap fan. of all the soaps I had two vcr and taped all soaps. And watched a set. now they are getting boring that its out of my vcr. All of you start something new and then fall short of the story. Like give us all a break Erica and Rynn now that is going over . Can't you find a older man for her. If there is a older group out there that has been watching since she was 16 knows her age and to have to girls that is the same age of her daughter. Is she trying to be a cougar lady. HA HA . Please think of something new please. You are losing people. Maybe not in cal or newyork but in little towns. Just hurry up who killed Straut thats getting out of control. Kendell excaped
from police. wished in real life it was thateasy and to have a girl to switch places. come on we know its a show but try REALITY. SOMETIMES... JEN

Tue, Oct 20 - 7:21 am

I love kelly and mateo. I hope they are still happyly married when they return, so please make this a happy homecoming.

Tue, Oct 20 - 3:59 am

It will be refreshing to have interesting characters back for a change. AMC is tedious tedious tedious! Maybe Kelly and Marc can explain to the writers, director(?) that a kid Emma's age is NOT carried around?

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