AMC LOSES ANOTHER LEADING MEN!

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Thorsten Kaye Bids Farewell to Pine Valley

One of ‘All My Children’s‘ biggest stars, Thorsten Kaye, will be departing the show for the second time. According to Soap Opera Digest, his character, Zach, will be presumed dead after a plane crash.

Yes, AMC is resorting to the old “no body was found,” trick. Seeing Zach and Kendall (Alicia Minshew) happy and in love has been one of the few entertaining things about the show lately. However, since Kaye does not want to stay with the show full time, killing Zach is the only way to allow Kendall to move onto another relationship. I would not buy the two of them breaking up after all of the infidelities, ridiculous storylines, and natural disasters that their relationship has managed to survive. Apparently the new character Griffin Castillo (Jordi Vilasuso), who will first be seen on November 15, is slated to be Kendall’s eventual new love interest.

This means AMC is going to lose yet another popular leading man. The show has not been the same since the departures of Adam (David Canary) and David (Vincent Irizarry). AMC seems to be banking on Jake (Ricky Paull Goldin) and Ryan (Cameron Mathison) to take up all the slack.

So far, it is not working. With ‘As The World Turns‘ off the air, ABC’s former flagship show is now the lowest rated soap on television. This week four of the six soaps tied for second place in the key Women 18-49 demo with a paltry 1.0 rating. (’The Young & The Restless‘ was number one, as it always is.) AMC earned an anemic 0.8. Since it leads off ABC’s soap line-up, it stands to reason that it might be hurting ‘One Life To Live‘ and ‘General Hospital‘ as well. While fans have been concerned about OLTL’s future, as long as the cheaper to produce soap is beating AMC, it’s possible that AMC might be the soap that is in jeopardy.

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