ABC Daytime & TV Land Plan Cross-Over Event

PASADENA: Characters from the ABC daytime soap All My Children and the TV Land original Hot In Cleveland are to cross-over and guest star on each other’s shows, continuing a story line established last season.

The story revolves around Wendie Malick’s character on Hot in Cleveland, Victoria Chase, and her industry-nemesis, Susan Lucci, who plays Erica Kane on the long-running soap. Lucci, Michael E. Knight and Darnell Williams from All My Children will appear as themselves on Hot in Cleveland. Malick will appear as her Hot in Cleveland character on All My Children as Gertie, a housekeeper who winds up moonlighting as a bartender at Confusion after Erica Kane fires her.

The two-part Hot in Cleveland episodes will air on TV Land on February 16 and February 23. The All My Children episode will air on ABC on February 24.

"We are thrilled Victoria Chase will join the cast of All My Children—there are very few actresses who could pull off a dual role performance as BOTH a maid and bartender. We hope she is up to the challenge," teased Julie Carruthers, executive producer of All My Children. Brian Frons, the president daytime at Disney ABC Television Network, joked, "There is only room for one Erica Kane in Pine Valley and Victoria Chase will unfortunately find that out the hard way." Frons added, "This is a unique opportunity to raise awareness of both shows with similar demos and we expect each other’s viewers to follow from one show to the next."

"We’re so happy that Victoria Chase will finally get to show All My Children fans why she is a soap superstar," remarked Larry W. Jones, the president at TV Land. "We’re so excited to partner with All My Children to bring to life this classic TV form when television worlds collide."