Donnie Osmond to Guest Star on ABC's "All My Children"  10/29/06

Donnie Osmond will guest star on ABC's "All My Children," it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.

Mr. Osmond will play himself in scenes with Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), as she celebrates the second season premiere of "New Beginnings," the fictitious talk show within the show. Previous guests on "New Beginnings" include Clay Aiken, Martha Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Regis Philbin, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, New York Yankee Al Leiter, New York Giant Tiki Barber and New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg, Ed Koch and David Dinkins.

Mr. Osmond can currently be seen on Broadway in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," playing the role of Gaston, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) through December 24.

"All My Children" celebrated its 36th Anniversary on January 5, 2006. The program has successfully maintained its popularity and continues to be one of daytime's most compelling dramas. "All My Children" took home the 1998 Emmy(r) Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, the third time the show received this top honor, having also garnered the award in 1994 and 1992. In 2004 the show also received its third consecutive Emmy(r) Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing, its third Writers Guild Award and its third GLAAD Media Award in April of 2004.

Created by Agnes Nixon, "All My Children" premiered on the ABC Television Network on January 5, 1970, as a half-hour show; seven years later it expanded to an hour. Julie Hanan Carruthers is executive producer, Megan McTavish is head writer with Conal O'Brien, Casey Childs and Angela Tessinari directing. "All My Children" is produced in New York and airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (1:00-2:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Source: ABC Press Release