NEW YORK — The soap opera “All My Children” signed off from ABC on Friday after more than 40 years.
The daytime drama had been on ABC since 1970. But the story might not be over. ABC has licensed the story to a production company that is hoping to keep “All My Children” going online after the first of next year.
The final episode ended with most of the show’s characters gathered at the Chandler house in fictional Pine Valley, Pa., for a party — celebrating engagements, a pregnancy and some miracle medical revivals. Yet the character J.R., riled because he lost his business and fortune and because his wife left to raise their baby son with a lesbian, lurked outside with a gun.
The series ended as he fired. Left unseen was whom, if anyone, J.R. shot — homage, perhaps, to the famous 1980 “Dallas” cliffhanger that became known as “Who Shot J.R.?” The Associated Press
