‘All My Children’ star Susan Lucci blasts ABC for canceling the soap opera

In her new memoir, All My Life: A Memoir, actress Susan Lucci rips ABC executive Brian Frons for canceling All My Children. Lucci has played Erica Kane since 1970 on the show.

In her book, she states Frons as the reason for the show's decline, citing his installation of a new head writer to replace Agnes Nixon, who created the show.

“I think our being in this position is the result of some very bad decisions by you,” Lucci wrote, according to The New York Post.

A representative for ABC told the Post, “We have all the respect in the world for Susan, and are sorry she felt the need to write this epilogue to an otherwise incredible career.”

In place of All My Children, ABC will begin airing a talk show called The Chew, a less expensive show to produce. The final episode for All My Children will air on Sep. 23, but Prospect Park, the show’s production company, hopes to revive the series online, according to Reuters.