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Susan Lucci Slams ABC for Cancellation of 'All My Children'

Erica Kane wouldn't leave quietly if she felt she'd been wronged. Neither is Susan Lucci as " All My Children " nears its end on ABC.Lucci has memorably portrayed Kane on the drama, which airs its last episode on ABC on Sept. 23, and it's unclear whether she will be a part of an attempt to migrate the series online.In a newly published epilogue to her memoir, Lucci sharply criticized her ABC bosses for axing "All My Children," which has been on the air since 1970. She said the decision to cancel the show was motivated by greed and said the head of ABC's daytime unit, Brian Frons, has "that fatal combination of ignorance and arrogance."Frons, in canceling "All My Children" and " One Life to Live " in April, said the soap operas were a victim of declining interest. He said trying to prop up shows in severe decline was like "trying to catch a falling knife."HOT SHOTS: Susan LucciLucci told her own story in the paperback edition of "All My Life," a memoir published in hardcover earlier thi...

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