Secretly, Toni was alive and was kept in a drug-induced stupor in an unknown hiding place. The root of the blackmail was that Liza believed that she was responsible for the death of Jonathan's wife, Toni. He has had a past affair with Liza Colby that has led to his blackmailing her for money he needs in order to continue some type of illegal activity with his cohort Christopher. After aiding in the demise of Erica's marriage, he brainwashed her into a short affair before realizing that he had to get her the help she needed at Betty Ford. He knowingly gave Erica too many drugs to make her dependent on him. Earlier, the show had experimented with the full-hour format for one week starting on June 30, 1975, after which Ryan's Hope premiered.Jonathan Kinder was recommended to Erica by Olga to prescribe painkillers to her for her back pain. The series started at a half-hour in per-installment length, then was expanded to a full hour on April 25, 1977. Originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc., the company created by Nixon and her husband, Bob, the show was sold to ABC in January 1975. All My Children was the first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s. The title of the series refers to the bonds of humanity. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime television's most popular characters. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont. All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

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