"All My Children" celebrates its milestone 40th anniversary. The special episodes will air on January 4th and 5th, the shows actual anniversary date. "All My Children" airs Monday-Friday (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. AMC09 (ABC/Donna Svennevik) SUSAN LUCCI

All My Children is celebrating 40 years on television with a move to Los Angeles and this retrospective courtesy of ABC.

The video has interviews from major cast members from Susan Lucci to Kelly Ripa along with the soap’s creator, Agnes Nixon. Look for details of what fans can expect from the production’s move to California.

Click onto video for a trip throughout the years of All My Children.

All My Children, which debuted January 5th, 1970, will originate from Los Angeles beginning in the New Year. Lucci has been part of the cast since its inception. In celebration of its milestone year, the show will welcome the return of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as well as a host of other stars, for two special episodes airing Monday, January 4th and Tuesday, January 5th, 1:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

SoapNet has scheduled a rebroadcast The View’s December 11th special episode celebrating All My Children’s move to Los Angeles, Saturday and Sunday, January 9th and 10th, 11:00 p.m. ET. The encore precedes the weekly All My Children marathon on Soapnet, Sunday, which begins 12:00 a.m. and concludes 5:00 a.m. ET/PT.