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Look like she's not all talk. Kelly Ripa, who has always spoken fondly of her time on 'All My Children,' announced today on 'Live With Regis & Kelly' today that she and real-life husband Mark Consuelos are returning to Pine Valley for two episodes early next year.

The couple will reprise their popular roles of Hayley and Mateo Santos on Jan. 4 and 5, 2010 to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Agnes Nixon-created sudser.

Watch Ripa make the announcement on 'Regis & Kelly' after the jump ...

'True Blood' has officially reached new heights, earning an astounding 4.3 million viewers for Sunday night's episode. This marks the show's best ratings performance to date.

Also in the news today: Paula quits 'American Idol,' while Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian book 'America's Next Top Model.'

See more of today's top TV headlines after the jump.

"I think Erica Kane needs to learn how to ballroom dance."

'All My Children' diva Susan Lucci returns to 'Dancing With the Stars' for the reality competition show's two-hour season finale, where the Emmy winner will take one more twirl around the dance floor with partner Tony Dovolani.

AOL TV recently chatted with the entrepreneur and TV legend at Disney World in Orlando, where the actress was taking part in ABC's 13th annual fan extravaganza known as "Super Soap Weekend," about her 'Dancing' experience.

The always-gracious Lucci also gives a sneak peak into which of Erica's current leading men she'll share a dance with on 'AMC' and whom she thinks Erica should (literally) do the tango with next! (Hint: he's a really good dancer!)

Evil clones, friendly vampires, secret islands and much, much more.

When something's overly dramatic, we call it a soap opera.

And no wonder -- only in daytime serials do we find such plot twists as people we thought were dead being held captive on islands (that's actually happened more than once), characters coming back from heaven, comatose patients astrally projecting themselves.

We're not making any of these up -- these are our favorite crazy, wacko soap opera story lines.