I have this suspicion that, except for a couple of the mega-successful shows, the soap opera is on its way out.
NBC has canceled the bizarre soap opera Passions after 8 years. This is the show that included witches (Tabitha, played by Juliet Mills) and puppets that came to life. I know, I know, you're thinking, "why didn't someone tell me there was a soap like this on, I would have watched it!" It sounds like something that I could get into for a laugh or two, though I don't know if I could have gotten into it for the long haul, unless they really went over the top all the time and didn't include serious storylines too.
If you're wondering, the show is being canceled to make room for more of The Today Show, which is expanding to 9 hours in a few weeks.















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
1-17-2007 @ 4:53PM
Greg said...
You forgot about the orangutan nurse (my personal fave) and Spike wanting to watch "Timmy down the bloody well" while chained to the tub.
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1-17-2007 @ 5:17PM
MissPinkKate said...
Please tell me you're kidding about 9 hours of The Today Show.
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1-17-2007 @ 5:29PM
TomB said...
Matt and Meredith already bail at 9:00am. I don't think I can stomach Al Roker for more than an hour as one of the main anchors.
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1-17-2007 @ 6:22PM
Mellie said...
There's a longer article and a petition here:
http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/01/passions_petition_to_save_nbc_soap.html
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1-17-2007 @ 7:01PM
Karen said...
NOOOOOOOO! It's the only soap worth watching.
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1-17-2007 @ 7:05PM
Tonya said...
I canT believe it ther cancelling Passions for another talk show there is enough shows of people whinng about there problems.I hate shows like that I hurry and rush home to see Passions its not like a soap it remindes me of Dark Shadows and I liked it. It figures ther would be one show I never misss and like and its gone. Thanks alot!!!!
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1-17-2007 @ 7:17PM
Leanor said...
Passions has always been a unique show, and deserves to stay on the air. It has obviously been on this long due to NBC realizing that it had a big and loyal fan base.
As far as an extended Today Show goes, I would rather stab a hot needle into my eye than watch nine hours of THAT show...It has gone downhill big time since Katie Couric left...
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1-17-2007 @ 7:45PM
Irwin D'Addario said...
I am sad "Passions" will be cancelled. It is such a fun show (even for we older folk). It is more like a comic strip, but we love it! Please reconsider. We don't need more of the Today show.
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1-17-2007 @ 10:51PM
Richard Ott said...
I don't watch Passions, but the blogger was wrong
about The Today Show's time length. It's going to be
4 hours long, not 9. If it went past that mark, we'd
miss the rest of NBC's afternoon schedule.
RICK.
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1-17-2007 @ 11:18PM
tina in lakewood said...
Hi,
i have had been watching passions when they frist got on in july1999. And I love to watch them and i never missed single shows! And please dont cancel the passion!Tab and timmy are the best they made me laugh alot! andthe rest of the stories are great! and i am not feeling it is done! no.they are not done! do not take my passions please !, I am begging you!andps. we don't need good morning show or veiw!andkeep days of lives ! they are not done yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1-18-2007 @ 12:07AM
David004 said...
Rick, it's called a joke!
And why don't they show Live With Regis and the Ass at 9am? Then they can do The Today Show Now! on at 10am that deals with cooking (almost wrote coking) and so on.
Might as well start a TV show called "Tomorrow" because the show is gonig to run that long. Hell why not change MSNBC to Today the Network!
There are so many better things to do than this, but I like the idea of canning Passion.
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1-23-2007 @ 6:44AM
diane said...
My daughter and I love watching Passions and will truly miss it I don't know what I'll watch in it's place since I don't like the other shows at 2:00pm. I
hope they don't mess up and pull Days then that would be just to crazy. Can we get passions on another channel so we don't miss it? What can these news people be talking about for 9 hours the same news every hour thats just silly.
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1-18-2007 @ 3:46AM
Chris said...
Watch As The World Turns at 2pm, it's much better.
And LONG LIVE ANOTHER WORLD!!!!!
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1-18-2007 @ 1:50AM
diane said...
whatever time length it will be on is to long.
please keep passion but find another time slot same channel or different one to pick it up. Idea hum.
That way all the nice people on the soap will be able to keep there jobs. Oh there's always soap net too.
They have some old shows on that channel. Let Passions
be on the soap net.
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1-18-2007 @ 2:02AM
VEE said...
I can't believe they are cancelling Passions. I've watched from the beginning! Passions will be missed :(
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1-18-2007 @ 9:16AM
Alicia said...
NBC has a history of cancelling decent soaps. NBC is losing hte soap market. Instead of canning Passions why not Days.... that is definatly one that outlived it's usefulness.
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1-18-2007 @ 10:44AM
Will said...
I watched it from time to time over years. It's kind of sad to see it go.
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1-18-2007 @ 2:46PM
Leah said...
This news does not surprise me. What does surprise me is that they cancelled Another World, a long-running show with a loyal fan base- to make way for this idiotic farce that did absolutely nothing to promote the daytime genre. If you are an AW fan you know what I am saying. What a joke! Passions sucked...Good riddance.
RIP Another World- still much missed.
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1-18-2007 @ 7:07PM
katherine hendrix said...
please do not take Passions off the air.It is the only soap worth watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1-18-2007 @ 7:14PM
daisey said...
NO WAY U GUYS CANT DO THIS I LOVE PASSIONS ITZ THE ONLY SOAP I WATCH N IF U CANCEL IT ITZ NOT LIKE IM GNA WATCH NY UTHER ONE. COME ON THIS IS THE ONLY SOAP OF ITS TYPE IF U WANA CANCEL THEN CANCEL ONE OF THE OTHER 50 THAT R ALL ALIKE.PASSIONS IS THE BEST PLZ RE THINK IT ITZ NOT WORTH 9 HRS OF SOMETHING THAT ME N A MILLION UTHER PPL WILL DREAD IN FACT NOTHINGS WORTH CANCELLING IT PASSIONS IS THE BEST
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