Is Passions being cancelled?

[Mason]

Thank you so much for that visual. I have to go barf now.

[King]

Ok, Rion, enough with the attention-grabbing posts. They're exhausting.

[Drew]

Maybe, maybe not.

Days ratings have never come from Passions. History has shown when Days goes up in ratings, so has Passions. When Days goes down, so does Passions. Most of those ratings I'm sure are from people who are probably just leaving the TV on.

Any cancellation of Days will come from the network wanting out of soaps, not because of its ratings dropping.

[Drew]

Days being alone does present it with some more oportunities. NBC could talk key markets into putting it on at the 7pm hour, give them insentives to do so. When Conan takes over the Tonight Show, Late Night could be cancelled, and Days put between the end of the primetime lineup and the Tonight Show.

The 7pm hour has proven gangbusters for soaps in the UK, Australia, and just about everywhere else. It'd be a neat experiment.

[Drew]

But that would force Days into the same situation that has been killing Guiding Light for years. Days would air in some markets at 10am.

If Guiding Light is cancelled, CBS will go to being a 3 soap network. Possibly expanding B&B to the full hour they've wanted to be for years, and further killing it with its foreign viewers that is used to 30 minute soaps.

[danthig]

For me as a soap fan/viewer,I would hate to see any soap opera cancelled even if it is business deal.I have watched all the current soaps at one point or another and they all had their moments of greatness.2007 IMO seems to be the year in which 3 soaps: GL,ATWT,and Passions are up in the air on whether or not they will be renewed.That's 3 of 9 remaining soaps whose future is uncertain at this point.It would do the industry good if they all got renewals for the sake of the fans.3 cancellations in one year is a triple threat to a genre that already appears to be on it's last legs.At 32 years of age I remember SFT,Capitol,Ryan's Hope,Loving,Santa Barbara,Generations,AW,and Port Charles cancellation notices being served.These were also shows that I have watched switching the channels between soaps.No daytime soap viewer ever really wants to see their soap(s) cancelled.The last thing I need to see is a useless reality show in daytime.We have too many of them at nighttime as it is.

[R!ck]

Just chiming in here to remind everyone to be nice.

No bashing other posters and be respectful of others opinions no matter how much you disagree

[Mason]

It's not bashing when it's the truth.

[King]

Will someone PM me when there is something official? I have to stay out of this thread for my sanity's sake.

[PhoenixRising05]

I am loving this thread.

It is still going strong

[Dan]

Not to be an ass, but an anniversary didn't stop Another World from being cancelled...

[JER Soaps Fan]

Speak for yourself, Drew.

I loved the show back then -- and this wasn't just Logan's rantings, as you seem to suggest.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: "best soap of 2000"

TV GUIDE: "best soap of 1999"

TV GUIDE: "best soap of 2000"

ROLLING STONE: "TV's hottest guilty pleasure" (1999)

TV GUIDE (not even Logan): JER is named one of television's "most valuable players," listed among the ranks of David E. Kelley and others. (2001)

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Huge article praising 'Passions" (2001)

USA TODAY: Called "the Final Fury" (Hell in the closet storyline) as entertaining as watching NBC's "The West Wing."

TV GUIDE: "Passions" takes the cover (2001)

And the list goes on and on and on...

JER SO had the cloud back then. Don't tell me!

[JER Soaps Fan]

Wow, Q Steph, why cheer on an inaccurate posting? I already proved Drew wrong. TONS of media cheered "Passions" in its earlier years -- not just Michael Logan. He was one of the SCORES of writers for major magazines who gave the show rave reviews.

[JER Soaps Fan]

Daaaaaaang, King, no snark. Whether you realized it or not, amid all the others who made fun of JER's proportions to explain the Outpost Farm Productions name, you TOTALLY defended him with this statement.

[JER Soaps Fan]

:o