I wouldn't worry about the cast. A ) This was not news to them yesterday if the rumor has been going around for us for 3.5 weeks, it's been going around for them for over a month. Not to mention, PSNS cancellation rumors start up every year around this time. and B ) The ones we're sad we'll never see again...we'll see again. And now, they have a chance to get great material and shots at some awards nods/wins. The ones who don't deserve to be in the acting industry...well, hopefully, we'll never see them again!

Ooh, someone above brought up a good point.

If Passions came to SoapNet (a very big if), the show it's likely to push off is Another World, LoL

Confirmation from SOD ONLINE:

http://soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/

NBC Pulls the Plug on PASSIONS

PASSIONS has been canceled by NBC to make room for a fourth hour of the TODAY show, according to sources close to the soap. The cast and crew were told on Tuesday, Jan. 16. PASSIONS, which premiered on July 5, 1999, was the brainchild of veteran daytime scribe James E. Reilly. While never a ratings success, the show created buzz with its outrageous storylines and characters, especially the unlikely "supercouple" of a 300-year-old witch, Tabitha, and her living doll and partner-in-crime, Timmy. PASSIONS is expected to air through the summer, at which time the TODAY show will expand to four hours.

Has NBC made an official announcement yet? I think they were supposed to today. It seems that almost every place has made an article about this except them.

That's just the point. NBC is not going to be interested in letting PASSIONS air on another network. They own it.

NBC Universal produces a lot of Primetime shows for other networks i.e. House being on Fox. Since it probably costs a lot less to produce Passions than a primetime series, it's not totally out of the picture. However, I don't see CBS and ABC in a heated bidding war over the show.

Ooh, someone above brought up a good point.

If Passions came to SoapNet (a very big if), the show it's likely to push off is Another World, LoL

No disrespect to AW fans, but that would be hilarious!

Well, TVGuide's Michael Ausielo has posted live from the NBC session at the Press Tour:

- Passions' final episode will air in August. "The daypart has become extremely tough for us finacially," [Kevin Reilly]says.

Edited January 17, 200718 yr by DaysnPassionsFan

Somewhere, most of the loyal AW fans are smiling.

While it's sad to see any soap go, it's unlikely Passions will be revered in the grand scheme of things. AW and Days will forever be NBCD's greatest contribution to daytime.

"The daypart has become extremely tough for us finacially," [Kevin Reilly]says.

By 'daypart,' does he mean just Passions, or daytime (including Days) in general?

"The daypart has become extremely tough for us finacially," [Kevin Reilly]says.

By 'daypart,' does he mean just Passions, or daytime (including Days) in general?

I'm guessing he means daytime in general, particularly the soaps.

OMG I cannot believe it has come to this...PASSIONS is cancelled!!

This is such a sad day for daytime!!

I hope DAYS can survive on its own and I hope NBC is willing to hold onto DAYS on its own!

I hope NBC can find a new place for PASSIONS, but I doubt it will happen.

My condolences to ALL the PASSIONS fans, seriously I feel bad and if it were DAYS I would know exactly how you feel.

I was a loyal AW fan and I'm not happy about this. Any AW fan that blames Passions for it's cancellation needs a reality check. AW was on the way out, and had been on the verge of cancellation for years. If SB was cancelled instead of AW in June of 1999, AW would have simply been cancelled 6 months later.

Anyway, AW ruined itself years before it's cancellation, when they killed Ryan and split Paulina and Jake up for good. It just got worse and worse from there.

NBC Universal produces a lot of Primetime shows for other networks i.e. House being on Fox. Since it probably costs a lot less to produce Passions than a primetime series, it's not totally out of the picture. However, I don't see CBS and ABC in a heated bidding war over the show.

But the difference is that when those hit shows go into syndication, they make all that money back that put into production and then some. That is why you hear about shows like House being sold to USA for like a million an episode. That is why the syndication of Friends has made Warner Brothers over a billion dollars in revenue. Yes. It does cost a lot to produce a primetime show but if the show is a hit and makes it to syndication, that primetime show brings in the cash that those previous production costs seem like peanuts.

Edited January 17, 200718 yr by dawn9476

SOAPnet is so crowded as it is. I don't see the need for half of the shows they got as it is.

As for PSNS representing "daytime dying." That's stretching it.

But RIP PASSIONS. This sucks.

Sorry PSNS fans

I really hope DAYS is NOT in jeapordy though it does appear that something is going to happen to it...