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I think, and this is coming from someone who does not watch Passions, that maybe one quarter of the cast may be gone, just for it to stay on for any length of time.

But, I don't see it going past 6 months to a year. After that, it still maybe gone.

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While I am sure some will Rion, it will be very little.

What about the people who can't afford it or don't feel like completely changing their current lifestyle just for one show? I mean, Passions has alot of young fans and it's unrealistic to think they can afford to pay for this. Plus, we don't know what will happen as far as cast changes and plotlines so that could impact how many even consider making such a committment. That is why this is such a difficult thing to happen. On one hand, a soap got saved and that gives us all hope but, on another, if this fails, it may discourage from future attempts to help other soaps and I would just hate to see Passions and it's fans lose out because the show moved to a outlet with limited accessibility and they can't see a real finale and so on.

I think the best course of action is to give fans a proper finale and start fresh on DirecTV. That is the only thing that I think can satisfy long term fans at the moment. This way, if this fails which I am a hard time beleiving it won't, at least most fans got a finale.

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I don't hear anything good from customers of theirs either. Verizon bundles phone, DSL and DirecTV, and all I hear from customers that bring up the subject on calls are "and I'm STUCK with this DirecTV THING" ...

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NOOOOO! Happy for Passions and that NBC at least has made more effort than they did in the past to save soaps, but I don't get DirectTV! And I'm not going back to it, either.

As much as I want to be positive I can't really. I mean, there's the issue of who's coming back, how many people already have or who would actually switch to DirectTV for Passions, and it would be hard to move some fans from networks or who actually would know. Hopefully NBC would make it public on TV or something for those that might not have the internet.

I hope the ratings for it go well, and seriously wonder how it would be on DirectTV. I think JER would still write it....

Another thing that worries me for Passions about DirectTV is that it while offers okay service will not be good in storms or if it's hard for the satellite to recieve a signal. Take this for someone who had DirectTV for FIVE years, and even had I think three different versions. When a storm was there, we could not get reception. That right there could hurt Passions a little. Also, which this depends on where you live, but alot the satellite shall have issues. Or it did when I have it, but when I did I lived in the middle of a field. :lol:

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Well this is quite disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I've learned to love Passions just as much as the next guy, but among ALL of the shows that have been canceled over the past 10 years, Passions is not one that deserved to be saved IMO. I guess it's all a matter of budget. You can pretty much expect the high paid actors to be cut or bumped to recurring.

The bright side about this is that it gives soap fans hope and a truth. Hope that daytime is not a dying genre and the truth is that there are other options available if network tv decides to turn their back on the soaps.

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Yeah, but is it worth all the grief in having to change cable companies just to see your favorite soap? What if different soaps are picked up by diffent companies? It's more of a hassle than it's worth just to get to see your daytime lineup -- it won't be the same.

Better than nothing though, I suppose.

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I have no doubts that the budget will come into play as to who will remain with the show and who will not. Some will be asked to stay and some will be asked to leave.

So... since Passions will eventually not be considered a traditional network soap, do you think the major media outlets (like SOD) will continue their coverage of the show once it moves?

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