Good riddance - let it die.

When your show gets cancalled, and someone says that, let's see how you feel.

Already going through two cancelations of my favorite soaps (AW, SuBe), I know how those people going through their first soap cancelation feels.

This will be my third (if NBC decides to not try and save the show).

It's not fun at all.

You know, I haven't liked Passions for years and years, and I've since grown to extremely dislike JER and his writing. But, I don't know how any fan of the soap genre, would be happy that Passions was cancelled. If Passions had succeeded on Direct TV, that wasn't going to mean all soaps would turn into Passions. But, it would have shown that soaps could perform well outside network tv. To be happy that the show is cancelled? Crazy

When your show gets cancalled, and someone says that, let's see how you feel.

Already going through two cancelations of my favorite soaps (AW, SuBe), I know how those people going through their first soap cancelation feels.

This will be my third (if NBC decides to not try and save the show).

It's not fun at all.

Toups and other fans who have experienced this, I feel your pain. I have gone through this with Texas, Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, Ryan's Hope, Generations, Santa Barbara, Loving, The City, Sunset Beach, Port Charles, Passions and now Passions again. It is a terrible feeling and you would think after going through this so many times I would have learned my lesson, but I guess I haven't.

And see, I don't see how a failing soap failing on DTV means that the genre as a whole is doomed outside of network tv.

Passions wasn't going to suddenly become a success, and being the best performing show on 101 doesn't mean much if the rest of the shows weren't great to begin with.

Moreover, Passions at is heart, is inherently different than all other daytime soaps.

You want a benchmark? Put Days on DTV, or put GL on DTV, then see what happens.

(Or maybe not DTV since it sucks.)

Someone on Snark's site posted this comment, and I totally agree:

The only thing I ever admired the show for was it's ability to integrate 3 races on tv, when most daytime soaps barely acknowledge there being more than 1.

Even though I hate Passions more than words can say, I truly feel sorry for any of the show's fans who paid for the installation of Direct TV.

I also don't believe that Passions is cancelled (regardless of what some actors' websites may say). I will not believe it until Direct TV and NBC release official statements to this effect.

And, in the event that Direct TV has cancelled Passions, I am almost 100% convinced that it will find another home. That's because NBC's love for JERk and his show is so intense that the network will move heaven and earth in order to save it.

Good riddance - let it die.

Your signature is off the chain!

Someone on Snark's site posted this comment, and I totally agree:

That is true. One of the best qualities about the show was it's diversity and how all classes were represented.

Ryan, I love you, but I have never disagreed with you more.

Soaps are supposed to be an escape from reality, yes. Romance, adventure, murder, betrayal, catfights. The ideal fantasies come to life of people who watch from home, anxious to get away from their humdrum lives.

But how can a "intersexed" incest storyline and the literal gates of Hell opening up be put in the same class as OLTL's Viki battling multiple personalities or DAYS' Marlena losing her son to SIDS? How can a centuries old witch hold a candle to Karen Wolek's heartbreaking testimony on the stand?

Passions is an amateurish fiasco being guided by a man who so has a disdain for daytime that he would do anything to discredit a genre that, before his wretched claws dragged him into the fray, flourished for decades while striking an emotional cord in millions of people on a daily basis.

He has succeeded in bringing his twisted fantasies and desires to the screen, and in making the world of soap operas yet another punchline for people on the sidelines.

The day JERk, and Passions, leave daytime is the day that the world can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

I couldn't agree more. Some of the highest ratings ever attained for soaps, any soaps, were based on romance, adventure, murder, betrayal, and catfights. This JER nonsense has brought irreparable damage to the genre.

I honestly don't feel bad at all about Passions being cancelled. It deserves to be off the airwaves and cast into oblivion.

Its probably the worst embrassment in the entire history of Daytime Television...and thats saying a LOT.

However like others I will admit that the only good thing about Passions was the diversity.

And see, I don't see how a failing soap failing on DTV means that the genre as a whole is doomed outside of network tv.

Passions wasn't going to suddenly become a success, and being the best performing show on 101 doesn't mean much if the rest of the shows weren't great to begin with.

Moreover, Passions at is heart, is inherently different than all other daytime soaps.

You want a benchmark? Put Days on DTV, or put GL on DTV, then see what happens.

(Or maybe not DTV since it sucks.)

ITA!

ITA!

Soap fans may know the difference between Passions, and say, As the World Turns, but network execs don't. Passions failure (if that is what it is) on Direct TV, is a failure for the whole soap genre.

And again, I'm not a fan of Passions, and I'm not going to miss it. But if anything else is going to kill the genre, it's fans declaring what is, and isn't a soap. If Passions is a mess, it's not because it didn't follow the normal soap formula. It's a mess because of the writing.

This JER nonsense has brought irreparable damage to the genre.

ITA, you're absolutely right. JER will go down in history as the most influencial soap opera writer ever. Every network exec, every EP, every HW wanted to emulate his writing style. Actually, he was ghost head writing for every single soap opera so he was responsible for every crappy storyline from the last 15 years. Every soap wanted to be like Passions.....who was always at the bottom of the ratings. Even Y&R, the #1 soap wanted to like the lowly ranked soap. JER was that powerful. Only a person with JER's reputation......and mind control abilities can bring down an entire genre. JER's hand, his pen, was the mightiest of all. I guarantee that when Passions goes off the air, all the soaps will suddenly get better. The Reilly curse will be lifted and the soap opera genre will be saved. Hooray!!!

ITA, you're absolutely right. JER will go down in history as the most influencial soap opera writer ever. Every network exec, every EP, every HW wanted to emulate his writing style. Actually, he was ghost head writing for every single soap opera so he was responsible for every crappy storyline from the last 15 years. Every soap wanted to be like Passions.....who was always at the bottom of the ratings. Even Y&R, the #1 soap wanted to like the lowly ranked soap. JER was that powerful. Only a person with JER's reputation......and mind control abilities can bring down an entire genre. JER's hand, his pen, was the mightiest of all. I guarantee that when Passions goes off the air, all the soaps will suddenly get better. The Reilly curse will be lifted and the soap opera genre will be saved. Hooray!!!

HAHA, actually, I heard that if Passions goes off the air, JER had already signed a contract to headrite the remaining nine soaps on the air. It's going to be really cool!

HAHA, actually, I heard that if Passions goes off the air, JER had already signed a contract to headrite the remaining nine soaps on the air. It's going to be really cool!

Damn, you must have awesome sources, Goldy because I heard the same thing too. Instead of ghost writing though, I heard this time he'll actually be credited. So this time, fans won't make the mistake of blaming other head writers for the crap storylines, they'll be able to blame Reilly.