Members patzo101 Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 With all this talk about "Passions" possible cancellation, I just thought I'd share with you guys this e-mail I received from a user over on Youtube regarding the history of NBC Daytime: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeoAngelicLiz Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 UMMM...okay....Isn't that like over a year old? As for the Days stuff I think the internets have already expressed their outrage/shock/saddness at the possiblity of that happening and the mass hysteria that occured has finally died down so I don't know why you're trying to stir things back up... This is about Passions. It finally got kicked off NBC after NBC and now Days has an oppurtunity to rebuild itself and not suffer from being assocatied with that trash. Even if Days is in trouble at least it will have the dignity of dying on its own and AFTER Passions. Not to mention the fact that its reach iconic status across the globe and truly is the epitome of "soap"...maybe not right now in its current state but definitely as a whole body of work and historically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members c0rinne Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Oh, come on. They may be idiots, but they aren't dumb. Of course they know the difference. W/o a doubt, there's a reason why actors get nominated for Emmys from ATWT (even if the DEmmys are a joke now), but they don't from Passions. No NetExec is going to look at Passions distribution techniques as a way to herald in a new era for soaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members patzo101 Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Sorry if I somehow offended you, I don't want to get into a fight; just wanted to share this information with everyone. You had the option of not reading what I posted. If you didn't like what I posted, fine, but don't come on here and make a smart ass remark about my post. I won't stand for it. If you don't like it, don't read it. It's as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ljacks13 Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 DirecTV to cut ties with 'Passions' NBC soap may find another suitor in '08 By JOSEF ADALIAN DirecTV has lost its passion for "Passions" -- but the NBC U-produced sudser isn't quite dead yet. Satcaster has told NBC it won't be ordering a second season of the soap, which moved to DirecTV in September as part of a $40 million deal designed to bring more original programming to the service (Daily Variety, Apr. 25). NBC canceled the show earlier this year. In order to keep "Passions" on DirecTV through August, satcaster has ordered 52 additional episodes of the show from the Peacock's Universal Media Studios. However, starting in early to mid-January, skein will begin airing just three times a week (compared with four weekly airings now). "Passions" will go on an extended holiday hiatus next week, then return in February for another month of filming. Show will wrap production in March, and as of now, there are no firm plans for it to continue. However, with UMS having reduced the budget on the show significantly, there's talk that "Passions" might yet find another life elsewhere. Newly acquired cabler Oxygen might make a good fit. Peacock also could turn the skein into an Internet-based sudser. DirecTV and UMS declined comment. Read the full article at: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977472.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vanguardian Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Passions might end up being like a black cat with nine lives! LOL! Go NBC, have Passions defy cancellation once more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 NBC owns MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, USA, Bravo, Sci-Fi, Telemundo and I think one more channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeoAngelicLiz Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow...I guess Sci-Fi or Oxygen would work for a thing like Passions. But if it ever shows its face on Telemundo then it will truly have reached a new low... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 It wouldn't work on Sci-Fi. It bombed when they tried airing episodes from the beginning of its run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DrewH Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 ^ And that's when PSNS was actually good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tishy Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 I hope Passions doesn't die because it just hurts the genre. I hope it finds a fit somewhere. I could see USA running it definately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted December 11, 2007 Administrator Share Posted December 11, 2007 YES!!! Come on, NBC!! This time be smart and put it on a cable station you own! Keep the faith, Passions fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 If PASSIONS moves to Oxygen, then I doubt the show's more supernatural elements will "survive." In fact, I can see PASSIONS-on-Oxygen becoming a straight-up, traditional drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 How fitting... Sorry, I couldn't resist, Toupsy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted December 11, 2007 Administrator Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ooops! LMAO!! Time to edit.....haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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