Though the switch has been coming for months, lots of Passions fans were still in shock when the residents of Harmony left NBC after eight seasons. On September 17th, Passions began its ninth season on DirecTV’s exclusive Channel 101. For a variety of reasons, not all of the fans could follow the soap and went into serious withdrawal. Well, DirecTV has heard the fans and has officially announced that Passions will be available online.
Eric Shanks, executive vice president of DirectTV Entertainment says, “Since we announced the Passions move to DirecTV, we’ve had a significant response from fans requesting that we continue to stream the show online. We know that Passions fans are religious about keeping up with the happenings in Harmony, and are happy to be able to offer them the option of an online subscription if they can’t make the switch to DirecTV. Now fans can catch the daytime drama anywhere, anytime by signing up for the monthly subscription.”
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Unfortunately, as suspected, the subscription won’t be free. Production of the soap is funded by the satellite provider and they need to find a way to pay for it. Starting on Monday, you’ll be able to view new episodes of Passions online at NBC.com – for the price of $19.95 a month. Every episode will be posted online daily and will be hosted on the site for eight weeks.
Is the price worth it? In October, there will be 19 new episodes of Passions (remember there will only be four episodes a week). That comes out to a cost of $1.05 per episode – about the cost of a song on iTunes. Unfortunately, the cost certainly adds up over time ($239.40 a year) and you won’t be able to download or keep the episodes. For those who can’t afford a subscription, NBC is continuing to post synopses of each episode online. Is your love of all things Harmony worth $19.95 a month? What do you think? Stay tuned! 
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i am so depressed that the show ended please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! BRING THIS SHOW..."
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jerks put Passions back on nbc and or soap net buttholes!!!!!!!!!
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I found a site where you can read daily what happens on Passions. It’s not as good as watching it but it will keep us up with the storyline until Direct changes their mind about charging for it. It’s alittle of what I found out. Someone killed Fox. Gwen brought a baby to Harmony claiming it’s Ethen’s and Vincent is alive. Please Diect, give us our Passions back
We shouldn’t have to pay to watch Passions online. I pay to have cable and they should
have Passions on SoapNet. $19.95 is too much for an online show. NBC should be have done a pole before taking it off air. That was the No.1 rating daytime soap opera.
A lot of big mistakes were made by the “fat cats” at both NBC and DirecTV. Passions is a wonderfully unique show with plot twits left and right, ratings proved we as consumers were ready for something this forward thinking. I mean come on, a hermaphrodite? Lebianism and witch craft? And we ate it up!!
What they should really do is, if they want to maintain ratings, air the previous week’s episodes online for free. And they MUST sign a deal with SoapNet to air reruns. Now what am I going to watch while eatting my bon-bons? hehe
i love passions i miss so much of it already so how can i watch it online sense i don’t have direct tv please let me know…
Passions is a great show, i love it and miss watching it. it should just be put back on global channel 8 where it always was. forsure more people would watch it. have another soap opera on direct tv not passions its the best one.
please bring it back to its regular channel
Just want to say that I love passions and have watched since the beginning and miss it alot and the characters but will not pay to watch it as I live in Canada. My daughter was even starting to watch it and keeping up with the characters. NBC should have not let it go.
Passions is on the SuperChannel on Bell Express VU right now in Canada, channel 329. Right now us Bell customers are enjoying a free preview of the SuperChannel and watching Passions but after this Friday we will have to subscribe to it to continue viewing. I’m definitely subscribing because Passions is one of the few things I enjoy watching on TV.
YOUR NUTS STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE, NOONE LIKES IT THAT MUCH, MAN %^&*(%^&*((*&%^&%^&*(&^%$%^&*(*&^
I don’t have cable and only pick up NBC and FOX where I live. I’m a huge Passions fan; it’s just so over the top crazy you can’t help but love it. I make a descent living and have a fair amount of discretionary income to throw away on guilty pleasures. But Direct TV is off its rocker if they think they can get me to shell out $20/month for Passions.
Look, this whole thing is simply a matter of money. A large portion of Passion fanatics who want to watch are NEVER going to get Direct TV. For many it is way out of their budget and the rest of us are not going to be bullied into subscribing. Unless I’m missing something here, doesn’t Direct TV stand to gain a large chunk of change through advertising dollars by streaming this show and requiring commercials be viewed before each segment? The technology is there to do this, they were doing it quite effectively when Passions was streamed on NBC. Get creative with your advertising, don’t forget we are viewing from a computer and are just a click away from spending.
I’m praying the geniuses at Direct TV will get their heads out of their collective rump and cash in on an incredibly loyal fan base just waiting to come back and view commercials every day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year.
p.s. I just watched a few clips on NBC.com and can’t believe Silvana Arias is no longer Paloma! I loved her she is adorable.
I think that passions should be on nbc because not every body has directtv. and the should show it on nbc again. Passsions is a very good show i like it.
This ain’t cool that they are putting Passions on stupid Direct TV. I don’t think direct tv is good enough for me cable is much much better.
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