Last January, legions of Passions fans were extremely upset by NBC’s decision to cancel their eight year old soap. Certainly the 4,500 people who’ve signed our petition are among them. Because of its audience’s desirable demographic and because the network owns Passions, NBC has expressed interest in finding another outlet for the residents of Harmony.
NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said at the time, “We are going to be looking very, very seriously at keeping [Passions] alive. The fact is, there are loyal viewers of this show who love it and show up every day. And in a perfect world, we’d like to keep the brand alive. There may be another network. You know, I don’t think it’s a broadcast network, but there may be another cable network that wants to get in business with us and have some sort of on-air presence for the show.”
Though there’s been no official word about the prospect of continuing Passions past September 7th, TV Guide’s Soap Editor Daniel R. Coleridge has some news. Coleridge has reported that NBC is currently in talks with satellite television provider DirecTV to pick up the soap. Neither NBC nor DirecTV would comment right now so it’s probably far from a done deal as yet. If it does work out, I’m sure DirecTV is counting on a lot of people signing up for new subscriptions, almost like magic. Stay tuned! 
Thanks to Shane for the tip.
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I refuse to ever watch nbc again, i have also watched passions from the beginning, and to switch it direct tv is ludicrous. I also cannot afford direct tv, so down with nbc. They suck big time.
This is just a suggestion for my favorite soap “PASSION”.Let it play once a week like the ABC series Brothers and Sisters and Desperate Housewives
i like passion t.v. at 2.00pm 4 channel . i miss passion say bye , i need watch back passion . i not have directv how . i love watch t.v. passion alway , love
why did you take out passions as soon something gets very interesting you take out …this isnt fair to the viewers
I have been watching passions for a long while also.i will mis passions.NBC i only hope you are satisfied which such angry customers.Now no one will watch your stupid progamme as of now.Bye passions we’ll miss u.
What the heck???I paid a lot of money to get Passions on Direct TV and was told by Direct TV that Passions and it’s cast has a 2 year contract with Direct TV. Now I am stuck with a 2 yr contract with Direct TV when I had a bundle for a lot less with my cable service. Can Direct TV at least give us Passion reruns starting from day 1???
Please, I am so upset, I love the show, the cast and it feels like I just lost my best friend!
i love watching passions.i miss it dearly because it was the one show i always looked foward to watching everyday.when i heard about the move to direct tv i was devastaded.now everyday i remember those days i used to sit at home and watch passions tears come to my eyes. nbc SUCKS!!
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