Passions is an American television soap opera that originally aired on
NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's Audience
from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter
James E. Reilly and produced by NBC Studios, Passions follows the
lives, loves and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the
residents of Harmony. Storylines center on the interactions among
members of its multi-racial core families: the African Americans
Russell family, the white Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican
half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds. The series also features supernatural
elements, which focus mainly on town witch Tabitha Lenox (Juliet
Mills) and her doll-come-to life, Timmy Lenox (Josh Ryan Evans).NBC
cancelled Passions in January 2007, and the series was subsequently
picked up by DirecTV. The series aired its final episode on NBC on
September 7, 2007, with new episodes continuing on DirectTV's 101
Network starting on September 17. In December 2007, just months after
picking up the series, DirecTV decided not to renew its contract for
Passions, and the studio was subsequently unable to sell the series
elsewhere. The final episode was broadcast in August 2008. As of 2019,
Passions is the last daytime television soap opera created for
American network television.NBC cancelled Passions in January 2007,
and the series was subsequently picked up by DirecTV. The series aired
its final episode on NBC on September 7, 2007, with new episodes
continuing on DirectTV's 101 Network starting on September 17. In
December 2007, just months after picking up the series, DirecTV
decided not to renew its contract for Passions, and the studio was
subsequently unable to sell the series elsewhere. The final episode
was broadcast in August 2008. As of 2019, Passions is the last daytime
television soap opera created for American network television.Passions
debuted on NBC broadcast television in 1999 with major fanfare.
Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for
Days of Our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines like
that of heroine Marlena Evans being demonic possession by Satan that
drew new viewers, but also tended to alienate stalwart fans. With
Passions, Reilly was able to start with a blank slate and no
pre-existing fan base to please. The series replaced the Procter &
Gamble-produced serial Another World, which ended a 35-year run on
June 25, 1999, on NBC's daytime schedule.In the early days of the
show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend
of Diana, Princess of Wales; soon Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana
on the phone immediately before the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Sheridan also has a similar accident in the same Paris tunnel, and
speaks to a "guardian Angel Diana" who urges her to fight to survive,
which drew considerable controversy. Sheridan later adopts the name
Diana after a boating accident that results in amnesia. Passions Top Movies & Young Movies