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Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations Released
The 2007 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations list has been released. These are the actors that the show puts in for consideration for the final nominations. The final list of who will be up for the award is selected at a later date. For now, here are the actors "Passions" put in to be considered. For the list of all soap nominations, head over to Soaps.com.

Lead Actress -
Lindsey Hartley (Theresa)
McKenzie Westemore (Sheridan)
Tracey Ross (Eve)

Supporting Actor -
Christopher Maleki (Spike)
Phillip Jeanmarie (Vincent)
Eric Martsolf (Ethan)

Passions Begins Airing Three Days A Week!

Beginning the week of January 7th, "Passions" will air Monday through Wednesday only. Check local listings for times and stations.

Passions Canceled, Again!

Yesterday I reported in the Rumor Mill that a rumor has been going around that "Passions" has been canceled by DirecTV. While there is still no official announcement from the show, NBC or DirecTV, several actors have posted on the net that the news is true.

Hi Everyone,

Yes, it is true that Passions will finish taping at the end of March 2008. We will start airing 3 days a week on DirecTV which should last through summer of 2008. It has been
wonderful ride (although Gwen has completely lost her mind!) and I want to thank all of you for your amazing support for Passions through the years!

much love - Liza

So it appears that "Passions" will finish taping in March of 2008, with the episodes stretching out until the Summer of 2008.

We are pleased to announce that DIRECTV has ordered an additional 52 episodes of Passions so that fans will continue to enjoy brand new episodes of the show through September 2008 when Passions will conclude its run on DIRECTV. We’re excited that we can continue to bring more drama and excitement to fans and give them a chance to keep up with the intensifying storylines as they unfold over the next few months.

A new pay per view service called Super Channel in Canada will be starting up this fall from a company called Allarco Entertainment. According to their website, they will have exclusive rights to air Passions in Canada! The website offers an email list for you to sign-up on in order to receive more information about this new service as details are released.

For over a month Passions has been playing on the Super Channel on Bell ExpressVue in Canada, Monday through Thursday at 2 and 4pm. Now Rogers Cable in Canada is offering the Super Channel! Contact your local cable company for more information.

Writers Strike Could Hurt Soaps!
Writers Now Set To Strike!
Writers Strike Begins!
New Negotiations Scheduled!
Negations Stalled!

Last week the Writers Guild of America voted to strike come midnight, October 31st if new contracts are not agreed upon. Their current contracts expire at midnight on Halloween. At the heart of the strike is the fact that networks are now making more money from the shows through DVD sales, online plays and download sales through iTunes, cellphones, etc . . . In 2001 a strike was averted at the final hours of the night, which could happen again tonight. The last time the writers went on strike was in 1988, and it lasted for 5 months.

Should writers strike again, a lengthy strike could be disastrous for the soaps. Soaps usually only tape 3 weeks in advance, with the final scripts of the show not being delivered too much ahead of the taping of the shows. Should the strike happen and not be resolved quickly, we could see the soaps running out of new episodes by the end of November or early December. The spots would most likely be filled with old reruns of other syndicated shows, news programs or infomercials. Current primetime TV shows would run out of new episodes in early 08. Movies too would be affected as the studios would not meet projected dates for some of their upcoming blockbusters.

Even though several deals were offered, and a professional mediator was brought in, contract talks with the Writers Guild of America broke off last night. Today. November 1st, the guild is set to vote again on whether to strike or continue working without contracts in hopes of negotiating a deal. If they vote to strike, the strike could begin as early as tomorrow, November 2nd.

On Thursday the Writers Guild of America voted to strike, but as of yet no announcement has been made to when the strike will begin. Some news reports indicate it could happen at any moment, others say it will most likely be delayed until Sunday or Monday to allow last minute attempts to resolve the contracts before striking.

Last minute negotiations fell through, and the writers strike began at 12:01am this morning, Monday November 5th.

The soaps are currently without their writers, but have enough scripts and episodes to get through January, maybe into February. However there may be no interruption as negations to end the strike are set to begin again on November 26th.

In early December, a week after starting talks again, the WGA ceased talks and rejected deals presented to them. There have been no new talks since and the strike has gone on.

Passions To Air Online!

Passions will begin airing online beginning October 1st at NBC Passions for a small subscription fee of $19.95 a month. Each episode will be posted online daily and kept online for 8 weeks.

DirecTV Info/The Page Will Continue To Be Updated!

We will continue to update our Passions pages until the show goes off the air . For those of you with DirecTV, the show will air on channel 101 Monday-Thursday at 2pm and 7pm, and then there will be marathons on the weekends. For those in Canada, you can view the show on the Superchannel at 4:00 PM EST on channel 370 in most areas. It begins in October.

Passions Wins Daytime Emmy For Outstanding Original Song

Passions won a 2007 Daytime Emmy for their original song "Love is Ecstasy." The song was written by composer and lyricist John Henry Kreitler and composer Wesley B. Boatman, Jr. The song was featured in the Passions Bollywood spoof.

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