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angela
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from variety

NBC cancels 'Passions'
Eight-year-old soap ends run
By JOSEF ADALIAN, JOHN DEMPSEY

The Peacock has pulled the plug on "Passions."

Net today will announce the cancellation of the nearly eight-year-old
soap, which was known for its young-skewing supernatural storylines.
Death had been anticipated in the wake of NBC's decision to expand
"Today" to four hours (Daily Variety, Jan. 15).

NBC's contract for "Passions" runs until June, but since the extra hour
of "Today" won't begin until the fall, it's expected the Peacock will
try to extend the show through August. Net still needs to negotiate
those deals with talent and producers.

CJ wrote:

Soap operas cost a lot of money to produce. When it comes to creating
programmes, they want cheap because that's where they get profits.

However, soap operas can be profitable in the long term, but in a
different concept. It may mean episodes once a week and perhaps daily
for successful budgets... Soaps on downloadable formats. Soaps by
people who perform for YouTube. Soaps by networks put on subscription
cable or on their web sites.

Heck, I'm even contemplating a soap format on my web site.