You are right, Satan.
Just read the Passions boards at
www.soapcentral.comThough it had wonderful sparks of comic genius, fans were
disgusted that, in 8 years, not a single storyline was resolved, not a single character was allowed to be happy.
Other than the Bewitched styled moments, there was no payoff to watching Passions.
At leat not on an emotional level.
Recent case in point:
Beloved character Grace Bennett (Dana Sparks), written out in 2004.
Brought back last month amid much fanfare.
Grace spent her entire month back on the air TALKING ON THE PHONE.
There was no onscreen reunion with her loved ones.
Then, she was killed with no warning!!!!
Fans were pissed!!!!!!
James Reilly was warned publicly by NBC to improve the show, but he ignored the network.
A shame.
Because Passions had SO MUCH potential.
Remember the mad adventures of Tabby & Timmy, Zombie
Charity, the Angel Girl, Miguel and Charity in Hell, etc
RE: Days: now #3 in the ratings, it's expected to go to ABC in 2009, while AMC and OLTL will go back to 30 mins to make room for it.
I don't think the soap genre is dead, though.
SoapNet is a VERY popular network.
It's AC Neilsen's refusal to count VCR, online & Tivo viewers (i.e. more than HALF the audience)
that causes the ratings to go as low as they are.
BTW, SoapNet begins airing Santa Barbara reruns this summer. That makes 4 older daytime shows they air.
Maybe DS can be their 5th......
David   Â