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January 17, 2007

NBC Adds Fourth Hour to 'Today'


As “Extra” first reported, NBC announced it will expand the “Today” show.

In order to accommodate a four hour, the network has cancelled its daytime soap “Passions,” which will likely continue through August, while insiders says the new “Today” show is slated to begin in September.

But loyal “Passions” lovers don’t cry just yet: there is mounting speculation that NBC will continue with its soap, but perhaps on a different platform.

You can be sure “Extra” will keep you informed on all the latest happenings!


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please dont cancel passions!!!!
its my favorite show!!!!
why cancel passions to make a 4th
hour of the today show or whatever its called!
most people would rather watch passions
than the today show!!
plus you already have 3 hours of the today show!
why the hell would you need a fourth hour???
im begging you
please please please
dont cancel passions!!!!!!!!!!


- Brittany
Posted 01/22/07 02:24 PM
 

there is no reason to cancel Passions! It is a great soap, and so many people love to watch it! i dont see the point in adding a fourth hour to Today. its bad enough that it its already 3 hours long, why make it 4???? theres no sense in that whatsoever! DON’T CANCEL PASSIONS!!!!


- Becky W.
Posted 01/22/07 09:25 AM
 

NBC,
please do not allow passions to be cancelled… I know you think that adding a fourth hour of the today show will increase your profit BUT really… 3 hrs is enough… what if you end up cancelling passions… AN AWESOME SOAP WHICH MANY FANS LOVE…. for a fourth hour of the today show which may not even be watched by the amount of viewers that you HOPE will watch… I mean YOU KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A DEDICATED VIEWER BASE ON PASSIONS.. WHY RUIN THAT??


- bnvest
Posted 01/22/07 07:53 AM
 

Save Passions. You’re letting down a lot of people. Sometimes it’s better to please the fans than the bottom line. Let us have daytime tv for that one hour.


- Carlo Guardascione
Posted 01/21/07 09:04 PM
 

Please don’t take Passions away from us!
Four hours of a news show is way too much anyway.
Please find a way to keep Passions on the air!


- Peggo
Posted 01/21/07 04:07 PM
 

NBC,

I look forward to watching Passions every day. I never watch the “Today Show”, and adding a fourth hour will make the network seem like a 24 hour news network. If I wanted to watch four straight hours of news I would turn on a 24 hour news network.

I think you should keep Passions, espically since there are so many viewers that would be upset if it were not there to watch every day.


- Lindsay
Posted 01/21/07 01:48 PM
 

NBC: WHY do you want another hour of the worst talk show on the air? I have NEVER watched TODAY; nor do any of my family/friends AND WE CERTAINLY WILL NOT WATCH IT IN THE FUTURE

WE DO WATCH PASSIONS! WE LOVE IT! It’s funny and compelling; I love the characters, and many of the actors are great, very talented—Hartley, Martsolf, Masters, Ross, Tamargo and of course Mills AND MANY OF THE OTHERS TOO—great actors!

Can’t you switch PASSIONS to 4 PM so the kids can watch it? High schoolers love it (But so do many older folks—I haven’t been in hs for a long time!)

NBC—most of your shows are terrible—SNL hasn’t been good for over 20 years Yet you keep it on Don’t give up on PASSIONS I could do without ALL of your talk shows—esp that nauseating Rachel Ray—cancel her, PLEASE!


- Alex
Posted 01/21/07 01:22 PM
 

NBC,
Please do not cancel Passions. I do not need to see four hours of The Today Show. I hear that the decision was about money. Well your daytime budget is out of whack because of the mega salaries of the journalists on the Today Show not because of the salaries of the actors and crew members of Passions. I have watched this show since the beginning and am begging you not to make the same mistake the CW did with Everwood. Cancelling a show with a sizable audience is never a good idea, you are disappointing so many people that have been loyal to NBC daytime soaps for years. I cannot afford to watch this show online and it would not be the same but if this is the only options then so be it. PLEASE KEEP THIS SHOW ON THE AIR!


- Kim
Posted 01/21/07 12:56 PM
 

the “today show” doesn’t need a fourth hour. their show is fine the way it is. i think that JER can get creative if he really tries. i think that you should save passions! the ratings could always bounce back up soon.

yours truly,
mona


- Mona
Posted 01/21/07 09:07 AM
 

Please save Passions!

I am a stay at home mom who’s husband is gone much of the time. Passions is one of my few guilty pleasures I allow myself after my kiddos have gone to bed. I really don’t think that the Today show needs another hour. 4 is really overkill.


- Chari
Posted 01/21/07 07:41 AM
 

Don’t cancel Passions. I won’t be watching the Today show and have been telling others not to either. If Passions leaves I probably won’t be watching NBC either.


- Jan
Posted 01/20/07 11:59 PM
 

Personally I think a fourth hour of any show is too much. However, since NBC is never going to listen to us fans about keeping Passions on instead of adding the fourth hour to the Today Show, please air Passions on a common network that most cable packages have! Something like the CW, because Soapnet isn’t a regular channel that most people have. Also, please let the same actors keep their roles!!!!


- Rachel
Posted 01/20/07 09:32 PM
 

you can take passions off the air. just move it to an early time or to a later time. just don’t take it off. whe soaps on nbc are good. you can still show them even if today goes to 4 hours. DON’T TAKE PASSIONS OFF THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


- chrissy
Posted 01/20/07 07:24 PM
 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! please dont do this to me i am sooooooo into passions. you cant do this to your viewers. if u want to u can cancel days of our life. that show is not that good,but passions is the BEST!!!!

p.s. please noooooooooooooooooo


- truefan
Posted 01/20/07 07:10 PM
 

Why do we need a fourth hour for the TODAY show? I have never watched it once.
Have been passionately watching Passions since the show began. Love the “people of Harmony”. Please SAVE PASSIONS. It is the best soap!!!!


- Jules
Posted 01/20/07 06:57 PM
 

Passions rocks—and nbc will lose lots of viewership for their disloyalty!! Today show is dreadful—Passions/sexy/fun and the best guilty pleasure out there


- Carol
Posted 01/20/07 05:46 PM
 

Passions rocks—and nbc will lose lots viewership for their disloyalty!!


- Anonymous
Posted 01/20/07 05:46 PM
 

F-your stupid @ss today show!! OMG your channel is for Geezers.. Why don’t you want young viewers? You know a soap will always have viewers very loyal ones.. and sponsers should know that there are so many of us out there that watch this show and buy the things they advertise just becuase it comes on during our soap!! NBC makes me sick!!


- Anonymous
Posted 01/20/07 11:03 AM
 

Who in the world wants 1 hour of the Today show let alone 4!! OMG! That is messed up! Passions def needs to stay on the air! There has to be a different show they can “sacrafice”. Like any of those dumb dumb reality game shows! Deal or No Deal, Identity, Fear Factor—any of those can go, just not Passions! Or what about some of the “Primetime” crap—My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, ER, show like that!!


- Joy
Posted 01/20/07 10:04 AM
 

We should save passions it is the best soap opera out there. We do not need a 4 hour long today show which only the nerdy and old watch.

SAVE PASSIONS


- Ashley
Posted 01/20/07 08:50 AM

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