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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 save Passions!


- Me
Posted 01/20/07 08:36 AM
 

SAVE PASSIONS! SAVE PASSIONS!! SAVE PASSIONS!!!!!! The Today Show puts everyone to sleep. No one watches it and for the three in Iowa who do, I’m sure they’re content with the three repetitive hours they already have. There’s no need for another hour to be tacked on, especially at the expense of cancelling Passions which is easily NBC’s best show! It’s my favorite and yes, it’s not perfect, but it’s still better than the Today Snorefest. Don’t give Today more - let Passions see many a tomorrow. SAVE PASSIONS! Cancel Martha to make extra room if need be, but NOT Passions!


- Phill
Posted 01/20/07 07:49 AM
 

SAVE PASSIONS!! THE TODAY SHOW SUCKS!4 HOURS IS STUPID!!!


- Tanya
Posted 01/20/07 07:26 AM
 

There are even more people signing petions agint the todayshow and on saving passions at

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/nbcsucks

Jenni


- jenni
Posted 01/20/07 06:02 AM
 

dont cancel passions… and i have watched the today show and not more than 10 min. no excitement. passions is an awsome soap. and for me i just watch nbc on thursday nights and moday i watch hero’s …besides that i watch days.. i was into kidnapped and it was cancelled also… if nbc cancels passions i know i wont be watching any new things on there and also will never ever watch the today show… as that extra unneeded hour would have taken one of the best shows nbc has off the air… and speaking of soaps being taken off the air, i was upset when u cancelled 2 other soaps i watched which i enjoyed… another world and sunset beach…lets not make it a third thats taken off….SAVE PASSIONS


- kelly
Posted 01/20/07 05:47 AM
 

Save Passions! Are you kidding me? Four hours of the today show? How many people watch the first hour let alone four hours? Passions is the best soap on daytime. Why would you want to take it off the air?
Please Save Passions!!!!
Mindy


- mindy
Posted 01/20/07 12:45 AM
 

I have a question that has been bothering me. The Megan Mullaly show was just cancelled for poor ratings so why not just use that hour for the 4th hour of news? Or a few of the half hour judge shows or duplicate airings of other shows? If Passions was cancelled for poor rating then that is what NBC should have said that is what it was cancelled for which to me would make more sense.

I have been watching Passions since Day 1 and since I actually work for a living during the day I use blessed technology to watch Passions when I get home at night. I’m not going to say my life will be over, but it will be a sad first week when the show is. At that point and time there will be only 1 other NBC show I watch, Heroes.

Passions is a show that hits the 18-32 demographic hard and I am sure that 95% of those viewer don’t watch the Today show at all. Not only do we get our news from other sources (mainly online news sources for me) where we don’t have to sit through fluff and commercials, but we are tech savvy. We have activities in our lives that prevent us from watching live daytime televison and the technology to watch the shows we love in our own chosen time slot. The demographic for the Today show is aging and will soon age away. At least they could say they once had Passions.

Please save Passions. I relish being able to escape the harsh realities of this world for 40 mins (1 hour minus commercials…Thank you DVR) with this non-sensical, off-the-wall, and purely ingenious soap.


- Meghan
Posted 01/19/07 11:50 PM
 

How dare you try to take away the best show NBC has to add another hour to the most boring show…. the only reason I ever watch the show is when I AM TOO EXCITED ABOUT PASSIONS! I don’t know how you think it is ok to take something good and destory it for something boring.


- Mary
Posted 01/19/07 10:14 PM
 

OMG!!!

don’t cancell passions!!!
it is the funniest soap that i have ever watched(even though it’s really not suppossed to be funny) :|

all the good time with Timmy (R.I.P)

and even though i don’t watch it anymore i want it to stay on because i think it is a very good soap and i agree with that lindsey girl ;)that it is the only soap that keeps me awake :P

and with chad and whitney, being siblings, not being siblings, etc. :P

theresa is my all time favorite character in this show, i love her, she is so protective of her kids.

although i have only watched it for a few years and now have stopped, i really think they shouldn’t cancel it because what will happen to all the people who watch it PASSIONS? they will be soo lost if they decide to watch another soap…

so wat i am trying to say is that they shouldn’t be cancelled :(


i hope people will take these messages about PASSIONS to heart and let it go on for at least another season :(


bye,

P.S
that lindsey girl is my cousin :P


- ashley
Posted 01/19/07 09:13 PM
 

What the heck is going on here? I watch several soap operas a day but Passions is my number one! I love Passions and it’s the only one that is interesting and I have grown to love it more than Days of Out Lives. Also everyone on Passions is so hot! THis is the only soap opera that even guys I know love. I watch the Today show everyday and turn it off around 9am because it starts to get boring. Then I turn it on at 10 am because its the only local newscast in that time slot. I will be missing my local news….being bored for two hours instead of one, and won’t have my favorite show that brings me to another place in the afternoon. Take off Martha! Martha can be on for 30 minutes and Passions can be a 30 minute show.If NBC does this, I might just give up on being a stay at home mom and getting a job:(


- Tasha
Posted 01/19/07 08:59 PM
 

I can’t believe they’re going to cancel Passions! All for what a 4TH HOUR of the Today show?!? Passiosn may be a little out there at times, but the fact of the matter is that people watch it. Isn’t that the important thing! Do not cancel passions!


- Suranga R
Posted 01/19/07 08:46 PM
 

SAVE Passions !!
its the only soap that is actually interesting and can keep me awake..
like, remember precious the monkey, or chimpanze or whatever..
THAT WAS A CLASSIC!
and the times when Syren the mermaid was around..and norma and edna and when sheridan was kidnapped by beth and allistar and wore the same clothes for like the whole summer?! and when kay joined forces with the darkside or w.e? and the good times with ethan and theresa? and ANTONIO ?!
theres just too many good things on passions that they cant just cut it off..
I’ve been watching passions since i was six..im now 14 !!
that is like a guiness world record..
please dont take away my favourite show !!


- lindsey
Posted 01/19/07 08:32 PM
 

SAVE Passions !!
its the only soap that is actually interesting and can keep me awake..
like, remember precious the monkey, or chimpanze or whatever..
THAT WAS A CLASSIC!
and the times when Syren the mermaid was around..and norma and edna and when sheridan was kidnapped by beth and allistar and wore the same clothes for like the whole summer?! and when kay joined forces with the darkside or w.e? and the good times with ethan and theresa? and ANTONIO ?!
theres just too many good things on passions that they cant just cut it off..


- lindsey
Posted 01/19/07 08:30 PM
 

No one cares about the todayshow. and no one will want to spend 4 hours watching it. 100% of people would rather see passions.


- sammi
Posted 01/19/07 08:26 PM
 

SAVE PASSIONS!!!!today show doesn’t need 4 hours, that shows a piece of crap anyways :@ && trust me if nbc cancels passions ma bff denise lima will be very upset && yes i do call her a passions freak! So everyone msg all ur friends all ask them to help us passions fans to save passions now!!
P.s i did this for you denise && all the passions fans out there ilu all


- Carla S
Posted 01/19/07 06:12 PM
 

WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER HOUR OF THE TODAY SHOW. PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE ON ALL DAY LONG. WHEN EVER YOU TURN ON THE TV YOU SEE NEWS SHOWS. ENOUGH NEWS. ITS ALL BAD ANYWAYS. SO KEEP PASSIONS ON!!!!!!!


- Laurie
Posted 01/19/07 06:00 PM
 

What is going on in this world? The only soap I watch is being cancelled, for some stupid news show that no one in my generation watch. I’ve been watching Passions ever since 8th grade. I even scedule my college classes around the show. Whats next they going to cancel Heroes? These execs don’t even know waht the viewers want. This remind me of what happened a couple of years ago when fox, cancelled Firefly and Reunion. NBC EXECS DON’T BE STUPID, SAVE PASSIONS!!!!!!!!!!


- farah
Posted 01/19/07 05:50 PM
 

SAVE PASSIONS!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON;T NEED A 4TH HOUR OF THE TODAY SHOW, 3 HOURS IS ENOUGH!!!!!!


- michelle
Posted 01/19/07 05:42 PM
 

SAVE PASSIONS NOW!!! It took me years to forgive you for dumping SANTA BARBARA NBC now you have forced me and my family to dump HEROES & DAYS, PLUS our local news. Bite the hand that feeds you and you will feel the pain. Funny how your precious thursday night line up of early renewal comedies took a ratings dip this week AFTER you cancel PASSIONS!!! So save PASSIONS NOW!!! We DO NOT need ANOTHER hour of “filler news.”


- Steve Partain
Posted 01/19/07 05:39 PM
 

OMG!DON’T CANCEL PASSIONS! I LIVE ON PASSIONS! I WILL DIE IF IT IS CANCELED!EVERYONE CALLS ME PASSIONS FREAK! “TODAY ISN’T EVEN A GOOD ENOUGH SHOW TO HAVE 4 HOURS! NBC IS SO WRONG TO CANCEL IT! I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT SINCE I WAS 7 I AM 13 NOW! PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU! TODAY SHOW IS SO BORING MY GOOD YOU RATINGS WILL GO SOOO LOW!A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE PASSIONS! CANCELING PASSIONS IS LIKE SHOOTING ALL THE LOYAL FANS! AND YEAH WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!!!PLEASE! SAVE PASSIONS! YOU WON’T REGRET IT!!!!!


- Denise Lima
Posted 01/19/07 05:34 PM

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