Passions

 - by Mary Montanari, Soap Opera Examiner Many of your have already read the news that McKenzie Westmore (ex Sheridan-Passions) has landed the role of the ...

By Annie When the season-long plot arc is resolved with twenty minutes still to go, you know this is a jam-packed season finale. There are no fewer than seven storylines going on, so let's get right to it. When the season-long plot arc is resolved with twenty minutes still to go, you know this is a jam-p...

 CA - Oddly enough, the show mines the more genteel pastures of daytime soaps for many of its performers. Cafeo emoted for a nine-episode run on Passions; ...

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Daytime lost a legend last month with the passing of head writer James E. Reilly, who is best remembered for creating "Passions" and for the Marlena-possessed-by-the-devil story line on "Days of our Lives." The prodigious scribe was in ...

Residents of Pine Valley can expect the arrival of a new doctor in town as McKenzie Westmore joins the cast of All My Children .

By BuddyTV Residents of Pine Valley can expect the arrival of a new doctor in town as McKenzie Westmore joins the cast of All My Children.  The 31-year-old actress will be making her debut on the ABC soap in December as a psychiatrist who is expected to be involved in Annie's (Melissa Claire Egan) story...

NBC is already displaying their budget cuts by hiring actors from failed soap opera Passions to join the Days cast. I think John and Marlena are crucial to the show, and may lose more viewers. I think I’ll miss John’s eyebrows the most. ...

By daysofourlives If they do recast, the only actor that currently comes to mind is Jason Hartley, who played the original Fox Crane on Passions. Hey, why not? They already snapped up Eric Martsolf and Galen Gering!! What’s one more Passions alumni? ...

By Matthew Purvis Career Highlights in Soaps: Eric is known best as Ethan Winthrop, lawyer, lover and often extraordinarily naive human being on fellow NBC soap Passions. He played the role from 2002 until the series ended in 2008. Claim to fame: He’s received numerous Daytime pre-Emmy nods.

Amid constant speculation that Days of Our Lives will go the way of Passions and get cancelled, the NBC soap got a reprieve as they signed an 18-month deal with Sony Pictures TV. Since their current contract will be up in March, 2009, that means Days will stay on the air at least until Septembe...

A new face is headed to Pine Valley this winter. Soaps.com has learned that McKenzie Westmore (ex-Sheridan Crane, Passions) will come to All My Children in December! McKenzie will play a psychiatrist beginning in December. *** Spoiler Alert *** On November 10, fans realized that Annie was...

By Matthew Purvis Eric Martsolf, (ex-Ethan Winthrop on Passions) and the new Brady Black on Days, will be guest starring on “NCIS” on November 11. Look for it on your local CBS station. Fans of Eric’s work won’t want to miss it. “It’s pretty funny. It’s pretty great,” he said. Find out more about what Eric had to say...

By Lori Wilson So there you have it. Straight from the man himself. For more about Brady’s return to Days of our Lives, read our exclusive interview with Eric Martsolf on Soaps.com. But before you do, don’t forget to share your thoughts about Eric taking over the role of Brady with Soap Opera Fan Blog below!

By Kyle Buchanan In the early days of the show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend of the late Diana, Princess of Wales; soon Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana on the phone immediately prior to the 1997 car accident which took the Princess' life. Sheridan also has a similar acc...

By Sara A Bibel Fancast.com Friday Night In The Daytime? Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d type: Friday Night Lights is falling in Passions footsteps. The critically acclaimed primetime soap has moved from NBC to DirectTV for its initial... By Sara A Bibel Fancast.com Friday Night In The Da...

For longtime fans, and new viewers alike, Soaps.com is happy to bring you our interview with one of Daytime's veteran actresses, Andrea Evans (Tina Lord)! Like you know, Andrea just recently returned to One Life to Live on June 11, 2008, and has been with the show off and on since 1978! Sit ba...

By Angela R. Lindsay Hartley has spent the last nine years of her life portraying Passions' Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane, but now that the show has ended, she's enjoying being a stay-at-home mom for the first time. Saying that 4-year-old daughter Isabella Justice is at "such a great age," Lindsay...

As everyone knows, this has been the final week for Passions, barring some surprise resurrection in the future. Unlike some of the characters on the series, I have little faith in such things and have been watching the show quickly move to its fated conclusion. Now everyone has seen the conc...

After nine years of Theresa's crocodile tears and outrageous schemes, Passions Lindsay Hartley is enjoying life as a mom. "I'm just hanging out and taking care of Isabella (4)," Lindsay Hartley told soaps.com when we ran into her and hubby Justin Hartley at a CW party in July. "It's great. She...

Passions fans won't want to miss what may be their last opportunity to purchase a little memento from the show. Following the success of the previous auction, there will be one more. On August the 9th, 2008 at 12:00 PM PST, a selection of props and costumes from the series will be going up for au...

By Angela We're so thrilled. Royce is going to be an adorable big brother! The pregnancy comes at a perfect time, as Liza's run on the daytime serial Passions comes to an end with the show's finale on August 11th. Source: Soap Opera Digest; Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.

After nine years of playing the entitled and ever-meddling Ivy Winthrop Crane, Kim Johnston Ulrich has been through it all on Passions - blackmail, a lightning storm, a tsunami and even DirecTV. So after speaking with her on the phone, I wasn’t surprised to learn that walking away from Har...

The last time we saw Spike on Passions, he was threatening Jessica (of course) in regards to their son. It’s been months since that happened, so when I recently spoke with Spike’s portrayer, Christopher Maleki, after he returned from a relaxing eight-day trip to the Virgin Islands, I assu...

She has played Eve Russell since Passions began in 1999, but in just a few short weeks, her portrayer Tracey Ross and her fans must say goodbye to the good doctor permanently. For the past nine years, we have seen Eve battle drug and alcohol addiction, Alistair, her sister Liz and her son/dau...

Although Passions is scheduled to end on August the 11th, Canadian fans of the series can still look forward to it continuing to air on a daily basis. Super Channel, which is the only Canadian channel that still carries the series, has confirmed for us that they will continue airing episode...

Now that Harmony seems to be verging on the end, in one way or another, it's only fitting that some of the mysteries of the past start to be resolved. One of these concerns what happened to that other Lopez-Fitzgerald brother, Antonio. We last caught a glimpse of Antonio when his "ghost" visit...

Since we took a look at the original Charity last week, this time we'll follow the actresses who have played both her and her numerous doubles over the years. Perhaps more than any other character, Charity has had the habit of reappearing in false or evil variations of herself. After Zombie C...

Although Passions currently has its share of rather unpredictable blond women, the show used to have one who wasn't a Crane. Yes, I am speaking of course of Charity Standish, the insanely innocent and virginal niece of resident goody-goody Hope Bennett. She arrived in Harmony after Tabit...

Since the end of Passions was announced several months ago, many of the series' actors have already started moving on to other roles and new projects. Of course, for many of the show's long term characters, the move to a career independent of their characters in Harmony began when the show m...

With the 35th Annual Daytime Emmys fast approaching and the often controversial and critically snubbed Passions' reaching its end, it seemed like a good time to cast a nostalgic glance back at one of the series' most acidly criticized ventures. Creator, Producer and Head Writer, James E....

Do you remember the time before Sheridan went to the dark side? If you do, you will likely remember some of the other actresses who have played the role. Although McKenzie Westmore will always be Sheridan Crane to most Passions fans, the part has actually been played by a few different actre...

Passions may be airing on DirecTv through August, but for the cast and crew, the show is essentially over. Having finished taping at the end of March, the actors already bid adieu to their home in Harmony, but fortunately for us fans, we have a couple of months before we have to say our goodbye...

Is it true that two "Passions" actors died on the very week the characters they played were killed off? -- Phyllis in Lyndhurst, Ohio asks Lynda Hirsch in her weekly Soap "Question & Answer" Column. via National Ledger

Harmony's, apparently solitary, super doctor, Eve Russell could use a little more support right now considering the chaos that seems to engulf every moment of her life, drunk or sober. Unfortunately for her, there's no one to turn to, certainly not her family, who are usually the source o...

Since the end of Passions on DirecTV was announced several months ago, fans have anxiously sought out news of a third life for the show, whether it would be online, on the Oxygen Network, or somewhere else. These past few weeks have been especially tense as the show wrapped production, bega...

When we heard that the character of Roberto would be returning to Harmony, we were curious to say the least. What made things even more exciting was that the role would be getting a new actor and, one expects, a new twist. Jean Paul San Pedro has taken over the role and will be making his first app...

Passions fans have been shocked to see that troubled and troublesome Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane has, apparently, gone to sleep with the fishes, or the sharks at least. Following Kay's premonition that death was coming to someone from Harmony, could it really be that she is gone? And...

While Theresa seems to be swimming with the fishes this week, we thought it would be a good time to see what the other Theresa was up to. For those who don't recall, or perhaps didn't notice, the role of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane has actually been played by an actress other than the inimi...

This past week, viewers have been treated to seeing a little bit of what Passions often does the best— parodying the cliches of daytime television. While an embattled Theresa hopped on a jet and headed to Mexico to finish her family's battle with the nefarious Juanita, she still managed to...

Have you heard about what happened to The 4400 of The Dead Zone series on USA? Is there any hope for the survival of NBC's Journeyman show? Could the Passions soap opera possibly be cancelled twice in one year? What's going on with ABC's Big Shots? Is it cancelled? Will it be back? Plus news on...

Love the sun and the sea? Passionate about Passions? Always wanted to meet Eric Martsolf (Ethan Winthrop)? If you can answer "yes" to any of those questions, you're sure to be interested in this. A few of the stars of Passions will be taking guests on a special cruise this coming April the 1st...

This year has been a twisting and turning roller coaster ride for fans of Passions. Has it finally come to an unfortunate end? Just 11 months ago, NBC announced that the network was canceling eight-year-old Passions. The soap would leave the airwaves in Fall 2007 at least in part to make room...

Though the switch has been coming for months, lots of Passions fans were still in shock when the residents of Harmony left NBC after eight seasons. On September 17th, Passions began its ninth season on DirecTV's exclusive Channel 101. For a variety of reasons, not all of the fans could follo...

Soap finds new life on satellite TV subscription), MN - NBC's "Passions" becomes DirecTV's "Passions" this September when the satellite service rescues the daytime drama the peacock network is cutting loose. ...

Miguel asks Kay to forget about their dreams of a future together. He explains his circumstances have changed and Fox can provide for Kay and Maria in a way that he can’t.      The half-man/half-woman has Theresa cornered in one of the secret passageways. Ethan tries to find her but the tortur...

 SD - Passions: Endora, who's a witch, zapped the Scissor Sisters into Tabitha's living room for a private concert. Tabitha warned Kay that someone in Harmony ...

 SD - Passions: The mysterious Peeping Tom/rapist put Ethan in a trance, then took him to Theresa's bedroom. Theresa was shocked to find Ethan in her bed. ...

 - TV Studio to bring old episodes of Peacock Peacock 's "Passions" to Sci ... Launched in 1999, ongoing soap opera soap opera stars a 300-year-old witch who meddles ...