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| U.S. soap operas |
| Currently on the air: |
| All My Children |
| As the World Turns |
| The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Days of Our Lives |
| General Hospital |
| Guiding Light |
| One Life to Live |
| Passions |
| The Young and the Restless |
| Important cancelled soaps: |
| Port Charles (cancelled 2003) |
| Another World (1999) |
| The City (1997) |
| Loving (1995) |
| Santa Barbara (1993) |
| Ryan's Hope (1989) |
| Capitol (1987) |
| Search for Tomorrow (1986) |
| The Edge of Night (1984) |
| Love of Life (1980) |
| The Secret Storm (1974) |
| Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1973) |
| Dark Shadows (1971) |
Passions is an American television soap opera. Veteran soap opera writer James E. Reilly created the program, which debuted in July 1999, on NBC. Passions follows the various romantic and supernatural adventures of the residents of Harmony, a fictional New England hamlet.
Major storylines throughout the soap's run have included Dr. Eve's (played by Tracey Ross) affair with Crane heir Julian (Ben Masters), Whitney's (Brook Kerr) romantic relationship with her half-brother Chad (Donn Swaby, then Charles Divins), Theresa's (Lindsay Korman Hartley) interference in Ethan (Travis Schuldt, then Eric Martsolf) and Gwen's (Liza Huber) marriage, Kay's (Taylor Anne Mountz, then Deanna Wright) continued desire to be with her cousin's boyfriend Miguel (Jesse Metcalfe), Sheridan (McKenzie Westmore) and Luis's (Galen Gering) continued separation from each other, and Tabitha's (Juliet Mills) destruction of the citizens of Harmony.