Passions

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Romance, love, jealousy, secrets, surprises, tension, suspence, intrique, treachery, comedy, families, marriages, siblings rivalry, life, death, crime and evil of both the supernatural and the very natural kind. Welcome to Harmony, the picturesique New England town where Passions, America's fastest growing daytime drama, comes to life.
On the surface, Harmony looks like a poster town for New England tourism but every small town has secrets bubbling underneath. When you look beyond the steeple churches, and white picket fences of Harmony, those secrets will be revealed. Based on rich history and mystery of this New England harbor town, PASSIONS explores the lives, loves and losses of four core families: The Cranes, The Lopez-Fitzgerald, The Bennetts, and the Russells, each of whom have their own distinct and diverse challenges and desires.
Since the series debut on July 5, 1999, The Emmy Award winning Passions' quirky characters and classic love stories have generated interest and critical acclaim from the daytime community (Passions have been nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning three; numerous Soap Opera Digest awards and has won two IMAGEN awards) as well as the press, TV Guide (Best Soap 1999 and 2000), Entertainment Weekly ("...comedy, drama, camp classics, soap send up, 'Passions' works."), USA Today("... has a gift for head-turning plots.") and RollingStone and Entertainment Weekly both named it (a "Hot Guilty Pleasure").
Passions, is the creation daytime scribe James E. Reilly, who is considered by many industry insiders to be one of the most innvative and prolific writers of his time (TV guide named him one of Television's Most Valuable Players, February 2001). Passions is produced by NBC Studios in associater with Outpost Farm Productions, INC. and is taped in Studio City, Ca. Lisa de Cazotie is the executive producer. Passions premiered on NBC on July 5, 1999.