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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 443442" data-attributes="member: 27">In 1998/99, NBC made a big deal about this new soap they planned to put on the air.&nbsp; It was made obvious that either Another World (its longest-running soap) or Sunset Beach (its youngest) would be cancelled to make way for what would become Passions.&nbsp; So for most of that period fans of the shows sat wondering just which soap would go.&nbsp; As a longtime AW fan I saw how the show had declined in quality due to mismanagement by NBC and its production company, P&amp;G; I&#039;m sure SuBe viewers were just as nervous, considering the show had never been a ratings winner and was in fact lower rated than AW.&nbsp; As lackluster as it was, I still wanted AW to &quot;win&quot; since it was my favorite show.So when AW introduced a sci-fi/fantasy plotline involving a time-traveling villain arriving in town to meddle in the lives of various Bay City residents, I knew it was time to say my good-byes because that sort of insanity (especially on a traditional soap like AW) was just the sort of nonsense that the show had resisted doing for years.&nbsp; The plotline was ridiculous and insulting and I could tell the actors were just ready for it all to be over.&nbsp; Sure enough, NBC announced AW would be ending in June 1999 and Passions would premiere in July.&nbsp; While SuBe fans likely thought they had &quot;won,&quot; NBC snatched that relief from them by cancelling SuBe by year&#039;s end, as well. Passions never scored ratings higher than AW had carried for the network, so the entire year of uncertainty led to no one winning, especially NBC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 443442, member: 27"] In 1998/99, NBC made a big deal about this new soap they planned to put on the air. It was made obvious that either [I]Another World[/I] (its longest-running soap) or [I]Sunset Beach[/I] (its youngest) would be cancelled to make way for what would become [I]Passions. [/I]So for most of that period fans of the shows sat wondering just which soap would go. As a longtime AW fan I saw how the show had declined in quality due to mismanagement by NBC and its production company, P&G; I'm sure SuBe viewers were just as nervous, considering the show had never been a ratings winner and was in fact lower rated than AW. As lackluster as it was, I still wanted AW to "win" since it was my favorite show. So when AW introduced a sci-fi/fantasy plotline involving a time-traveling villain arriving in town to meddle in the lives of various Bay City residents, I knew it was time to say my good-byes because that sort of insanity (especially on a traditional soap like AW) was just the sort of nonsense that the show had resisted doing for years. The plotline was ridiculous and insulting and I could tell the actors were just ready for it all to be over. Sure enough, NBC announced AW would be ending in June 1999 and [I]Passions[/I] would premiere in July. While SuBe fans likely thought they had "won," NBC snatched that relief from them by cancelling SuBe by year's end, as well. [I] Passions [/I]never scored ratings higher than AW had carried for the network, so the entire year of uncertainty led to [B][I]no one[/I][/B] winning, especially NBC. [/QUOTE]

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