Marlena Evans being possessed by Satan that drew new viewers, but also tended to alienate stalwart fans. Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for Days of Our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines like that of heroine Dr. Passions debuted on NBC broadcast television in July 1999 with major fanfare. As of 2021, Passions is the last daytime television soap opera created for American network television. The final episode was broadcast in August 2008. In December 2007, just months after picking up the series, DirecTV decided not to renew its contract for Passions, and the studio was subsequently unable to sell the series elsewhere. The series aired its final episode on NBC on September 7, 2007, with new episodes continuing on DirectTV's 101 Network starting on September 17. The series was subsequently picked up by DirecTV.

NBC cancelled Passions on January 16, 2007. The series also features supernatural elements, which focus mainly on town witch Tabitha Lenox ( Juliet Mills) and her doll-come-to life, Timmy ( Josh Ryan Evans). Storylines center on the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families: the African American Russells, the white Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds. Reilly and produced by NBC Studios, Passions follows the lives, loves and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony, a small town in New England with many secrets. Passions is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008.

Pooja's Passion by Chetna Khanna