WTF - Passions on SciFi Channel

[YankeyMCC]

Ok, so I flick on SciFi this morning and they are showing "Passions"??

I've heard of this show, just the title and vaguely aware it is a soap opera of some sort. But am I missing something? I remember it was referred to in Buffy (Spike was a fan) but is there more of a SciFi connection than that to justify it being selected for showing on a "SciFi" Channel?

Of course this is the same network that showed that John Edwards crap. So maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

[Technowitch]

1. Uh... you sure that was the SF channel?

I've occasionally had Tivo glitches, when it thought the cable box was on one station when in fact it was on another.

Also, sometimes the cable company will get the channels scrambled.

[YankeyMCC]

2. Positive

That was the first thing I thought...I wasn't on the correct channel but I was indeed on SciFi and it wasn't a cable mix-up where they were transmitting the wrong network over the wrong channel either.

http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=3-APR-2006&feed_req

[YankeyMCC]

3. Ok it's on again

for any doubters turn on the SciFi channel at 9AM Eastern US time.

[Technowitch]

4. Jumpin' jehosephats...

Guess they're hurting for cash if they're showing that kind of dreck.

[Atmashine]

5. Passions is awesome.

lol. I like their cheesey special effects. Ohya!

[liontamer]

6. i just noticed it today

Spike and joyce were both fans. I was shocked to find out it was a real show.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I thought "Passions" has a bit of a sci-fi element to it?

Heck, I remember in the early 80s, some mainstream soap operas like "General Hospital" had storylines out of the sci-fi/fantasy world with vampires & magic and the like.

[Deja Q]

9. The fact jailbait can go at it with each other and not get arrested?

:hide:

[Deja Q]

8. I saw that Thu AM. Then on IMC, two channels down, had

"From the Earth to the Moon" (1958).

I first thought the cable guy crossed the wires.

But, no, sci-fi is now shows total soaps. :dunce:

[semillama]

10. It gets worse.

Now that Vince McMahon has brought back his old competitor, ECW, guess which channel will be airing the TV show? You guessed it, SCI-FI. Now, of course, wrestling IS fiction. but it's the SCIFI CHANNEL DAMNIT!

In my opinion, SCIFI has been going straight downhill ever since they canned GvsE.