Fans of the old NBC soap “Passions,” which moved exclusively to DirecTV satellite on Sept. 17, can now continue to watch new ninth-season episodes online.
For just $19.95 a month.
Gulp. You give DirecTV $20, and you’ve bought yourself a few dozen channels, via a nice clear digital broadcast signal on your big-screen TV. You give NBC.com $20, and you get one show that might or might not stream at a fast or slow speed, in a computer-screen window. (It's on NBC.com because the network's owned studio continues to produce "Passions" for DirecTV.)
The episodes will, however, remain on the site for eight weeks for easy catchup, starting Monday (Oct. 1).
Read the press release here.
[Above: Juliet Mills and Georgia Engel in NBC photo by Paul Skipper.]