The 40 Best Soap Operas Ever – Ranked

Published on February 4, 2020 By Leah Goldberg

25. Passions

This soap opera included Jesse Metcalfe, who went on to Desperate Housewives fame as well as the gorgeous James Hyde. NBC’s Passions first aired on the 5th of July 1999 and its last episode was on the 7th of September 2007. It covered the lives and loves of the people of a place called Harmony. It even has paranormal events occurring in the soapie.

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It’s was an interesting soap opera as it had many multiracial main families in it. There were the half-Mexican, half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds, African American Russells and the Caucasian Cranes and Bennetts. There was also a supernatural story line including a witch and her doll which came to life, which is quite creepy! The soapie did incredibly well for the female age, 12-17 group and was nominated for many Daytime Emmy Awards.