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Passions New Archives: 2002
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January 2002 Tabloid Says Evans Demanding $1,000,00 On Passions, Josh Ryan Evans (Timmy) plays a doll - but a tabloid magazine has accused the actor of being anything but a doll in real life.

January 2002 Renewed Passions at NBC NBC has extended its commitment to its fledgling oft times campy soap, Passions. The peacock network announced last week that it had renewed Passions for another year.

February 2002 Schuldt Opts Not To Renew Contract In a message on his official web site, Travis Schuldt (Ethan Winthrop) informed his fans on his official web site that he had decided not to renew his contract with the show.

February 2002 Marathon Contract Talks At Passions It's crunch time for NBC and its fledgling soap opera, Passions. Though NBC has already green lighted Passions for another season, the three-year-old soap is also seeing the end of many of its stars' contracts. And that means it's time for negotiations.

February 2002 Korman Pulls Off Stunning Dankies Win Two things stand out in the final results of this year's Passions edition of the Soap Opera Central awards: First, no one performer dominated the awards. Second, there were some pretty big surprises when the final votes were tallied.

March 2002 Rumors Have Duhamel Exiting AMC There are rumors abound that two-time Daytime Emmy nominee Josh Duhamel (Leo du Pres) will exit All My Children when his contract expires later this year. But will he join Passions as the new Ethan?

May 2002 Newcomer Will Take Over Role of Ethan NBC announced today that its search for a new Ethan Winthrop has now concluded.

June 2002 Swaby Out; Chad To Be Recast Long-time Passions cast member Donn Swaby (Chad Harris) has announced that he will leave the show later this year.

June 2002 Zea Opts Out As Passions' Gwen Natalie Zea (Gwen Hotchkiss) will leave Passions when her contact expires later this year.

July 2002 Pop The Cork! Hecuba's Returning Robin Strasser (Hecuba) will return to her wickedly delicious role as Passions' Hecuba later this summer.

July 2002 Back A-Gwen: Huber Back To Passions In what is seen as a surprise, Liza Huber (ex-Gwen Hotckiss) will be returning to Passions later this year .

July 2002 Model Tapped As Passions' New Chad The search for a successor to Donn Swaby (Chad Harris) is over. A Passions spokesperson has confirmed that former model Charles Divins will take over Swaby's role later this year.

August 2002 Harlow To Drop To Recurring Status Jade Harlow (Jessica Bennett) has opted not to renew her contract with Passions. Harlow will, however, remain with the show - on a recurring basis.

August 2002 Josh Ryan Evans, Dead at Age 20 Josh Ryan Evans (Timmy, Passions) passed away Monday, August 5th at a San Diego hospital due to complications from a preexisting heart condition. The actor was 20.

August 2002
NBC Cancels Fan Fest For Second Straight Year

NBC has temporarily canceled its Fan Fest celebration. The event, which was to be held November 2nd and 3rd at Universal Studios in Florida, may or may not be rescheduled.