CW has ordered five more episodes of Privileged, bringing its total season one order to 18 episodes:

While not the same as a full-season, 22-episode order, the greenlight indicates The CW is happy with the show’s creative direction.

Airing Tuesdays at 9 after “90210,” “Privileged” has been a decent ratings performer for The CW. Last night’s episode earned a 1.7 rating among female teens, tying the series’ best numbers in that demographic.

Whew, good thing the CW finally came up with a teen-driven soap that viewers are tuning into besides One Tree Hill, 90210, Gossip Girl… Hey, if it ain’t broke, right?

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NBC cancelled their Passions soap opera after eight seasons to make room for a fourth hour of the Today show:

On Wednesday, after years of low ratings and increasing fan outcry over slow-developing story arcs, NBC canceled the soap to make room for an expanded “Today” show. “Passions” will stay on the air through at least mid-June to wrap up its hanging plotlines.

NBC is hinting the show may live on on cable or online in a much leaner form, meaning a much smaller cast and perhaps a new head writer, charged with creating storylines built around those fewer characters and appeasing disillusioned fans.

Of the nine soaps on broadcast cable, Passions always received the lowest ratings.