Passions fans will have multiple opportunities to catch the soap when it bows on DirectTV.

Beginning Sept. 17, Passions will air each new episode twice a day, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. EST Mondays through Thursdays, with Passions marathons every Saturday at 10 a.m.

DirectTV subscribers can watch Passions on the satellite television provider's original programming channel 101.