The Russell family also drew media and critical attention for storylines involving various LGBT topics: Chad Harris-Crane's affair with Vincent and subsequent confusion about his sexual orientation, Simone's coming out as lesbian to her family, and the revelation that Vincent was intersex. Despite the criticism, the cast was frequently nominated for NAACP Image Awards and featured prominently in a series of public service announcements for Black History Month in 2003. C., felt they were not used to their full potential. They were praised by cast members, but Rodney Van Johnson, who played T. The characters initially received negative feedback for their representation of an African-American family. Most of the characters left during the show's transition from NBC to DirecTV, leaving Eve and Vincent as the only representatives of the Russell family in the series finale. The Russells are one of the four core families in the fictional town of Harmony, and are characterized by their friendship with the Bennetts and Lopez-Fitzgeralds and their feud with the Cranes.Īs the series progressed, four more characters were added to the family: Eve's vengeful, adoptive sister Liz Sanbourne Eve's child with Julian Crane, Vincent Clarkson Whitney's husband and Liz's son, Chad Harris-Crane and Eve's aunt Irma Johnson. Russell, and their children Whitney and Simone.

Reilly it originally consisted of four characters-the married couple Eve and T. The family was created by the soap's founder and head writer James E. The Russell family is a fictional family depicted on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC (1999–2007) and later on DirecTV (2007–2008).

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