Is Hollyoaks dead yet?
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I stopped watching around 3 weeks ago and haven't regretted it. Since then I believe Carmel has gone, the guy who plays Dodger is leaving, and there is an upcoming "shock" storyline of Perry having Toms baby. 
I see the drama never stops to draw in the younger audiences for Hollyoaks, but i'd be surprised if we saw this soap go on past 2015.
I see the drama never stops to draw in the younger audiences for Hollyoaks, but i'd be surprised if we saw this soap go on past 2015. 0
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I'm about half and half with it, I wont quit watching it anytime soon, not while the Blakes are still around, but I do think they are going over the top with the drama without giving enough breathing time in between, plus all those pregnancies!
I see your that bored of HO and not regretting it that you read the spoilers and start threads like this
I'm sort of forcing myself at this stage just to see if any good eventually comes. If not, then I'm close to hanging the gloves.
zombie apocalypse is all the rage now. It would really suit some of the actors to a tee!
LOL. No. The ratings aren't that bad. Yet ;-)
Me too. But the ratings is what Bryan is counting on. Not the opinions! So us watching is what keeps Bryan going.
Actually it isn't Hollyoaks target demographic is much narrower. The 16 to mid twenties. It was that demographic that was targeted by both the Nescafe and Wrigley sponsorship deals.
The truth is Hollyoaks actually generates less advertising revenue that it once did. There is no multi million pound sponsorship deals and advertising revenue from selling airtime during commercial breaks is down from what it once was.
Even the audience share for those in the 16-mid twenty age range is getting less than those over 35.
Hollyoaks is tired, clichéd, and repetitive in plots. Any half decent commissioning editor would have axed it ages ago, unfortunately Channel 4 has Jay Hunt, a woman who couldn't organize a party in a brewers if she tried who is keeping Hollyoaks on air due to her incompetence.
No McQueens is fine by me.
Well Hollyoaks is the only soap channel 4 have, so they would likely keep hold of it for that reason.
However I simply can't see where else there is for the show to go.
Bryan Birkwood has sucked the life and soul out of it completely.
There is just nothing left. Its just one big display of sillyness start to finish.
I love how the OP on that thread predicted that Brookie would end a year later & it did essentialy. Once it was taken out of its time slots that was it really.
Thing is with HO, it's on quite a lot & the quality has gone downhill, it's been showing on TV for a while now.
I never said this myself and I don't have the link but someone posted it last week. It wouldn't surprise me if HO does better through targeted demographic marketing than CS or ED, as their audiences are older. The link listed how people within this age group spend more on fashion, beauty products and technology. I hated HO when I was aged between 16-25 and I started watching when I was 27.
I agree, sadly. What a waste.