Eastenders had its day now?
Has eastenders had its day now? I used to love the prgramme, everyone would be talking about it, now no one mentions it and if they do, its to say how awful it is.
The seem to be in a very bad patch and have been for the last few years. Trying to watch it i find it really iritating, the characters and iritating, the storylines are boring, there is no humour, its the most depressing thing ive seen.
I think there are too many council trash familys in the show now, there isnt an equal balance of diffrent familys and its become like a very bad shameless.
If this carrys on license fee money should be cut and the show should be moved to a daytime slot or put it back to 2 shows per week, or if gets worse maybe they will close the door on it.
Ive no idea where they gonna go with it, but i hope it picks up soon. I shall try to watch over christmas again and hope there is some improvement by then.
The seem to be in a very bad patch and have been for the last few years. Trying to watch it i find it really iritating, the characters and iritating, the storylines are boring, there is no humour, its the most depressing thing ive seen.
I think there are too many council trash familys in the show now, there isnt an equal balance of diffrent familys and its become like a very bad shameless.
If this carrys on license fee money should be cut and the show should be moved to a daytime slot or put it back to 2 shows per week, or if gets worse maybe they will close the door on it.
Ive no idea where they gonna go with it, but i hope it picks up soon. I shall try to watch over christmas again and hope there is some improvement by then.
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As for "council trash families" - wow...
That's your opinion of course, but EE has far from had it's day... it feels livelier now than it's felt in years, there's a huge buzz around the show and there's a huge press conference taking place today plus the announcement of two new characters.
As the ads say change is happening...
Maybe stop criticising the show ay? It was in a bad place... it still is in a bad place but it is improving. Give it chance.
I must admit, even though I've been very (and I mean VERY) critical of EE in the past, I can appreciate it when it actually does improve, and at the moment it's not too bad.
However, I've never felt it was anywhere near having its day because I wasn't enjoying it, so threads like that always made me laugh
However, on topic, no the show has not had its day. It still gets on average 8 million viewers per episode and drums up a lot of media interest.
It’s clear that DTC has come in with a strategy for the show. There is a lot more cohesion and you get the impression that the show has direction for the first time in recent memory.
All the new signings are great additions (the midnight announcement tonight being another corker), the axe has fallen on the right people and in general it feels like its picking up pace and momentum.
In hindsight I’m glad the show bombed at the soap awards, as I think it gave the producers (and BBC) the shock it needed.
As for your comment regarding the licence fee, a tiny fraction of that goes towards EastEnders.
In answer to your question. No it hasn't
It's lightyears ahead of Coronation Street.
I lost interest in EastEnders with the "baby swap" storyline. I have watched it a couple of times since and whilst I no longer enjoy the show the audiences suggest otherwise.
Every soap goes through peaks and troughs... EastEnders has had a bad year HOWEVER Dominic Treadwell-Collins has been drafted in and the general consensus seems to be is that he knows how to improve the show and take it forward to it's 30th birthday in 2015.
I wish him and the team at EastEnders well, and I have every faith they'll do it justice.
So, no, I disagree. EastEnders HASN'T had it's day.
It's also important to remember that in terms of soap viewing figures that the Christmas Episode of 1986 is #1 for the largest audience.
Now, Hollyoaks on the other hand...