Are you a loyal soap fan?

RonSwanson92 · 14/12/13 - 01:13

I was wondering if I was the only person who can be quite flaky with soaps?

If a soap is going through a rough patch for a while I give up and wont watch until I hear it's on the rise again, which I have just done with EastEnders this week.

HavingALaugh · 14/12/13 - 01:17

Yes I still watch all 3 of them

RonSwanson92 · 14/12/13 - 01:18

HavingALaugh wrote: »

Yes I still watch all 3 of them

Even if one or more of them was terrible for a long period of time you wouldn't stop watching?

[Deleted User] · 14/12/13 - 01:20

I bounce between soaps but I guess the soap I'm loyal to at the moment is Hollyoaks but when I first joined DS it was Eastenders and last year it was Emmerdale

[Deleted User] · 14/12/13 - 01:30

I am - good or bad, I still rip the piss out of them - they don't come any more loyal than me.

Studmuffin · 14/12/13 - 01:32

Uncle Quentin wrote: »

I am - good or bad, I still rip the piss out of them - they don't come any more loyal than me.

^^ This. I might be 5000 miles away but I still watch them while slagging them off in equal measure.

Vicks-Louise · 14/12/13 - 01:35

Yep I watch the 3 (what I call) "top" soaps all the time even if it takes a nose dive off the cliff for a while - sometimes I find my self wondering why I am still watching but I stick with it

SalfordPrincess · 14/12/13 - 01:41

I am loyal or so I thought,ive watched all 3 soaps religiously since I was about 14/15,im now 36.But in the past couple of months Ive not watched EE at all and don't miss it,i used to love it but not anymore,shame.I also slag them all off but that's allowed for a seasoned soap pro:D

Pinkminxy · 14/12/13 - 01:47

I watch all 3. When they're going through a rough patch I might not be as keen to watch but I usually still have them playing in the background. Really struggling with Eastenders at the moment because I can't stand Ronnie, but I just stick it on mute or do something on the computer while it's playing.

dan2008 · 14/12/13 - 01:52

Yes,Any of the soaps I watch I still with no matter what.
The last time I missed an episode of EastEnders was mid 90's
I see no need to miss an episode with catch up,recordings ect anyway.

Cal_Scream2 · 14/12/13 - 02:07

I go phases on which soap is my favourite, surprisingly, it's never Corrie. :P

At the moment its EastEnders, around a month ago it was Hollyoaks and its been Emmerdale all year until it was Hollyoaks.

MutantX · 14/12/13 - 02:09

No matter how shit it is I will forever watch EastEnders. Try giving up after snake gate but it didn't work.....:D

callumfreeman · 14/12/13 - 02:12

Uncle Quentin wrote: »

I am - good or bad, I still rip the piss out of them - they don't come any more loyal than me.

This! I always enjoy Corrie for good moan.

:D

No matter how bad the storylines will be, if they where excellent I am sure there would be nothing to complain about - how boring!

:p:D

Marcusjll · 14/12/13 - 02:17

I think as long as Coronation Street keeps its older cast I will remain loyal to it. I keep coming back and to Eastenders and Hollyoaks - Eastenders I was loyal with, but stopped watching from about 2012-2013, just getting back into it now, though.

mo mouse · 14/12/13 - 02:44

All 3 for me even though I hate them all. Have got into Pobol Y Cwm in a big way this year. Definitely my current favourite.

necromancer20 · 14/12/13 - 02:54

I only watch EastEnders and yes I'm loyal to it. I haven't missed an episode since I started watching it regularly 8 years ago.

[Deleted User] · 14/12/13 - 04:22

mo mouse wrote: »

All 3 for me even though I hate them all. Have got into Pobol Y Cwm in a big way this year. Definitely my current favourite.

LOL!!!!!!!!

:D:D

ursula321 · 14/12/13 - 04:25

Watch Hollyoaks, Corrie and Emmerdale all the time. Watch EE most of the time but find it a bit boring and im not that bothered if I miss it.

biscuitfactory · 14/12/13 - 05:24

I would say I'm addicted rather than loyal.

I gave up Eastenders about 10 years ago and have no plans to ever rejoin it, but I watch Corrie and Emmerdale avidly.

Emmerdale has been grinding my gears recently. There's only one storyline I find bearable right now - the goings on at Homefarm. Everything else is making me shout at my telly or squirm in my seat, especially 'Vicar Wars' ( that seems to be over, finally ) and Moira putting her loathesome nephew who she hasn't seen for years over her son.
Yet I still keep tuning in.

big dan · 14/12/13 - 05:29

ED and Corrie are both peeing me off no end at
the moment - the former mainly for David/Alicia/David. 'Ooh let's get married', 'lol dunno if we should', 'tell Priya!', 'aww poor Priya'.. rinse and repeat. Corrie for the David fiasco. I still watch and slag them off no end though. It's a twisted loyalty. EE is actually maintaining
my patience the most at the moment!

kitkat1971 · 14/12/13 - 06:09

Yes I pretty much watch them no matter what. I'll miss episodes but have never made a decision to just stop watching because it is bad. It's like Doctor Who - been part of my life since I was a small child and stuck with it through the dark days of the late 80s - I can't imagine ever not watching it.

However, I do complain about shows when they are having bad spells and some people seem to think that isn't very loyal. If you are a fan you have to praise and support no matter what and I don't agree with that at all.

Studmuffin · 14/12/13 - 08:59

I've just started watching Hollyoaks for the first time in years. When I say years...Gary Lucy was still in it and they had their first serial killer when I last watched it. The pub exterior shots were from Goodfellas down near Handbridge in Chester. Now it's all filmed in Childwall.

Amazee-Dayzee · 14/12/13 - 10:31

I watched Eastenders since late 2010, but I started watching US soaps in 2003.

thejoyof_pat · 14/12/13 - 12:14

I'm loyal to the soap I love, it use to be EE but now it's ED.

Andybear · 14/12/13 - 13:31

I watch them until I get fed up of them and once I'm fed up of them I never go back to them. That happened with both Eastenders and Corrie. I still love Emmerdale and Home & Away but if I get fed up of them then I'll stop watching them too.

HavingALaugh · 14/12/13 - 14:06

RonSwanson92 wrote: »

Even if one or more of them was terrible for a long period of time you wouldn't stop watching?

No I don't think so, I can't see myself stopping watching them. I think it's a habit

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