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ITV ‘baffled’ by Coronation Street ratings decline
An article from a few days ago on ATVtoday
http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/p60630-itv/
Will let you have a read for yourself but the opening of the article states:
Do ITV Granada employ a bunch of thickos?
If they cannot see the mess themselves that Blackburn is making of the show then they should really not be working in the broadcasting industry.
http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/p60630-itv/
Will let you have a read for yourself but the opening of the article states:
ITV Granada bosses are said to be ‘baffled’ as to why their flagship serial is dwindling in the ratings. Coronation Street has seen viewing figures slide across the past year.
Do ITV Granada employ a bunch of thickos?
If they cannot see the mess themselves that Blackburn is making of the show then they should really not be working in the broadcasting industry.
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The man is in a world of his own making. He thought the Phelan storyline with Anna was great. He enthused about the upcoming story with Faith. He seems to love the whole Anna/Owen family. For me as a long time viewer they are one of the worse aspects of the programme. He has no idea what the viewers want.
Of course the worst was Max going from quiet child sitting in his room to mad devil boy overnight and then being diagnosed with ADHD instantly. It takes longer than that to even see a specialist never mind get a diagnosis and meds. The only thing I was glad about was they didn't make it autism with absolutely no prior clue. If they carry on like this even more will switch off.
ITV will never make the decision to reduce the number of epiosdesof both coronation street and emmerdaily . After all ITV is a business and the shareholders come first
Itv will not cut the ep and I don't see why they would anyway, the only think I would say is maybe not two eps on Monday go back to one Sunday but not fused tbh. And itv is not going to do anything with CS or ED they are itv and make the most money for them
In last night's episode, Gail's & Micheal's performance made me cringe and want to vomit!
It is obvious that ITV do not read reviews or forums relating to Corrie, if they did they would understand what is wrong with the show at present - Stuart Blackburn - and would do something about it.
At least the BBC knew that EE was going through a bad patch, rather than sit around scratching their heads like the bafoons at ITV are currently doing, and at least took steps to rectify the problems ("Terminating" the contracts of Kirkwood and Newman).
Agreed!!
Awful show, corrie is now! EastEnders is recovering and isn't as good as it used to be, but corrie really is awful! How it got 7.5 million idk! Them figures will go downnnn soon! The only good thing Blackburn produced was the Hayley storyline, but he even ruined that a little bit at times, IMO! I quite liked the Karl/Stella stuff but even that got boring, and the reveal was just tragic! Blackburns 2013 was ok, the start of 2013 was exceptional, but most of that wasn't Blackburns work anyway! He is a very bad producer, and it looks like corrie are stuck with the guy!
Another problem is the scheduling – half an hour of Corrie then half an hour of even cheaper junk followed by more Corrie. Many people switch off and don’t switch back. If you get into a good programme that starts at eight on another channel you won’t switch back at eight thirty.
All this AND Corrie and The Dale are junk!! Mind you I would rather watch Corrie than East Enders – it would make you want to switch off and read a book.
I absolutely LOVE Emmerdale now - so much better with someone else in charge.
I also LOVE Corrie - but it has gone a bit skewifff lately (Is that a word?). And this Michael and Gail storyline is sooooo pukey it's untrue
How is Eccles doing?
Those that want the old fashioned Corrie and those that want the stunts and dramatic stories.
It is difficult to please both.
Corrie's saving grace in the past was great characters.
Unfortunately even those that were great characters in the past are not as good as they were.
Something does need changing.
However turning the programme into the cosy programme of old is not the answer.
What is needed is a better balance of stories between cosy humorous stories and dramatic stories.
Many of the stories over the past few years all had good potential but they have not been executed as well as they could have been.
Getting rid of characters is also not the answer as most of them have been much better in the past.
So it could be the writers, the producer (SB) or maybe the Executive Producer (Kieran Roberts).
Or maybe viewers want more form drama series than soap operas can deliver.
People (especially younger people) are more interested in programmes like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones and find Soap's boring.
I wish the Andrea and ex husband storyline will come tro an end - that is so boring too!
I don't think that Corrie should be aimed at the younger people anyway!! It was never aimed at youth in the old days was it? Kids aged 8 - 12 should be doing their homework, and teenagers should be watching or playing games on their X-boxes in the bedroom!!
Corrie is for ADULTS!! It was in my day!
When I mean younger viewers I mean twentysomethings not teenagers.
The younger characters on a soap opera are there to develop stories for the adults.
Some of those younger characters can develop into adult characters themselves.
After all Ken, Steve & Gail were all younger characters at one time.
By the way I am 52 next month and I am a major Game of Thrones fan along with many other American Sci-Fi and Fantasy programmes as well as programmes like Bones, Rizzoli & Isles and Rookie Blue.
Most of these programmes have soap elements in them.
Well said and in full agreement.
I doubt they really are baffled. It's one thing saying their baffled and actually being it.
Eg.
Tracy is a baddie. No matter what she does she is a baddie. Lots of people had a hand in telling about the source of Peter's booze but only Tracy got lambasted for it. She was only trying to protect her daughter yet she had 2 dressing downs in the Rovers for it because Tracy is a baddie.
Michelle Connor is a goodie. Yet she has treated Steve appallingly. She swivels her eyes at him, belittles him, screams at him, bosses him, tells him to get a vasectomy and drags him down the street by his ear. But Michelle is a goodie.
That's just one of the many reasons viewers don't like Corrie. The characters and their SLs just don't make sense.
And they expect the viewers to like who they tell us to like eg. Michelle, Fiz and Sophie who are loathed. That's one of the reasons viewers are peed off with Corrie.