Hollyoaks - how do you watch it?
KornerKabin
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Hi everyone,
I don't watch Hollyoaks at all these days, my high point was around 2005/2006 and I slowly tailed off from there.
Having just read the ratings round up from last night, I was surprised to see that the Channel 4 airing at 6:30 pm and the E4 'first look' have a similar number of viewers. Is this always the case? It's really got me wondering about the way that viewers watch Hollyoaks.
Do you watch at 6:30 pm, then watch the E4 'first look' and then watch the repeat of the E4 first look again the following day before watching the next 'first look' episode?
Is there a definite split between viewers who only watch the 6:30 pm airing and those who watch the 'first look'? If you watch one, do you never watch the other?
I feel like I've entered some sort of wormhole.
Any answers most welcome!
I don't watch Hollyoaks at all these days, my high point was around 2005/2006 and I slowly tailed off from there.
Having just read the ratings round up from last night, I was surprised to see that the Channel 4 airing at 6:30 pm and the E4 'first look' have a similar number of viewers. Is this always the case? It's really got me wondering about the way that viewers watch Hollyoaks.
Do you watch at 6:30 pm, then watch the E4 'first look' and then watch the repeat of the E4 first look again the following day before watching the next 'first look' episode?
Is there a definite split between viewers who only watch the 6:30 pm airing and those who watch the 'first look'? If you watch one, do you never watch the other?
I feel like I've entered some sort of wormhole.
Any answers most welcome!
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The E4 episode is good because with Hollyoaks being teatime rather than primetime then people who have come home from work may not be ready to watch it at 6:30 so watch it at 7. Of course there are people who watch both time slots even though theyve already seen the ep but I'd say the majority of viewers would be different. A lot of people I know end up watching it on 4od later on again, would be interesting to see how watch Hollyoaks is on 4od to add to the total episode viewership.
Back when it started I was a Sunday morning omnibus fryup for hangover girl.
Those were the days! I remember being on the sofa with a duvet and my best mate watching it!
I watch the episode on C4 at 18:30. Then, I will watch the E4 episode at 19:00. Then, the next day, I will watch the C4 episode at 18:30 (so the episode I watched the night before) and then the E4 episode. Though usually I will have my dinner some time between 18:30 and 19:00, so will miss the C4 episode. And sometimes I go on the computer at that time, and just have the episode on in the background.
But I always watch the E4 epiosde (unless I am out or something).
(And yes, I do realise that I said the word 'episode' a bit too much in that paragraph
I record it on e4 and watch it later on the night.
Don't they do the Sunday omnibus no more?
Back in around 2004 I would watch it at 6.30pm but then E4 launched on Freeview and I watched it at 8pm on E4+1 instead until 2010 when I stopped watching Emmerdale at 7pm.
I also watch the Omnibus on E4, but it used to be on Channel 4 during T4.
They probably do - in fact I'm sure they do but it's not quite the same as when it was the only time to see it at the weekend and also about the only entertainment prog on - remember this was back in the days of only 4. Channels and the other 3 were Politics, Religion or Farming on a Sunday morning.
Also personally for me, it was a time in my life in my mid 20s when i'd go out very late on a Sat night and then want 'bubblegum' tv to ease into Sunday. I'm now early 40s and have different stuff to do at the weekend so my my social and viewing habits have changed.
Good times hey? I used to sometimes curl up under the duvet but more often i'd put the kitchen tele on and cook and then eat the fry up - then go back to bed bloated for a nap before waking for the EE omnibus at 2pm!