BBC need to change EE Schedule while the World Cup is on here's what I would do.
Marcus_Smith
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And they need to change it ASAP. For the next 3/4 weeks EastEnders should be shuffled up to Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Thursday. If they want to have any chance of getting good ratings and what with itv playing dirty with there soaps. Maybe have new episodes repeated on BBC two have it shown during the day in free slots on bbctwo the next day. Example eastenders 7pm Sunday repeated lunch time Monday then new episode Monday night then repeated as well as on bbcthree it's shown again on bbctwo on Tuesday and so on and so on 
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This week; Tuesday 10pm, Wednesday 10pm, Friday 8pm
Next week; Sunday 8:30pm, Monday 8:30pm (1 hour), Tuesday 7:30pm (1 hour)
All three 10pm showings follow a fairly big match, especially the first which had ~10m at the end last Friday. Much bigger lead-in than 7pm. All episodes also avoid clashes with ITV soaps and big football matches.
Or don't bother showing it all whilst the World Cup is on, and judging by the current quality, you'd hardly be missing anything.
I agree.
I didn't realise seriously how so many relied on watching a programme, at it's scheduled times these days
There is no such thing for any show that isn't news.
The soap is starting to fall apart again due to the thin plot line of Lucy Beale murder who - dunnit!
Like England performance the other night it's rather lame to say the least!
June 06th
2000-2100 EastEnders Summer Finale Cliffhanger
July 7th
2000-2100 EastEnders: Aftermath
Makes Sense.
Good idea :-)
But why would they make really interesting storylines when a big event is on? They will wait until after the word cup and resume the brilliance from the start of the year
EE is up on last year. The only soap that is. There is nothing wrong with its ratings. The current slump is connected to the time changes.
This will only be highlighted once everything returns to normal. ;-)
I think the idea of this but is it practical? as EE is a continuing drama they can't just pick up from where the cliff hanger left so it would mean four weeks worth of events happening that we miss out on.
Thats a good idea or maybe at 7pm on bbc3 the next day
How are ITV playing dirty? They too have to move programmes around for the world cup. I could say BBC are playing dirty, but i won't because it's just the way the cookie crumbles.
This.
The BBC has suffcient bandwidth on Freeview, Satelite and cable to provide at least 3 red button channels, therefore I see no reason why they couldn't setup either a temporary "BBC World Cup" channel or a red button service to show the football on, leaving the regular BBC 1 programming as it is.
Those people who want to watch the football will watch it, if it's on BBC 1 or BBC World Cup or the Red Button. I really don't see the need for the BBC to bugger about with the schedules for sporting events anymore, it just doesn't make sense.
To be honest though, it makes no difference to me, I won't be watching the world cup or Eastenders. I'll probably watch something on Netflix instead ;-)
Free to air major sporting events will always take precedent on the broadcasters main channel. End of.
Because they obviously don't want to split the viewers, They want to give people the chance to see both, Even more so when the viewers are low for EE
Or they just don't want the football off the main channel and they don't care as much about EE as people think these days
ITV go where the adverts pay them to go (Live football over a soap)
Not a fan of ITV this week with only 3 episodes of Corrie however