Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
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Emmerdale is soild as ever ZoeM. Last years episode had 7.0m, so it's up on last year.
Totally agree about Shameless though. What a disaster and where it stopped too before it returns in the Autumn for the remaining nine episodes. On a plus point, last nights episode was the best episode of the series so far and hopefully those 1.55m viewers will rememeber it ended on a high note, and come back when it returns. Speaking as a big Shameless fan (I've watched since day 1), this series as a whole has been very disappointing. I hope the rest of the series picks up.”
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Emmerdale is soild as ever ZoeM. Last years episode had 7.0m, so it's up on last year.
Totally agree about Shameless though. What a disaster and where it stopped too before it returns in the Autumn for the remaining nine episodes. On a plus point, last nights episode was the best episode of the series so far and hopefully those 1.55m viewers will rememeber it ended on a high note, and come back when it returns. Speaking as a big Shameless fan (I've watched since day 1), this series as a whole has been very disappointing. I hope the rest of the series picks up.”
Ah okay, I didn't realise that. The figure just seemed a little lower than other recent episodes-the share too, but being up YOY is an achievement. I also think the last few episodes have been really good and this amnesia storyline is being handled excellently mixing drama and comedy. The show just needs a couple more interesting stories to get back on track properly-the Barton/Macey feud looks interesting, as does the rumoured euthanasis story.
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With regard to the ITV Tuesday situation, it's been getting gradually worse for a while. There was a noticeable dip when the hour long Emmerdale was removed as it boosted the rest of the night, but arguably Emmerdale has gone from strength to strength with the clash removed. But none of the factual programmes are working and I can't see why ITV keep pursuing them. I'd say they should try different drama repeats, an entertainment show-possibly something like Take Me Out?, or at least something that isn't factual, because BBC2, Ch4 and Ch5 already have that covered.
