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Old 16-08-2004, 22:52
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I believe that there are still the same amount of people watching soaps. It's obvious that recently Eastenders seems to have got fewer people watching it, but it still usually pulls the figures back up. You might say that the average has dropped around 6 million from 16 million viewers a few days ago, but with the introduction of sky digital, I believe that some viewers stay watching the terrestrial version (where the ratings are counted), but some people watch the soaps on digital, which I believe doesn;t get counted towards the ratings for the soap. Also, as the number of people watching the soaps in the week seems to have decreased, the number of people watching the weekend omnibus's has increased.
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Old 16-08-2004, 23:54
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Good points. Obviously from the ratings it seems as though soap viewership is declining. That may be true in some cases so viewing figures for particular soaps would have decreased simply because the soap has gone downhill like with Brookside and EE, but what must also be taken into account is that some viewers wont watch the original showing because with episodes of Corrie/Emmerdale/EE and Hollyoaks, you can watch them again via digital tv. You can even catch Family Affairs and Home and Away again the next day!
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Old 16-08-2004, 23:59
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I know I'm only one person out of God knows how many million, but I've dropped out of Emmerdale recently, mainly because I don't get time to watch it.

True I could record it, but that's 2 and a half hours of telly to watch at the end of the week (less ads). I don't have digital either, so I get one chance to watch it, and that's it.

By comparison, I'm still keeping up with Home and Away. There are 3 chances to watch it, though I normally go for the omnibus at the end of the week which is 2 hours less ads. I don't think you can beat a repeat of your fave soap, just in case you miss the first!

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Old 17-08-2004, 00:05
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People now have the chance to watch on BBC3, ITV2 etc, that siad I do think ratings have fallen.

That doesn't mean I think there are less people who are watching them, but thye are not watching every episode like they used to. I couldn't keep up with foive episodes of Corrie if I tried and tend to see around 3 a week, enough to keep on top of the stories.
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Old 17-08-2004, 00:10
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I think there should be a rule, for no more than two episodes of any continuing soap per week. I know this is a massive drop from what it is currently at, but I think 1) largely all the shows have become 'thinner' in quality since further episode have been introduced, and 2) it would return soaps to being the twice-weekly treat they were, before the 90s explosion turned them into a ritalistic [sort of] burden. Plus, it would force ITV and BBC to create other quality shows, as opposed to just plugging any ratings gap with yet more soaps.
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Old 17-08-2004, 00:15
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Coronation street and Eastenders used to be EVENT tv, but this has been diluted by the fact that they now make up around half primetime output alone. I would definitely agree with a reduction in the number of episodes. We know it will never happen of course, too much loss of revenue from the advertising would put a stop to that.
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Old 17-08-2004, 00:18
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Originally Posted by TheWalfordOne
I think there should be a rule, for no more than two episodes of any continuing soap per week. I know this is a massive drop from what it is currently at, but I think 1) largely all the shows have become 'thinner' in quality since further episode have been introduced, and 2) it would return soaps to being the twice-weekly treat they were, before the 90s explosion turned them into a ritalistic [sort of] burden. Plus, it would force ITV and BBC to create other quality shows, as opposed to just plugging any ratings gap with yet more soaps.
I agree in that the primetime soaps, the big 3 should reduce the number of episodes a week to a maximum of 4!
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