[cliffy91]

Originally Posted by wavlovr

How much longer is the football on for? Seems like forever

I believe it finishes on the 1st of July

[yourfabulous]

Originally Posted by familyguy8904

The final is on Sunday 1st July with SF on Wednesday on 27th and Thursday on 28th, but both SF games will be on BBC1 mean Corrie should have normal week for 25th June to 29th June.

That is good news!

[Agent F]

Originally Posted by cliffy91

I actually agree with you

And I still can't believe people are still moaning about the soaps being moved,you've known about it for months (well actually the last 2 years) surely you can find something else to fill those half hour slots mon-fri and let football fans enjoy something they love like you do with the soaps 4/5 nights a week while alot of football fans have to suffer them! Can't have it all your own way

Well said. Some people have been very petulant about the whole thing.

[wavlovr]

Thanks Cliffy.
Then there`s the Olympics in Juiy too.
Wow what a great time it is to be British....makes me proud to be a Brit.

[alienpanda]

Originally Posted by Agent F

How will we survive?????????

I'm surviving by watching old 70's episodes on youtube!

[cliffy91]

Originally Posted by wavlovr

Thanks Cliffy.
Then there`s the Olympics in Juiy too.
Wow what a great time it is to be British....makes me proud to be a Brit.

Very much a great time to be British

[kittykat30]

Originally Posted by Agent F

Well said. Some people have been very petulant about the whole thing.

I don't think that is fair. Some people geuninely dislike sport so should not have their entire tv schedule disrupted for it. Especially when there isn't even sport being shown on that channel. I think people have a right to be annoyed. We know the Olympics will again do the same thing so twice within a couple of months is a bit much. I have survived without Corrie on but I understand why people aren't happy. Sport has too much influence over tv IMO. Having it to the extent that a rival channel showing a match will mean the other channel change their entire schedule, that is ridiculous and unneccessary.

I feel most of the people who are saying it's no big deal are football fans so for them it's not. For non-football fans it is.

[Agent F]

Originally Posted by kittykat30

I don't think that is fair. Some people geuninely dislike sport so should not have their entire tv schedule disrupted for it. Especially when there isn't even sport being shown on that channel. I think people have a right to be annoyed. We know the Olympics will again do the same thing so twice within a couple of months is a bit much. I have survived without Corrie on but I understand why people aren't happy. Sport has too much influence over tv IMO. Having it to the extent that a rival channel showing a match will mean the other channel change their entire schedule, that is ridiculous and unneccessary.

I feel most of the people who are saying it's no big deal are football fans so for them it's not. For non-football fans it is.

I'm not a football fan so I'm at least one exception to that theory. I've just done other things - gone on the net, watched a DVD, found something on the digital channels etc.

And I disagree only because the soaps have domination over the schedules for most of the year. This kind of sustained disruption only occurs only once every two years so I do think it's quite selfish to complain when it does happen. What about the non-soap fans who have to go elsewhere when the soaps seem to be saturating the schedules at every other point of the year?

The Olympics won't be the same because EastEnders will be moved to BBC2 and Corrie and Emmerdale will be unaffected as ITV won't be showing the Olympics.

And the ratings almost always justify football taking prominence.

[cliffy91]

Originally Posted by Agent F

I'm not a football fan so I'm at least one exception to that theory. I've just done other things - gone on the net, watched a DVD, found something on the digital channels etc.

And I disagree only because the soaps have domination over the schedules for most of the year. This kind of sustained disruption only occurs only once every two years so I do think it's quite selfish to complain when it does happen. What about the non-soap fans who have to go elsewhere when the soaps seem to be saturating the schedules at every other point of the year?

The Olympics won't be the same because EastEnders will be moved to BBC2 and Corrie and Emmerdale will be unaffected as ITV won't be showing the Olympics.

And the ratings almost always justify football taking prominence.

This is the point I'm trying to make,peoples reaction to it all have been over the top and boarder line pathetic

[dan2008]

Originally Posted by cliffy91

This is the point I'm trying to make,peoples reaction to it all have been over the top and boarder line pathetic

It's always like it. I don't mind EastEnders being in different slots at all.

Im at work most evenings so have them on record most days anyway

[salford boy]

if any soap has right to moan about its treatment in the schedules then it is emmerdale.

interesting that itv decided to sacrifise emmerdale against the england match and not their sacred cow corrie.

[swill]

What is wrong with people? It has already been explained above why the soaps are reduced during sporting events!

ITV cannot afford to put Corrie on when rating will be dented by football as advertising revenues will be lower! No company will make a decision that dents their profits.

I don't like Sport either and i don't like losing episodes, but I recognise this very simple fact so don't moan. That is the end of the matter!

Sorry for the rant, but it annoys me when people just ignore a poster who has effectively ended the discussion!

[emmerdalelover]

Originally Posted by mikebuk

Shows how soap viewers are spoiled nowadays. For those of us who remember Corrie only being on 2 days a week.

I remember it well. Think anything over three is overkill personally.

[emmerdalelover]

Originally Posted by cliffy91

Very much a great time to be British

Things like the West Lothian Question put me off quite a lot. Not a very democratic nation, this one!

[kittykat30]

Originally Posted by salford boy

if any soap has right to moan about its treatment in the schedules then it is emmerdale.

interesting that itv decided to sacrifise emmerdale against the england match and not their sacred cow corrie.

They did take Corrie off for an England match. I think people are overreacting to people being unhappy. Why some posters are so annoyed that people aren't happy is weird. If people are unhappy let them be without making them feel bad.

[Its-Gillian]

I'm a fan of soaps and football so it's win win for me!