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Old 12-03-2015, 12:59
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:02
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I think a lot of people didn't even realise it was on.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:06
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I think a lot of people didn't even realise it was on.
EastEnders has been shown many times before on a Wednesday and got as many rating as a day EastEnders normally airs so i dont think its that and it wasnt really up against anything have you not thought maybe its because the last 2 weeks of EastEnders have been cherning out any old cr*p and this is why it got such low ratings?
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:08
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So we are back to the EE being crap and the worst soap rubbish how boring and predictable
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:11
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So we are back to the EE being crap and the worst soap rubbish how boring and predictable
Well it has been since live week!
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:14
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Well it has been since live week!
In real life people have boring days just get over it because its not action packed full of drama doesnt mean its boring
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:20
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In real life people have boring days just get over it because its not action packed full of drama doesnt mean its boring
The writing the acting has been awful and the Duff Duffs if it was as good as the months leading up to the live week and live week enough people would have hunted out for wednesdays EastEnders yesterday gone has the feeling of the exitement to see the next episode Its went from most see TV now its back to just missable TV.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:24
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So we are back to the EE being crap and the worst soap rubbish how boring and predictable
Agreed. Why can't people accept that EE is doing well again.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:26
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Agreed. Why can't people accept that EE is doing well again.
If EastEnders is doing so well enough people would have tuned into Yesterdays Episode oviously people arn't as excited anymore to see the next episode or it would have done well.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:27
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why it followed Masterchef I will never know, it would have been better on before instead of being sandwiched between the excellent Masterchef and the rather dull Strictly.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:29
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The writing the acting has been awful and the Duff Duffs if it was as good as the months leading up to the live week and live week enough people would have hunted out for wednesdays EastEnders yesterday gone has the feeling of the exitement to see the next episode Its went from most see TV now its back to just missable TV.
If you dont like it use the button on your remote which changes channel
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:36
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A number of people on the EastEnders facebook page have said they have switched off EastEnders with the last couple of episodes and there all saying how bad its gotten.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:37
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If EastEnders is doing so well enough people would have tuned into Yesterdays Episode oviously people arn't as excited anymore to see the next episode or it would have done well.
I forgot it was on yesterday as a Wednesday is an unusual day for EE. They mentioned it at the end of Tuesday's ep that it was on "tomorrow" but it completely slipped my mind as I was watching something on another channel that was on for an hour from 8pm.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:45
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A number of people on the EastEnders facebook page have said they have switched off EastEnders with the last couple of episodes and there all saying how bad its gotten.
Oh no, however will we cope if "a number of people on the EastEnders facebook page" are switching off?



Give me strength.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:47
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I'm sure it's just a blip
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:49
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Last nights duff duff aside, the last four or five episodes have been really good. It shows that if you put Jessie Wallace at the centre of the drama, without bloody Shane Richie, you get quality!

The ratings are a shame but I've stopped worrying about it now. The ratings won't effect Eastenders, it's here for the long haul. If it doesn't hit 50, I'll be very, very surprised! All that matters is that I'm really enjoying it right now. Sure there are always little niggly issues here and there but for the most part, it's been great.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:52
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The writing the acting has been awful and the Duff Duffs if it was as good as the months leading up to the live week and live week enough people would have hunted out for wednesdays EastEnders yesterday gone has the feeling of the exitement to see the next episode Its went from most see TV now its back to just missable TV.
I'm shocked how bad Eastenders has actually been since the live week ended. After the 25th anniversary at least there was the aftermath of Bradley's death, the arrival of the E20 characters and Carol, Billie ect. settling back into the square, which was all mildly entertaining. Since the 30th anniversary ended though it's just been Carter rubbish and nothing happening. Disappointed so far, hopefully things will pick up.
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Old 12-03-2015, 13:53
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It's not that bad considering it's a schedule changed and out of it's usual slot, could be much worse.
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:08
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I'm shocked how bad Eastenders has actually been since the live week ended. After the 25th anniversary at least there was the aftermath of Bradley's death, the arrival of the E20 characters and Carol, Billie ect. settling back into the square, which was all mildly entertaining. Since the 30th anniversary ended though it's just been Carter rubbish and nothing happening. Disappointed so far, hopefully things will pick up.
Only it hasn't. We've had Dot and Charlie arrested, Kim struggling with motherhood and her fear of Vincent, Sharon finding out her mother died, meeting her brother and looking for her real father, and Kat finding out that her daughter doesn't want her in her life, on top of her usual money struggles. Then there is Shabs/Kush, Carol/Billy, Cindy/Liam and Nancy/Tam and Les' debt secrets.

Fair enough if you're not interested in these characters, but plenty of us are.
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:14
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Only it hasn't. We've had Dot and Charlie arrested, Kim struggling with motherhood and her fear of Vincent, Sharon finding out her mother died, meeting her brother and looking for her real father, and Kat finding out that her daughter doesn't want her in her life, on top of her usual money struggles. Then there is Shabs/Kush, Carol/Billy, Cindy/Liam and Nancy/Tam and Les' debt secrets.

Fair enough if you're not interested in these characters, but plenty of us are.
That's fair enough, I know some people will be liking it right now and some not. Now I have enjoyed the Kat storyline the last few episodes and Les' debt secrets (it's long overdue he had a good storyline) and Charlie and Dot on the odd occasion we've seen them since live week, but as for the rest...
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:27
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I'm pretty sure this can be put down to it being a Wednesday & out of its usual schedule; I'm a religious EE viewer & even I forgot it was on!

The night before it was top of the ratings with over 7 million viewers tuning in, you don't naturally lose that many viewers overnight unless it's a simple case of people not realising it's on. Nothing to panic about people
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:29
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I'm usually clued up on the schedule changes but I totally missed last night's episode.

When the show is regularly hitting 5m then this discussion will be worth having.
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:33
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It's been dreadful since live week ended. Clearly all the effort went into live week, and none whatsoever into sustaining that level of interest once live week had ended. The last three weeks have been really boring. Terrible continuity (didn't four episodes cover just one day last week?!), cliched writing and far too much of the awful Carters.

DTC has made EastEnders all about him, not about the show. Once he's gone, wouldn't surprise me in the least if the show hit the skids again. He hasn't really fixed a lot of the things which are fundamentally wrong with EE:

*Poor day-to-day episodes
*Too heavy going
*Too slow
*Bland writing
*Lots of old faces but where are the new, rising stars? Not in the Carter family, that's for sure!

He's not a terrible producer but he's vastly overrated, nonetheless. I've switched EE off for the time being - clearly there is nothing doing until the Beales return.
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Old 12-03-2015, 14:39
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Oh no! Is EE going to get axed now.


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Old 12-03-2015, 14:48
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People will always have an excuse as to why Eastenders has low ratings, on the wrong day so no one knew about it, just after a big week, against football blah blah blah. Time and again people dismiss others less positive views on Eastenders. The fact is the 30th was a big let down, it is currently rather boring and the excuse that it can't be great all the time is absolute balderdash. They should be putting out the same standard of work all the time not just for a big event. Programmes like Silent Witness manage to put out series after series of quality storylines, if they dared put out the crap that Eastenders currently are they would get dropped.
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