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Old 05-05-2015, 10:12
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The show brought in a colossal 10.84 million viewers earlier this year, for it's 30th anniversary, however since then it has halved it's audience.

Last night, just 5.97 million people tuned in, with a feeble 25.8% share, almost 1 million behind Corrie (This hasn't happened for ages!), and almost 1 million down year on year. Not to mention the fact that the same episode in 2010 attracted well over 9 million viewers.

Is this something to worried about? I think we could be in for a shocking summer of ratings for EastEnders. Especially with not really any gripping storylines.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:45
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Don't make a kid who nobody knows or gives a chit about the killer of a near year long who dunnit. Then just ignore the story for three months. It brought EE to a shuddering halt and whatever storylines were used to fill vacuum were going to drag. The most ill thought through ending in EE history.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:52
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Don't make a kid who nobody knows or gives a chit about the killer of a near year long who dunnit. Then just ignore the story for three months. It brought EE to a shuddering halt and whatever storylines were used to fill vacuum were going to drag. The most ill thought through ending in EE history.
They are not ignoring it they are doing to carry on the storyline when someone gets arrested but they couldn't do it in March or April when the actor/actress who plays the character who will get arrested for Lucy's murder probably didn't know who was Lucy's killer until it was revealed.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:54
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The show brought in a colossal 10.84 million viewers earlier this year, for it's 30th anniversary, however since then it has halved it's audience.

Last night, just 5.97 million people tuned in, with a feeble 25.8% share, almost 1 million behind Corrie (This hasn't happened for ages!), and almost 1 million down year on year. Not to mention the fact that the same episode in 2010 attracted well over 9 million viewers.

Is this something to worried about? I think we could be in for a shocking summer of ratings for EastEnders. Especially with not really any gripping storylines.
Seriously your judging it on one episode and don't defend yourself by stayin it's not coz you just did, granted it wasn't a good share but just last week it had a 34-35% share, no big deal.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:54
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The live special was always going to be bigger than EE's average audience. People who don't watch the show on a regular basis likely tuned in to see what the fuss was about, to see if anyone fluffed up and to see who the killer was. It was unlikely that they would of retained a large audience after that.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:55
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Not really. We have more ways to watch TV these days (iplayer, tablets, laptop, record) and 5-7 million is normal for overnight these days. Even Coronation Street is down and the gap betweemn EE snd CS is quite small. I'm sure the BBC and all other TV companies keep a record of ratings and how many are watching via different ways.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:04
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Wait until on-demand services get factored in and I'm pretty sure that EE will still be doing very well.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:05
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Roughly 6m at the start of May doesn't seem too bad to me. It was a Bank Holiday too, although I question how much of an effect that does have on ratings, particularly regular events like the soaps. If it's shown on Christmas Day, why would it not be shown on a Bank Holiday with far less importance and how many people are still doing outdoor stuff with the family at 8pm? It's not got much room to fall though.

It will be interesting to see if there's a negative reaction to Kathy's return, ratings wise. It's been a long time since her death was announced, so newer viewers might not even know she's meant to be dead in the first place or care about the fact she's being resurrected. Older viewers might be more sceptical but be willing to look past it, if the writing's good, although that's a big if.

I don't think Kathy alone will bring the show to its knees but I can definitely see it becoming the posterboy for a media backlash against EE, if it's not received well and the rest of the show is still of ropey quality.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:07
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Emmerdale 7.00pm - 5.51m (28.3%)
Coronation Street 7.30pm - 6.72m (31.3%) / 145k (0.6%) on +1
EastEnders 8.00pm - 5.97m (25.8%)
Coronation Street 8.30pm - 6.72m (28.3%) / 177k (0.8%) on +1
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:17
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w/e 19 Apr 2015
1 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) 7,326 n/a
2 EASTENDERS (TUE 1930) 6,991 n/a
3 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 6,945 n/a

4 POLDARK (SUN 2100) 6,836 n/a
5 COUNTRYFILE (SUN 1900) 6,413 n/a
6 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) 6,088 n/a
7 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (SUN 2001) 5,707 n/a
8 ORDINARY LIES (TUE 2101) 5,640 n/a
9 MASTERCHEF (WED 2001) 5,587 n/a
10 MASTERCHEF (FRI 2030) 5,304 n/a

w/e 26 Apr 2015
1 POLDARK (SUN 2101) 7,370 n/a
2 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) 7,312 n/a
3 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) 7,249 n/a

4 MASTERCHEF (FRI 2030) 6,952 n/a
5 EASTENDERS (FRI 2001) 6,710 n/a
6 EASTENDERS (THU 1930) 6,662 n/a

7 COUNTRYFILE (SUN 1901) 6,532 n/a
8 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (SUN 2001) 5,898 n/a
9 ORDINARY LIES (TUE 2102) 5,874 n/a
10 MASTERCHEF (WED 2001) 5,818 n/a

Still one of the highest rated shows on the BBC. I doubt they are worrying.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:24
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They are not ignoring it they are doing to carry on the storyline when someone gets arrested but they couldn't do it in March or April when the actor/actress who plays the character who will get arrested for Lucy's murder probably didn't know who was Lucy's killer until it was revealed.
I said ignored for 3 months which it has been. A lot of folks will be'over' who killed Lucy storyline now anyway as you can't just drop it like that. Ian was wittering about napkins last week when his son murdered his daughter and his wife turned sociopathic. Jane back to moaning about Ian! The aftermath has been terrible.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:27
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I said ignored for 3 months which it has been. A lot of folks will be'over' who killed Lucy storyline now anyway as you can't just drop it like that. Ian was wittering about napkins last week when his son murdered his daughter and his wife turned sociopathic. Jane back to moaning about Ian! The aftermath has been terrible.
Eastenders films 6-8 weeks in advance so the episodes what we are seeing now were probably filmed in early or mid march.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:31
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Don't make a kid who nobody knows or gives a chit about the killer of a near year long who dunnit. Then just ignore the story for three months. It brought EE to a shuddering halt and whatever storylines were used to fill vacuum were going to drag. The most ill thought through ending in EE history.
Speak for yourself mate.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:35
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I said ignored for 3 months which it has been. A lot of folks will be'over' who killed Lucy storyline now anyway as you can't just drop it like that. Ian was wittering about napkins last week when his son murdered his daughter and his wife turned sociopathic. Jane back to moaning about Ian! The aftermath has been terrible.
Completely agree, Jane dumping Lucy like a bag of rubbish, Ian not giving a damn that his son killed his daughter. So much for Walford never being the same again, or the Beales, its as if nothing has happened. Ian still shacking up with Jane after everything she's done, Ian not slightly bothered by what his son did, he was over it after the live ep. They swanned off on their honeymoon so we wouldn't get an immediate aftermath then returned like they just didn't find out Bobby killed Lucy and Jane helped cover it up
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:02
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Didn't DTC boast about how he wouldn't make the same mistakes as were supposedly made following the Archie reveal? A handful of short scenes just after live week doesn't cut it, I'm afraid.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:04
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The ratings are awful.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:05
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The show brought in a colossal 10.84 million viewers earlier this year, for it's 30th anniversary, however since then it has halved it's audience.

Last night, just 5.97 million people tuned in, with a feeble 25.8% share, almost 1 million behind Corrie (This hasn't happened for ages!), and almost 1 million down year on year. Not to mention the fact that the same episode in 2010 attracted well over 9 million viewers.

Is this something to worried about? I think we could be in for a shocking summer of ratings for EastEnders. Especially with not really any gripping storylines.
I agree with this.
They didn't really put any thought into what was going to happen once the reveal was shown.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:07
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It was bit stupid to make bobby the killer and no aftermath afterwards.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:33
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I agree with this.
They didn't really put any thought into what was going to happen once the reveal was shown.
Do you even watch the show?
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:39
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Don't make a kid who nobody knows or gives a chit about the killer of a near year long who dunnit. Then just ignore the story for three months. It brought EE to a shuddering halt and whatever storylines were used to fill vacuum were going to drag. The most ill thought through ending in EE history.
I agree. People were only going to carry on watching EastEnders if the storyline continued. Because the storyline grinded to a halt, new viewers lost interest.

The 30th was a perfect way to bring in new viewers, but DTC failed. If these are the ratings now, I dread to think how Summer will turn out. I'll probably have to turn off if DTC can't be bothered to produce some decent material this time around rather than the drivel that was Mick learning how to swim.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:42
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Speak for yourself mate.
This forum is absolute proof of it. Apart from a few days of discussion on the Who Killed Lucy thread (mostly negative) there has been nothing on main forum about this. The obsession after the live episode was with Kathy return and her hubby being Sharon father. Endless Carter threads and recently about Kat.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:44
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This forum is absolute proof of it. Apart from a few days of discussion on the Who Killed Lucy thread (mostly negative) there has been nothing on main forum about this. The obsession after the live episode was with Kathy return and her hubby being Sharon father. Endless Carter threads and recently about Kat.
Again, I agree. The Who Killed Lucy thread seems to have fallen into oblivion. People should be talking about it still, but they aren't!
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:50
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I agree. People were only going to carry on watching EastEnders if the storyline continued. Because the storyline grinded to a halt, new viewers lost interest.

The 30th was a perfect way to bring in new viewers, but DTC failed. If these are the ratings now, I dread to think how Summer will turn out. I'll probably have to turn off if DTC can't be bothered to produce some decent material this time around rather than the drivel that was Mick learning how to swim.
DTC taught his dad to swim.
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:51
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DTC taught his dad to swim.
So?
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Old 05-05-2015, 12:53
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Again, I agree. The Who Killed Lucy thread seems to have fallen into oblivion. People should be talking about it still, but they aren't!
well the storyline will pick up again soon but remember Eastenders is filmed 6-8 weeks in advance so they couldn't of filmed the arrest before the reveal if the character who gets arrested is played by one of the cast who didn't know that Bobby was the killer.
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