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Bad journalism at its best. While I am under no illusion H&A is in trouble, to say it is could be axed is sensationalism at its finest. The show makes a ridiculous amount of money both at home and away, pun intended, for the Seven network so to suggest it will be axed after a few weeks of bad ratings is ridiculous.
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I love how whenever a soap is in trouble everyone always reckons the solution is to hark back to old irrelevant characters. Bringing Pippa and Sally back won't save the programmes, and the usual idiotic comments of bringing back the opening theme...400,000 havent switched off over the past few years because they cant sing along to a theme song
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Sally and pippa will never be irrelevant
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Home & Aways target 16-40 audience have little to no interest in the elderly Pippa apart from old sentimental reasoning... How much of the younger audience tune in nowadays to see Alf and Irene? Sure if they make H&A target 30-60 and make it a cosy family drama it'll be fine but thats not what they want
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I would rather see the older characters than the awful teens that are shoved down our throats
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Unfortunately for you the show is cast for advertisers not the viewers.
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I love home and away! Really hope it's not axed.
I'm nearly 29 watching since primary school and really hope they don't bring back old characters!! |
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Home & Aways target 16-40 audience have little to no interest in the elderly Pippa apart from old sentimental reasoning... How much of the younger audience tune in nowadays to see Alf and Irene? Sure if they make H&A target 30-60 and make it a cosy family drama it'll be fine but thats not what they want
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I love how whenever a soap is in trouble everyone always reckons the solution is to hark back to old irrelevant characters. Bringing Pippa and Sally back won't save the programmes, and the usual idiotic comments of bringing back the opening theme...400,000 havent switched off over the past few years because they cant sing along to a theme song
Hopefully it will start to improve now that Louise Bowes has left. We just need Lucy Addario to leave as well and hopefully we'll really start to notice it going back to how good it used to be. |
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It's become diabolical. I can't watch it now, it's that boring. It went down hill since Heath and Bianca left in my opinion. I know people used to moan about Braxton overload but if they had never of come into it, Id probably switched off yonks ago. I thought they were a great edition to the show. And to top it off now Brax is leaving. Having just Kyle is just boring as he hasn't got the same charm or stage presence as his brothers had. Well people have got their wish and the Braxton's are dropping off yet the show is a thousand times worse now. Unless you like to watch boring characters having sex a lot.
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It's become diabolical. I can't watch it now, it's that boring. It went down hill since Heath and Bianca left in my opinion. I know people used to moan about Braxton overload but if they had never of come into it, Id probably switched off yonks ago. I thought they were a great edition to the show. And to top it off now Brax is leaving. Having just Kyle is just boring as he hasn't got the same charm or stage presence as his brothers had.
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The Braxtons are actually the reason I switched off. A bunch of scumbag yobbos who completely took over the show.
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It's become diabolical. I can't watch it now, it's that boring. It went down hill since Heath and Bianca left in my opinion. I know people used to moan about Braxton overload but if they had never of come into it, Id probably switched off yonks ago. I thought they were a great edition to the show. And to top it off now Brax is leaving. Having just Kyle is just boring as he hasn't got the same charm or stage presence as his brothers had. Well people have got their wish and the Braxton's are dropping off yet the show is a thousand times worse now. Unless you like to watch boring characters having sex a lot.
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Funny how H&A managed perfectly well to have broad appeal and not be a 'cosy family drama' years ago. If it could then, why can't it now? A soap filled with rampant, bland, romantic teenagers is not going to be taken seriously.
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The world has moved on from the 80's and 90's. The fact H&A refuses to acknowledge 2015 social normalities doesnt help either
![]() The point is, H&A has become unrecongnisable from its original remit - a family-oriented drama centred around a caravan park, involving many social issues which is what got it recognition in the first place. A soap should progress, evolve, develop, but it should never forget its roots, otherwise it's not true to itself, and therefore to its audience. Now it's all white, all straight and largely teen-oriented. The real world isn't like this and I'm sure Australia isn't like this. If a soap doesn't in some way reflect reality on some level then it's not relatable and just away with the fairies, hence people switch off. |
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So have the viewers by the looks of it!
![]() The point is, H&A has become unrecongnisable from its original remit - a family-oriented drama centred around a caravan park, involving many social issues which is what got it recognition in the first place. A soap should progress, evolve, develop, but it should never forget its roots, otherwise it's not true to itself, and therefore to its audience. Now it's all white, all straight and largely teen-oriented. The real world isn't like this and I'm sure Australia isn't like this. If a soap doesn't in some way reflect reality on some level then it's not relatable and just away with the fairies, hence people switch off. Of course I'm talking extremes here. It has lost its way a bit, but it still handles things very well such as the ANZAC Day story. It is going through a transition period, that is all. |
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I cannot see the producers and Home And Away team letting the soap get axed right now, so do think they will take action. They might get a new producer/writing team/characters and the channel may promote the soap more.
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Bad journalism at its best. While I am under no illusion H&A is in trouble, to say it is could be axed is sensationalism at its finest. The show makes a ridiculous amount of money both at home and away, pun intended, for the Seven network so to suggest it will be axed after a few weeks of bad ratings is ridiculous.
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Bad journalism at its best. While I am under no illusion H&A is in trouble, to say it is could be axed is sensationalism at its finest. The show makes a ridiculous amount of money both at home and away, pun intended, for the Seven network so to suggest it will be axed after a few weeks of bad ratings is ridiculous.
I would be gutted if Home And Away/Neighbours were axed right now.
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The world has moved on from the 80's and 90's. The fact H&A refuses to acknowledge 2015 social normalities doesnt help either
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Liked the bras tons, love Marilyn and John, hate the taking it to the next level, Aussie speak for sex, why is everyone jumping into bed with everyone, I'm no prude but it seems to be every storyline,
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The Braxton's had their good points and their bad points. Casey and Brax did my nut in as one of them always in hospital, doing a crime etc, very tedious with them two.
Kyle is such an intriguing character and is a decent human being, doesn't like to get caught up in all the mess the Brax and Casey did and has his heart in the right place. Heath was a wonderful character once they put him with Bianca and he really did make good character development by the time he left, unlike Brax and Casey who went round in circles. |
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The show has no heart or identity without the opening credits and theme tune.
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I totally disagree with all this. Just because you would have switched off yonks ago if the Braxtons hadn't come into it doesn't mean everyone else would have. I personally think it started going downhill when the Braxtons came into it but that's just my opinion. I don't take notice of "boring characters having sex a lot" (who are they?) I watch for the storylines, particularly Alf's at the moment. Also there's Leah and her health situation, Ricky and her baby worries. I think it's in a pretty good place at the moment.
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Yes I'm glad Alf's been given some decent material I'm enjoying it, Leah played by a fantastic actress she is doing well with her storyline. Ricky is great too. Matt and Maddie's friendship hasn't been bad either. So it's not all bad, but they could do with a better balance of things. The fostering element and family dynamics must return.
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I would be gutted if Home And Away/Neighbours were axed right now.