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Old 21-07-2016, 22:57
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Lots of people are complaining about Corries 6th episode and believe that they can't pull it off but what about Emmerdale?
They have aired 6 episodes from 2004 and their quality has never dropped. If 6 episodes are really too much for writers and actors then how come Emmerdale have successfully done it for 12 years?

Corrie has great actors and writers so why do all of you have no faith in them to successfully pull of a 6th episode?
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:02
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Emmerdale is more action packed than Corrie aswell and has more stunts and big storylines so it would be harder to write for.

Corrie should cope just fine.
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:09
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Because it is the thing to criticise Corrie on here at every turn, but ass kiss Emmerdale. Even though Corrie is better and will be just fine, which is clear at the fact they are updating the number of episodes in the first place.
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:13
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Because it is the thing to criticise Corrie on here at every turn, but ass kiss Emmerdale. Even though Corrie is better and will be just fine, which is clear at the fact they are updating the number of episodes in the first place.
That's how I feel. People on here act like Corrie is a weak show with poor writers that are incapable of writing decent storylines.
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:46
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Yep, I feel the same. It hasn't affected Emmerdale's quality, so its not about the quantity at all. Get good writers and stories and there's no reason it can't work. I didn't understand the whining about it at all.
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:53
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The problem is that Corrie's quality is already at a questionable point after Blackburn's reign. Some feel that they should be focusing on quality, not quantity.
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Old 21-07-2016, 23:59
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Because it is the thing to criticise Corrie on here at every turn, but ass kiss Emmerdale. Even though Corrie is better and will be just fine, which is clear at the fact they are updating the number of episodes in the first place.
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Old 22-07-2016, 00:20
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That's how I feel. People on here act like Corrie is a weak show with poor writers that are incapable of writing decent storylines.
Because it is the thing to criticise Corrie on here at every turn, but ass kiss Emmerdale. Even though Corrie is better and will be just fine, which is clear at the fact they are updating the number of episodes in the first place.
It's not the thing to criticise CS at every turn, it deserves criticism at the moment because the show's output has been poor for a long time. Emmerdale on the otherhand for too long has been seen as the third rate alternative, when in my opinion it has consistently produced the goods for 6 years it's reached its purple patch. The show has been crowned Best British Soap for a reason. CS won't be kept as interesting as Emmerdale has been in the slot, what ITV have a hard time accepting is that Emmerdale is actually better than CS I'm afraid.
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Old 22-07-2016, 00:54
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I reckon they should have mapped pit Corrie getting back to its best first, before adding an extra episode.

Instead so far we hear 6th episode of a soap already flagging at its current output, and has been for a couple of years now. And; yet another explosion! Yawn!

"Big characters to make return" Toyah Battersby! Great and errmmm Brian Packham? Hmmm

Corrie and ITV want a quick fix to Corrie's current state. They would bé best served investing in new life for the Street, throw in some fan favorites and stop the reliance on murders and explosions.

Murders are only good if a solid plot is there to back it up. No such thing as a solid plot on Corrie these days.
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Old 22-07-2016, 01:05
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Because it is the thing to criticise Corrie on here at every turn, but ass kiss Emmerdale. Even though Corrie is better and will be just fine, which is clear at the fact they are updating the number of episodes in the first place.
Yeah Im with you. I reckon Emmerdale sucks. Always have done. Its just a big stinky BORING pile of crap. Ive noticed tho, if you say you dont like Emmerdale on this forum, ppl either kick off or ask: why don't you like it? Wtf? What happened to opinions? Are ppl not ALLOWED to hate it? If you say you don't like Emmerdale, this forum turns into a battlefield!

I've always thought Emmerdale was inferior to Coronation street. Coro street is getting kinda crap tho. But when it comes to soaps Coro street will always be my favourite of all and its easily the most popular soap. The top rated soap in the UK in fact
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Old 22-07-2016, 01:58
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Lots of people are complaining about Corries 6th episode and believe that they can't pull it off but what about Emmerdale?
They have aired 6 episodes from 2004 and their quality has never dropped. If 6 episodes are really too much for writers and actors then how come Emmerdale have successfully done it for 12 years?

Corrie has great actors and writers so why do all of you have no faith in them to successfully pull of a 6th episode?
Emmerdale can do it because their quality is at a high point and has been for a long time now, and that isn't just my opinion, that is the opinion of many, that is why they have been winning the majority of the soap awards in recent times. Coronations Street has been heavily criticised by many and isn't doing so well with the ratings right now. There is no reason to add another episode unless it's suddenly going to pull people back in, which it shows no sign of doing right now.
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Old 22-07-2016, 06:43
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Personally, I think six episodes is too much for Emmerdale and it's the only soap I watch regularly. They just about manage to get away with it, but imagine if they cut back just one episode? It'd be unstoppable.

Coronation Street (and EastEnders) don't seem to be able to cope with the episodes they churn out now, so why throw in another episode? All it will do is hit them even harder and have the quality drop further.

I really wish Emmerdale would drop an episode as it can be very hit and miss... Corrie is asking for trouble - there's already too much filler with a lot of deadwood, whereas Emmerdale doesn't have much deadwood at all, so the filler scenes are easier to get through.
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Old 22-07-2016, 06:56
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Lots of people are complaining about Corries 6th episode and believe that they can't pull it off but what about Emmerdale?
They have aired 6 episodes from 2004 and their quality has never dropped. If 6 episodes are really too much for writers and actors then how come Emmerdale have successfully done it for 12 years?

Corrie has great actors and writers so why do all of you have no faith in them to successfully pull of a 6th episode?
You only have to look back to when the soaps had 3 or four eps a week to see that the quality for both soaps has dropped considerably. Viewers should be able to look forward to sitting down to enjoy their fave soap, not worry that there going to have to find the time to cram all the eps in every week. you can have too much of a good thing it seems
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Old 22-07-2016, 07:59
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ED is consistently good with the storylines I enjoy, and there is not a single character that I do not like. There are shocks and twists that are unexpected.

CS on the other hand is far predictable. I knew Callum would die in the live ep, knew Macca or Clayton would have something to do with Kylie's death. Far too many spoilers have been released (like e.g. Leanne's baby's father). There are too many unlikeable characters in the show at the moment. The show could do with losing the 'double bill' episodes - move the 8:30 episodes permanently to Sunday at 7:30 and Thursday at 8:30.

ED can do it - myself and those I know who watch Corrie don't believe the current quality and cast are interesting enough to warrant an additional episode.
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Old 22-07-2016, 08:07
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Personally, I think six episodes is too much for Emmerdale and it's the only soap I watch regularly. They just about manage to get away with it, but imagine if they cut back just one episode? It'd be unstoppable.

Coronation Street (and EastEnders) don't seem to be able to cope with the episodes they churn out now, so why throw in another episode? All it will do is hit them even harder and have the quality drop further.

I really wish Emmerdale would drop an episode as it can be very hit and miss... Corrie is asking for trouble - there's already too much filler with a lot of deadwood, whereas Emmerdale doesn't have much deadwood at all, so the filler scenes are easier to get through.
Agreed. 3-4 Times a week is enough. Eastenders is on 4 times a week and it's the perfect amount in my view.

6 days a week is far too many.
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Old 22-07-2016, 08:20
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ED is consistently good with the storylines I enjoy, and there is not a single character that I do not like. There are shocks and twists that are unexpected.

CS on the other hand is far predictable. I knew Callum would die in the live ep, knew Macca or Clayton would have something to do with Kylie's death. Far too many spoilers have been released (like e.g. Leanne's baby's father). There are too many unlikeable characters in the show at the moment. The show could do with losing the 'double bill' episodes - move the 8:30 episodes permanently to Sunday at 7:30 and Thursday at 8:30.

ED can do it - myself and those I know who watch Corrie don't believe the current quality and cast are interesting enough to warrant an additional episode.
I agree with you, ED is great. I certainly had no idea they'd bring up Belle's mental health problems in this current story line; it really surprised me in a good way and I think Eden is a great actress, one of the few who've succeeded in moving from a child actress into a young adult one.
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Old 22-07-2016, 09:36
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Originally Posted by Jack_Clinton;83268210[B
]ED is consistently good with the storylines I enjoy, and there is not a single character that I do not like. There are shocks and twists that are unexpected.
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CS on the other hand is far predictable. I knew Callum would die in the live ep, knew Macca or Clayton would have something to do with Kylie's death. Far too many spoilers have been released (like e.g. Leanne's baby's father). There are too many unlikeable characters in the show at the moment. The show could do with losing the 'double bill' episodes - move the 8:30 episodes permanently to Sunday at 7:30 and Thursday at 8:30.

ED can do it - myself and those I know who watch Corrie don't believe the current quality and cast are interesting enough to warrant an additional episode.
I disagree with you on the first point, Jack. For some reason, which I haven't worked out yet, the talentless Tracey is pushed into nearly every scene, where she mostly stands with her mouth open. The rest of the show is great and the stories flow easily. .
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Old 22-07-2016, 10:19
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Yeah Im with you. I reckon Emmerdale sucks. Always have done. Its just a big stinky BORING pile of crap. Ive noticed tho, if you say you dont like Emmerdale on this forum, ppl either kick off or ask: why don't you like it? Wtf? What happened to opinions? Are ppl not ALLOWED to hate it? If you say you don't like Emmerdale, this forum turns into a battlefield!

I've always thought Emmerdale was inferior to Coronation street. Coro street is getting kinda crap tho. But when it comes to soaps Coro street will always be my favourite of all and its easily the most popular soap. The top rated soap in the UK in fact
I don't remember seeing anyone kick off because someone has taken a disliking to the show, and Emmerdale receives just as much criticism as any other show when deserved. But the only boring soap around is that ancient one called CS
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Old 22-07-2016, 11:03
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Why was Corrie on last night? It hasn't missed any episodes so far this week and seems to be on tonight as normal.

The sixth episode hasn't come into effect yet and won't for ages. So it's not testing the water for that. Besides it was on six times a week for a while last year for no reason so it seems they've already done that.

And Corrie is on enough, in its present transmission pattern (5 eps) not to need an extra episode just for a big storyline. (Or indeed full stop, if anything it should be cutting back but that's another matter)

Unless they are still making up for eps lost during Euro 2016.
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Old 22-07-2016, 11:05
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I would refute that claim that Emmerdale has coped well for 12 years.

Have we forgotten the awful Anita Turner and Stuart Blackburn eras already? It's just as vulnerable to bad patches as other soaps.

Even Kate Oates final year wasn't the show's finest hour.

I also think Blyth was an overrated producer who did some good but started the obsession with Aaron and needlessly discarded Viv, a character who just needed some TLC.
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Old 22-07-2016, 12:20
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I would refute that claim that Emmerdale has coped well for 12 years.

Have we forgotten the awful Anita Turner and Stuart Blackburn eras already? It's just as vulnerable to bad patches as other soaps.

Even Kate Oates final year wasn't the show's finest hour.

I also think Blyth was an overrated producer who did some good but started the obsession with Aaron and needlessly discarded Viv, a character who just needed some TLC.
Some of us don't take any notice of eras or producers - I certainly don't. I either like it or I don't and couldn't care less who the producer is, what era it is etc.
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Old 22-07-2016, 12:21
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I disagree with you on the first point, Jack. For some reason, which I haven't worked out yet, the talentless Tracey is pushed into nearly every scene, where she mostly stands with her mouth open. The rest of the show is great and the stories flow easily. .
I think Tracey is great now - I didn't like her to start with but she's turned into one of my favourite characters, she certainly talks sense a lot of the time.
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Old 22-07-2016, 12:24
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I don't remember seeing anyone kick off because someone has taken a disliking to the show, and Emmerdale receives just as much criticism as any other show when deserved. But the only boring soap around is that ancient one called CS
I agree. For example over the years I've lost count of the number of people who call it 'the boring farm soap', including several people who by their own admission have never actually watched it!
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Old 22-07-2016, 12:27
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Some of us don't take any notice of eras or producers - I certainly don't. I either like it or I don't and couldn't care less who the producer is, what era it is etc.
I find at the moment since the helicopter crash that Emmerdale is far too sensational and character personalities are changed on a whim..

It happened at Corrie and Eastenders so for me personally Emmerdale is the poorest at the moment.

However it's swings and roundabouts
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Old 22-07-2016, 12:30
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I agree. For example over the years I've lost count of the number of people who call it 'the boring farm soap', including several people who by their own admission have never actually watched it!
Exactly, many of the people slagging it off have said on other threads that they don't even watch it, so therefore (It sounds harsh) but there opinion doesn't really count in that respect.
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