tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post6710770884723714093..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Young people aren't bored enough for EastEnders any moreDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-13910039132958258122013-10-14T08:29:50.721+01:002013-10-14T08:29:50.721+01:00The soaps seem to have changed: no longer the cosy...The soaps seem to have changed: no longer the cosy, jokey, easy-going shows with loveable characters, now it's all hard men and women, misery and shouting. Who wants to watch that?JVKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584836082134139788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-44547798218289580502013-10-08T11:31:07.432+01:002013-10-08T11:31:07.432+01:00Was going to suggest they could release soaps as a...Was going to suggest they could release soaps as a boxset. <i>Corrie</i> on a thousand DVDs. (Someone, somewhere might be bored enough to work out how many discs it would take.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-73556239725872790392013-10-07T19:23:42.042+01:002013-10-07T19:23:42.042+01:00I stopped watching soaps in the nineties. As soon ...I stopped watching soaps in the nineties. As soon as you spot the plots repeating (sometimes with the same character!) it loses its point somewhat. I prefer drama where the story ends before it gets boring.francoise_hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603008941750254162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-74517804866905267932013-10-07T14:34:52.845+01:002013-10-07T14:34:52.845+01:00I don't think that's the reason. I think p...I don't think that's the reason. I think pure and simply there are too many episodes. Gone is the appointment to view. You can just dip and out when you like as there's no point taping them as you'd never get round to watching them.<br /><br />As an editor of a magazine that relies heavily on soaps to sell - and believe me they still do sell like no other programmes can - people are far from falling out of love with soaps. They just don't have the time to watch all of them. <br /><br />Less episodes and smaller casts would make them more appealing again. Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52910998400442623962013-10-07T13:14:20.162+01:002013-10-07T13:14:20.162+01:00I wonder if 'boxset' viewing also has had ...I wonder if 'boxset' viewing also has had an impact. With their long term plots they're only doing what soaps have been doing for decades. And those have the advantage of being viewable in one 'hit' start to finish. And that's the important thing, they finish. And more often than not they maintain a level of quality all the way through, not peak and trough over years.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26747798326612163552013-10-07T13:02:36.483+01:002013-10-07T13:02:36.483+01:00My ex used to watch all the soaps. All of them. Co...My ex used to watch all the soaps. All of them. Corrie, Brookside, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks. Others I've probably forgotten. This was when they were weekly or possibly twice a week.<br /><br />Then they all went daily, or nearly daily, and it became too much even for her. So she dropped them, one at a time, until eventually we watched none. It just takes too much commitment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154903370394451698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-4433508463228484132013-10-07T12:42:14.178+01:002013-10-07T12:42:14.178+01:00It's not just Soaps. In our house our TV viewi...It's not just Soaps. In our house our TV viewing has dipped alarmingly as we have discovered social media. The TV set doesn't remain on all the time as it probably did 20 years ago, now it gets turned off if no one is watching We all would rather be on our computers for the majority of the time only occasionally meeting up for the shared experience sat on the sofa. It's a sign of the times. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810613774457180960noreply@blogger.com