Soaps copying each other ..

[Ann]

Why do soaps copy the same storylines, can't they think up their own? This EE story is just the same as Emmerdale (Zak's mental breakdown)
http://www.dailymail....mental-breakdown.html

[boxtops]

They've been doing it for years, ann - I stopped watching years back because it seemed if a storyline was being pushed in one soap, you could bet it would soon turn up in another.

[mojay]

yes, almost as if the scriptwriters have an arrangement not to outdo one another

[Ann]

Seems very strange to me when they are so fiercely competitive at the Soap Awards ......... can't they think of something original which has not been covered before? Good job I dont watch Eastenders! The Zak story has become very tedious in Emmerdale and according to reports is due to be dragged out till the end of the year! :(