Soaps at an all time low?

[LimpyLionel]

I don't watch the soaps out of choice, but more than often I half watch them whilst my girlfriend does.

Anyway, are soaps at an all time low. I think they are: bad acting, bad scripts, more soaps, more extreme and unbelievable storylines and low ratings.

Eastenders and Coronation Street were once great shows and only just over a decade ago, they were drawing in audiences of 18m. But now people have more choice, they're lucky to get 9m.

[emmie]

Its not that there is more choice, is that these shows are trying desperately hard to pull in new audiences, and they are doing it by being ever more outrageous, and sadly that is putting off many who quite like the drama's as they were. Corrie storylines have gone bananas in the last while, EE did watch once, but decided for the sake of sanity to switch it off.

[cazzz1975]

I dont watch any soaps, they all seem to be over the top and not a reflection of real life, they are also time consuming, you would have to put a lot of time away per week to watch "all" the soaps that are currently screening

[mrs.chappie]

I agree they're going over the top. The thing is though, if they were really true to life, wouldn't we be bored to tears?

Unless, of course, someone could come up with a soap based on AB. Now that would make interesting watching. :o)

[cazzz1975]

not really mrs c, coronations street in the 70s/80s very rarely if ever had scandalous storylines, yet it was very very popular, why change a formula that works, small changes to stay with the times are fine, not the over the tops stories they have now

[mrs.chappie]

Very true Cazzz. I was just thinking about life in my street. Never see/hear very much going on and in the past two years all that has happened is that the lady next door has had her handbag nicked.