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Stuart 07-05-2020 11:59
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Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 36033802)
Words cannot describe how I feel about it this:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...sodes-11982688

How sad and pathetic that the only thing they can find to replace coronation street when they have run out of new episodes is old episodes. When we have discussed soaps and terrestrial tv in the past I have questioned the lack of quality US programming and how much we are missing out on. I can rattle off tonnes of old series they could put on in place of Coronation Street. Why not do X-Files from the start or Heroes or Lost? If it is a questions of the demographic put Grey's Anatomy on, there are 16 full seasons so even if you put an episode on a day like Coronation Street you still got enough to keep you going several months until they can resume filming. It does my head in and it is like they have got tunnel vision for shit. If anything was going to give them a kick up the ass and make them think outside the box and broaden their horizons this would be but all they are doing is stooping to a new low.
They are doing this because they don't want to risk losing viewers.. Coronation Street's viewing figures are down on what they were at their peak, but they are still considerably higher than those achieved by any imported series (and certainly higher than Lost, Heroes or the X files, all of which struggled to break the million viewer barrier, even on Sky). They know that a high percentage of the viewers that like modern episodes of Corrie will happily watch old episodes..


I like Lost, Heroes and the X files (early seasons at least - I think all three lost their way), but they aren't mainstream TV.

Chris 07-05-2020 12:10
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IIRC Lost was pulling in well over 3 million on Channel 4, and when it went to Sky it hovered around the million mark, which is exactly where most shows of that type sit in Sky’s ratings. I seem to recall at the time thinking that all the billboard publicity they did when they poached Lost for season 3 suggested they really thought they had a good chance of significantly increasing their subscriber base off the back of it, but the data suggested it had little or no effect.

That aside, you make a good point; those broadcast slots are ITV’s most lucrative. Advertisers pay top rates to get into the commercial break in Coronation Street entirely because of the show’s ratings and audience share. If ITV can’t broadcast new episodes of Coronation Street then it has to replace it with something that is guaranteed to be as popular. If they package it correctly then classic episodes ought to do it.

Stephen 07-05-2020 13:52
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The wife and I used to watch soaps every night they were on, however since the episode reduction, we've hardly watched any of them since.

I don't thinks it's because there are less to watch but that we have been finding other things to do.

Ken W 07-05-2020 14:10
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36034183)
The trouble is the programme makers believe that violent storylines and other far fetched storylines bring in more TV viewers Ken.

Do you remember Life with the Lyons and Archie Andrews but many followed them

denphone 07-05-2020 14:14
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Originally Posted by Ken W (Post 36034212)
Do you remember Life with the Lyons and Archie Andrews but many followed them
Life with the Lyons is a little before my time Ken as l know l am getting on a bit and increasingly having more senior moments but really...:D

cimt 07-05-2020 17:37
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Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 36034191)
They are doing this because they don't want to risk losing viewers.. Coronation Street's viewing figures are down on what they were at their peak, but they are still considerably higher than those achieved by any imported series (and certainly higher than Lost, Heroes or the X files, all of which struggled to break the million viewer barrier, even on Sky). They know that a high percentage of the viewers that like modern episodes of Corrie will happily watch old episodes..


I like Lost, Heroes and the X files (early seasons at least - I think all three lost their way), but they aren't mainstream TV.
There's also things like who has the rights to the shows in the UK. I'm sure Sky has the rights to Grey's Anatomy and Lost. It's not just a matter of putting a show on because they ran out of episodes of something.


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