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Originally Posted by General Maximus
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.