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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989" data-source="post: 57171" data-attributes="member: 95">Yes the 2001-02 era did have potential, I cannot understand why they killed off Jill though? Maybe TPTB were harking back to when Meg was axed and were trying to recapture the hype that caused two decades earlier? Either way it was a stupid move, and the revival might've lasted a few more years, it could've eventually evolved into a Hollyoaks type soap, with all the trappings and delights of the old Crossroads.I never understood the constant criticism Crossroads received, it wasn't any worse or better than other soaps, during and since Crossroads, in the 70s it achieved 17 million viewers (more than half the viewers that would watch Den hand Angie divorce I'm 1986, a decade later!) even by 1987-88 when it was cancelled it was still pulling in 7-10 million viewers, most soaps  mostly average 5-7 million viewers today and the sets are sturdier and the acting is "better" too.....apparently.I always see Crossroads as a older version of Hollyoaks, a soap that doesn't try to be more than what it is, its pure escapism, and the fact that Crossroads was filmed live for many years, with four or five episodes a week, is pioneering in soaps, especially since soaps now go live on anniversaries, it should be celebrated, not ridiculed, but ITV still favours Corrie over Crossroads and Emmerdale.</blockquote>

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