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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 58331" data-attributes="member: 673">From what I've read, I don't think they were pitted against each other as such. It was Central Television who pulled the plug on Crossroads themselves and it was said that they'd been trying to get rid of the show since they took over ATV in the early 80's. I saw an interview with Jane Rossington where she said that they'd just been told that they were hitting their audience targets and were due to be given an omnibus edition and then a few weeks later, Central pulled the plug.If anything, I'd say the main effect that Crossroads axing had on Emmerdale was to give it a kick up the backside and realise that they too were expendable, which in turn led to the 1989 revamp.</blockquote>