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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ome" data-source="post: 85017" data-attributes="member: 2">The biggest problem and the reason I believe the soaps are in a poor state is down to how many episodes they are producing each week. It's beyond ridiculous and stinks of them trying too hard. There's so much to that old saying "less is more" and yet here we are.I find the same with the big US shows that throw out 20-24 episodes a season. Over the past five years, I've noticed that shows are at their best when they come out with 10/13 episodes a season.From my perspective, I think Corrie latch on to what they see as their biggest characters and focus heavily on them until they reach a point where I'm sick of seeing them. Becky, Carla, Tina, Michelle all became fan-favourites and so we had them featured in many big story-lines. The same can be said for Aaron & Robert in Emmerdale.We know that ITV & BBC can produce some brilliant drama with shows like THREE GIRLS, MOORSIDE, LITTLE BOY BLUE, TRUST ME, LUTHER, LINE OF DUTY, yet they seem to treat their 'flagship' shows with little to no respect.</blockquote>