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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989" data-source="post: 85735" data-attributes="member: 95">Precisely, Netflix and Amazon Prime are offering so much more now, even terrestrial dramas such as DR FOSTER, ELECTRIC DREAMS, etc provide much more entertainment now, DR FOSTER is once a week and before this series aired, it had been two years since the last episode.Soaps now have two things on their minds:1: Stunt casting ie which former Pop Idol/X Factor star from the 90s & 00s, this is rather disheartening for aspiring actors/actresses who spend years in drama schools only for them to be competing with has-beens, whose fame was wound up ling before Tony Blair stepped down from being prime minister.2: Its now quantity over quality, extra episodes don't necessarily mean storylines will get better, it just drags them.out even more, CROSSROADS in its heyday had to cut down from 4 episodes to three a week to maintain quality, when was the last time soaps were 4 days a week? Heck three would be better, I wouldn't mind but its not as if viewers are watching soaps in their droves, the days of 30 million viewers are long gone.</blockquote>