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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 238351" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>This conversation pops up every few years but in reality, there hasn't been any major shakeups to the UK soap landscape since <em>Brookside</em> got the chop nearly 17 years ago (I know that <em>The Bill </em>was axed after this in 2010 but it kind of straddled the line between cop show and soap and the 2005 demise of <em>Family Affairs</em> wasn't seen a huge deal because it was never held in the same regard as the Big Three by viewers). Viewers have settled into a routine with the five soaps that are left and as long as they continue to rate well in their timeslots, be it daytime (<em>Doctors</em>), teatime / E4 airings (<em>Hollyoaks</em>) and primetime (<em>Corrie, Emmerdale</em> and <em>EastEnders</em>) there's no reason why they'd pull them from the schedules. In addition to this, BBC and ITV have both invested heavily in the new sets for EE (£87m) and Corrie in recent years, so for that reason alone they're unlikely to dump them anytime soon. Also, <em>Hollyoaks</em> is always the one mentioned as being likely to be the first to go in these conversations but as [USER=12]@J. R.'s Piece[/USER] pointed out, the show is doing quite well in the little niche it has carved out for itself and pulls in ratings for E4. At a push, it could transition full time from Channel 4 to E4 (like <em>Neighbours</em> moving from Channel 10 to it's digital sister channel) at a later stage but I can't see it being axed anytime soon. While we might argue that the quality isn't what it was, as long as they're pulling in the numbers, they'll remain on air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 238351, member: 673"] This conversation pops up every few years but in reality, there hasn't been any major shakeups to the UK soap landscape since [I]Brookside[/I] got the chop nearly 17 years ago (I know that [I]The Bill [/I]was axed after this in 2010 but it kind of straddled the line between cop show and soap and the 2005 demise of [I]Family Affairs[/I] wasn't seen a huge deal because it was never held in the same regard as the Big Three by viewers). Viewers have settled into a routine with the five soaps that are left and as long as they continue to rate well in their timeslots, be it daytime ([I]Doctors[/I]), teatime / E4 airings ([I]Hollyoaks[/I]) and primetime ([I]Corrie, Emmerdale[/I] and [I]EastEnders[/I]) there's no reason why they'd pull them from the schedules. In addition to this, BBC and ITV have both invested heavily in the new sets for EE (£87m) and Corrie in recent years, so for that reason alone they're unlikely to dump them anytime soon. Also, [I]Hollyoaks[/I] is always the one mentioned as being likely to be the first to go in these conversations but as [USER=12]@J. R.'s Piece[/USER] pointed out, the show is doing quite well in the little niche it has carved out for itself and pulls in ratings for E4. At a push, it could transition full time from Channel 4 to E4 (like [I]Neighbours[/I] moving from Channel 10 to it's digital sister channel) at a later stage but I can't see it being axed anytime soon. While we might argue that the quality isn't what it was, as long as they're pulling in the numbers, they'll remain on air. [/QUOTE]
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