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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pete lashmar" data-source="post: 311033" data-attributes="member: 606">I don't watch any of the current TV soaps and I think the reason that ratings are dropping so quickly is simply because TV is deluged with them.If EastEnders, Corrie & Emmerdale went back to 2 episodes a week they may be able to create something that appeals to more people, but most people are not going nto put their lives on hold to watch the current amount of episodes every week. That said, ITV could not afford to fill the slots with anything if they cut the number of episodes down - and there's the answer really, the soaps are cheap and attract advertisers.With the multi million new EastEnders set still being built I can't see the BBC pulling the show anytime in the next 10 years, plus they are developing a new northern based soap, the details of which are not yet known.For me UK TV has almost become Strip scheduled TV...the same shows on the same days at the same times 7 days a week - there just doesn't seem to be a huge amount of variance anymore and that has become so deadly dull and boring.And yet streaming channels are thriving so much without any soaps that run throughout the year whatsoever.</blockquote>