This is sad news for the fans. I myself stopped watching Hollyoaks last summer. At some point it just felt like a waste of time for me. The characters I still liked didn't have great storylines, nothing caught me anymore, although the writers try to offer different topics, but in the end it's always the same: too many people you like die sooner or later - and from what I read here recently, another strong character that I liked died, what a surprise! A while ago I had some time on my tv schedule and gave Hollyoaks another chance but nothing had changed and so I was gone after one episode. I can definitely understand why fewer and fewer viewers want to watch Hollyoaks, but it's still sad seeing soaps drift away.