Originally Posted by
alan45
The Bill will end this autumn following ITV's decision to drop the long-running police drama after 27 years.
"Times change, and so do the tastes of our audience," said Peter Fincham, the channel's director of television.
The move follows a major revamp that saw the drama relaunched as a weekly programme in a post-watershed slot.
ITV said it would invest the money it spent on the programme - first seen on the channel in 1983 - on new peak-time drama commissions
Times change but the audience did not. What happened was that they handed over the scripts to some luvvies who hadnt a clue about the fanbase of The Bill and more importantly they knew nothing about police work. Assholes thought they had the ability to make a gritty drama like The Wire, The Shield or Dark Blue when in reality they hadnt a clue what they were doing. The Bill was a hugely successful show with a loyal fanbase before the idiots tried to make it into something which was neither needed or wanted. The rot started when Paul Marquess took over and introduced the appalling David Kent aka The Chimp and was further compounded with the ridiculous Beth Green. Marquess' fondness for explosions and rapes also didnt help matters. Sun Hill was becoming more dangerous than Bagdhad.
This muppet is now in charge of Hollyoaks so we can expect it to become ridiculous before eventually disappearing.