EE lost to emmerdale again

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Originally Posted by alan45

You forgot to mention the OBVIOUS advantage and that is that Emmerdale is better written, better acted and better quality than Eastenders with its tired plots and poor scripts.

Emmerdale is repeated on ITV 2 so if people really wanted to watch EE they would watch it when it was on

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During the day when most people are at work. EastEnders gets a night time repeat..

I personnally think Emmerdale is pants at the moment with only one good thing = the wonderful Rosemerry.

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Originally Posted by Rovers Return

During the day when most people are at work. EastEnders gets a night time repeat..

I personnally think Emmerdale is pants at the moment with only one good thing = the wonderful Rosemerry.

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Thats probably why video recorders and PVRs were invented.

Emmerdale and EE going head to head is nothing new.

Here is an interesting post which I read on DS.

Quotes from the '30th Anniversary' Emmerdale book;

1985 - 'Emmerdale farm was now shown in prime time early evening slots in all the ITV regions. It saw off a significant challenger - Eastenders, which started in February, and was put on at the 7pm, the same time that most areas of the country (but not London) showed Emmerdale Farm. In almost all parts of the country where the two soaps were going head-to-head Emmerdale farm was watched by more people. The BBC were forced to move their programme to 7.30pm!'

Now theres a surprise.

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Originally Posted by alan45

Emmerdale and EE going head to head is nothing new.

Here is an interesting post which I read on DS.

Quotes from the '30th Anniversary' Emmerdale book;

1985 - 'Emmerdale farm was now shown in prime time early evening slots in all the ITV regions. It saw off a significant challenger - Eastenders, which started in February, and was put on at the 7pm, the same time that most areas of the country (but not London) showed Emmerdale Farm. In almost all parts of the country where the two soaps were going head-to-head Emmerdale farm was watched by more people. The BBC were forced to move their programme to 7.30pm!'

Now theres a surprise.

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Not really Alan.. EE was a new soap, it take a while before they kick off at which point Emmerdale Farm was already on for a few years.. After EE got into it's swing EF changed their name and had that very explosive Aeroplane crash episode which have viewers coming back in their thousands..

Now however, tables have turned again and yes while I do believe the Emmerdale maybe better than EE now and will win in head2head regardless of repeat etc etc.. i will still watch EE and I gave up watching Emmerdale when Kim left...

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Originally Posted by Siobhan

Not really Alan.. EE was a new soap, it take a while before they kick off at which point Emmerdale Farm was already on for a few years.. After EE got into it's swing EF changed their name and had that very explosive Aeroplane crash episode which have viewers coming back in their thousands..

Now however, tables have turned again and yes while I do believe the Emmerdale maybe better than EE now and will win in head2head regardless of repeat etc etc.. i will still watch EE and I gave up watching Emmerdale when Kim left...

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I take your point but then way back then Eastenders was in my opinion far in front of Emmerdale Farm and I would never have missed an episode now its the other way about.

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Originally Posted by alan45

I take your point but then way back then Eastenders was in my opinion far in front of Emmerdale Farm and I would never have missed an episode now its the other way about.

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yeah, I never watched EF when I was younger. Was totally addicted to Corrie and was so excited about EE.. Now, due to kids, work etc, I only watch H&W and EE... I can't back into Emmerdale or Corrie if I have not seen them for a while.. EE I just flow back into for some reason.. but that is just me.. I also stopped watching the Bill, which is a shame really, it is still excellent drama

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Originally Posted by alan45

Emmerdale and EE going head to head is nothing new.

Here is an interesting post which I read on DS.

Quotes from the '30th Anniversary' Emmerdale book;

1985 - 'Emmerdale farm was now shown in prime time early evening slots in all the ITV regions. It saw off a significant challenger - Eastenders, which started in February, and was put on at the 7pm, the same time that most areas of the country (but not London) showed Emmerdale Farm. In almost all parts of the country where the two soaps were going head-to-head Emmerdale farm was watched by more people. The BBC were forced to move their programme to 7.30pm!'

Now theres a surprise.

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I'm sure I posted that on another board a few weeks ago. It's not a direct copy of what I wrote but argues the same thing. Just a coincidence I think, as this rarely gets brought up.

To be honest ! Is this really worth talking about ! There are pro's and con's on both sides lets just leave the issue alone!

Oh I agree with that. It's not worth getting in a tizz over. :)

when the 2 soaps went against each other a few years ago when den framed phill ee wiped the floor with emmerdale but they did have a strong storyline whereas now the ee storylines are usually weak but emmerdales are getting stronger,can either soap improve without rehashing old storylines,i doubt it,and getting to a point where i think they should maybe call time on enders while their still up there,and create a new soap,that would really get us talking