EE lost to emmerdale again

[EE Rocks]

Errm no because EE beats it on a normal day (when emmerdale dosen't have explosions, which is rare).

[alan45]

Errm no because EE beats it on a normal day (when emmerdale dosen't have explosions, which is rare).

Sorry but they do not have explosions on Emmerdale every week or every month for that matter so please do not exagerate. They beat EE because of superior writing, better actors and fantastic storylines. Much better than cardboard funfairs, pathetic gangsters and people rising from the dead.

[EE Rocks]

Whateve floats your boat, but emmerdale in my opinion is the most dire soap EVER.

[Richie_lecturer]

Well at the end of the day, that's your opinion. I'll stick to mine thanks.

If you consider how far Emmerdale has come in recent years, just to be hot on EE's tails is a remarkable achievement, considering it was close to being axed 12-13 years ago. It's only about 3-4% behind it share wise on a normal day anyway, and as for audience levels, well EE's are consistently higher because more people watch TV between 7:30 & 8:30, NOT 7pm, mostly because of people coming home late from work and having dinner. No wonder EE has over a million more viewers.

[Pinkbanana]

I never knew that Emmerdale came close to being axed? When was that before the plane crash, I guess?

[Richie_lecturer]

Yep, it was always not far from being axed during the 70s and 80s in the Emmerdale Farm days, though because it was just on twice a week in the afternoons then on a seasonal basis, people would'nt have noticed its demise. By 1993 though it had a prime-time slot so was much more in the public eye. The soap was going to be axed until then boss Phil Redmond (yes him!) came up with the Plane Crash to generate interest in the show. That said even after the disaster, Emmerdale's ratings slipped back again despite a few dramatic storylines into 1994 such as the Home Farm raid and Post Office raid. Apparently what saved the soap was the arrival of the Dingles, a creation of new boss Mervyn Watson, who devised the Ken/Deirdre/Mike storyline for Corrie in the 80s. Since then the show has steadily built up viewers.

[Katy]

argh good old Phil Redmond, he could turn anything good. The guys a legend.

Emmerdale has been improving all the time. Eastenders has been going down hill theres no other explanation. Explotion or no explosion Emmerdale is funnier has better storys and characters that are interesting and not getting changed all the time you miss an episode of EE and theres a new family. I cant keep up.

[DaVeyWaVey]

Emmerdale has seriously improved in my opinion, i used to think it was a boring show set around a farm and elderly villagers, but now i really like it and i watch it on a regular basis, i don't know why i like it now, it's just improved.

I still watch EE, it went seriously downhill in 2003/2004 but now i think it has improved and back on top.

I watch both Emmerdale and Eastenders on a regular basis.

[Richie_lecturer]

Well it moved away from solely the Farm in the late 80s, before you were even born!

There were a few older characters but there was a fair balance. There weren't many youngish characters but then again there weren't in any of the big three soaps until the mid-late 90s, when they introduced more younger cast to all three soaps to attract younger viewers and boost advertising (ITV).

[Pinkbanana]

Well it moved away from solely the Farm in the late 80s, before you were even born!

There were a few older characters but there was a fair balance. There weren't many youngish characters but then again there weren't in any of the big three soaps until the mid-late 90s, when they introduced more younger cast to all three soaps to attract younger viewers and boost advertising (ITV).

Ah..... the old farm. Those were the days when Jack spend half the episode with his hand up a cow's backside ect.... Didnt the Sudgens all live in the same farm house, a bit like the Waltons, only set in th dales?