(QUOTE FROM DAZZLE) From what I've read, a lot of long-term fans (if not the majority) totally agree with you about H&A being a shadow of its former self. For me the rot really started to set in when it became The Braxton Show. I never liked Brax or Heath (nor do I rate the actors), but wouldn't have minded their presence if they hadn't come in and taken over the whole show.
Ash and Andy have replaced Brax and Heath, but at least I find Ash likeable and he's not being portrayed as some kind of modern day saint by the writers (that used to REALLY bug me!). I never forgave Brax for the way he forced the lovely Angelo out of his own restaurant, no matter how much the writers tried to redeem him.
The rest of the show's been no better with its repetitive relationship dramas and bland characters. Plus the older characters have barely had a look-in the past few years. At least that seems to be changing with John and Marilyn having had a lot of screen time recently, Leah with her head trauma, and Alf getting the post-traumatic stress storyline. Also, it sounds like Irene's getting a storyline for once with her new romance.
H&A was my favourite soap for a long time, but I've come close to ditching it in the past couple of years. I just hope things are on the up again.[/QUOTE]
I agree with all your comments Dazzle, hward & 10079229. It seems to me the Producers/writers believe that the long term or diehard fans will watch the show regardless of the storylines (probably some truth there!), & therefore for ratings purposes they just concentrate on trying to please the newer/younger viewers via all the 'sex, drugs & rock & roll' storylines (as Ray Meagher - Alf - put it earlier this year in an interview). The official H&A Facebook page continually seems to try & mould people's opinions by asking contrived questions along the lines of say "We think Ash & Phoebe are great together. What do you think?". They seem to take more notice of what people post here (a lot of which is ridiculous & juvenile IMO) than anything written on any real fan websites such as this one.
Along that line, after a couple of articles appeared on the weekend about Ch7 possibly looking at changing its scheduling, rumours have started that H&A may be shifted off the main channel & onto the secondary channel 7TWO - see the articles on the attached link. They haven't confirmed it, but haven't denied they are thinking about it either.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ent...-1227484370186
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/08/...ast-coast.html
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