WTF has happened to Coronation Street? The Christmas Day episode(s)
didn't even make the top ten in the official BARB ratings. Doctor Who
got twice as many viewers. (How things have changed there!) But it
was nice to see Millie Gibson hit the ground running as Ruby Sunday...
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the writing,
changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so annoying that
people would rather watch paint dry?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67821839
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
On 27/12/2023 15:29, Blueshirt wrote:
WTF has happened to Coronation Street? The Christmas Day episode(s)
didn't even make the top ten in the official BARB ratings. Doctor Who
got twice as many viewers. (How things have changed there!) But it
was nice to see Millie Gibson hit the ground running as Ruby Sunday...
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the writing,
changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so annoying that
people would rather watch paint dry?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67821839
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
For some reason they put on a short half hour episode with no great predictions
of murder and mayhem, I don't suppose that helped a lot. It seems to be a slow >burn week instead.
There again the numbers for those who are in the top 10 are rmarkably low >cmpared with the past. Habits have changed and I have only watched tv shows from
Christmas day, recorded, or repeats, or catch ups, for years. The only shows in
that top 10 I have actually seen are the 1% Club and The Wheel. Corrie is the >only other thing from the day I have seen at all.
On 27/12/2023 15:29, Blueshirt wrote:
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the
writing, changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so
annoying that people would rather watch paint dry?
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
For some reason they put on a short half hour episode with no great predictions of murder and mayhem, I don't suppose that helped a
lot. It seems to be a slow burn week instead.
There again the numbers for those who are in the top 10 are
rmarkably low cmpared with the past. Habits have changed and I have
only watched tv shows from Christmas day, recorded, or repeats, or
catch ups, for years.
On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:06:41 +0000, kat <littlelionne@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On 27/12/2023 15:29, Blueshirt wrote:
WTF has happened to Coronation Street? The Christmas Day episode(s)
didn't even make the top ten in the official BARB ratings. Doctor Who
got twice as many viewers. (How things have changed there!) But it
was nice to see Millie Gibson hit the ground running as Ruby Sunday...
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the writing,
changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so annoying that
people would rather watch paint dry?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67821839
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
For some reason they put on a short half hour episode with no great predictions
of murder and mayhem, I don't suppose that helped a lot. It seems to be a slow
burn week instead.
There again the numbers for those who are in the top 10 are rmarkably low
cmpared with the past. Habits have changed and I have only watched tv shows from
Christmas day, recorded, or repeats, or catch ups, for years. The only shows in
that top 10 I have actually seen are the 1% Club and The Wheel. Corrie is the
only other thing from the day I have seen at all.
I think you're correct about habits changing affecting Corrie and
other programmes. I can't stand ads so choose to watch the episodes
in arrears when it suits me, without the ads. Time was if you missed
an episode, you missed it.
kat wrote:
On 27/12/2023 15:29, Blueshirt wrote:
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the
writing, changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so
annoying that people would rather watch paint dry?
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
For some reason they put on a short half hour episode with no great
predictions of murder and mayhem, I don't suppose that helped a
lot. It seems to be a slow burn week instead.
In all fairness, people must get tired of murder and mayhem in the
soaps at Christmas... it used to be fun... but maybe with it all
going on in the real world it loses its appeal?
There again the numbers for those who are in the top 10 are
rmarkably low cmpared with the past. Habits have changed and I have
only watched tv shows from Christmas day, recorded, or repeats, or
catch ups, for years.
Yes, streaming and time-shifted viewing has played a big part in the
overall ratings decline. You'd still expect a big hitter like
Coronation Street to make the top ten though.
I was being facetious yesterday but I seriously think the really good characters are not there like they were in the days of Barlow and
Baldwin (not forgetting Deirdre of course), Walker and Turpin, Stan
and Eddie, Kevin and Sally, Gail and... plenty of other men. I think
today's residents of the Street pale in comparison...
On 28/12/2023 13:32, Blueshirt wrote:
kat wrote:
On 27/12/2023 15:29, Blueshirt wrote:
Why the decline of Corrie though? Is it the characters, the
writing, changing viewing habits... or is Peter Barlow just so
annoying that people would rather watch paint dry?
Hilda and Stan will be turning in their grave.
For some reason they put on a short half hour episode with no great
predictions of murder and mayhem, I don't suppose that helped a
lot. It seems to be a slow burn week instead.
In all fairness, people must get tired of murder and mayhem in the
soaps at Christmas... it used to be fun... but maybe with it all
going on in the real world it loses its appeal?
I think they really would have tired of any more murder this year, Corrie has >had enough.
There again the numbers for those who are in the top 10 are
rmarkably low cmpared with the past. Habits have changed and I have
only watched tv shows from Christmas day, recorded, or repeats, or
catch ups, for years.
Yes, streaming and time-shifted viewing has played a big part in the
overall ratings decline. You'd still expect a big hitter like
Coronation Street to make the top ten though.
I agree, but it really was low key that day. I think we all knew the drama that
we were/are to get was coming later.
I was being facetious yesterday but I seriously think the really good
characters are not there like they were in the days of Barlow and
Baldwin (not forgetting Deirdre of course), Walker and Turpin, Stan
and Eddie, Kevin and Sally, Gail and... plenty of other men. I think
today's residents of the Street pale in comparison...
Some of them are still there! But some of the writing for them leaves something
to be desired. On the other hand I do like Sally with Tim and while I think >newer characters always take a bit of getting used to, some could have >potential. Trouble is the world has changed and people act diferently in real >life too.
Agreed
On 28/12/2023 12:40, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I think you're correct about habits changing affecting Corrie and
other programmes. I can't stand ads so choose to watch the episodes
in arrears when it suits me, without the ads. Time was if you missed
an episode, you missed it.
I do that with just about every thing I watch these days, even the shows >without ads I record and watch when it suits me. The series link thing
helps when they moe stuff about so it really is simpler!
kat (littlelionne@hotmail.com) said...
On 28/12/2023 12:40, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I think you're correct about habits changing affecting Corrie and
other programmes. I can't stand ads so choose to watch the episodes
in arrears when it suits me, without the ads. Time was if you missed
an episode, you missed it.
I do that with just about every thing I watch these days, even the shows >>without ads I record and watch when it suits me. The series link thing >>helps when they moe stuff about so it really is simpler!
We do that so much now that when we actually watch something that
is being broadcast at the time, we keep reaching for the 'skip'
button on the remote when the ads come on. ;-)
If I don't reach for the remote, my wife asks why I'm not skipping
the ads!
The nice thing is that if something interrupts what we are watching
(phone call, someone at the door, etc.), we can pause the live feed
and resume it when the interruption is done. Then, we can skip ads
while watching the rest of the programme - at least until we have
caught up with the broadcast. ;-)
kat (littlelionne@hotmail.com) said...
On 28/12/2023 12:40, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I think you're correct about habits changing affecting Corrie and
other programmes. I can't stand ads so choose to watch the episodes
in arrears when it suits me, without the ads. Time was if you missed
an episode, you missed it.
I do that with just about every thing I watch these days, even the shows
without ads I record and watch when it suits me. The series link thing
helps when they moe stuff about so it really is simpler!
We do that so much now that when we actually watch something that
is being broadcast at the time, we keep reaching for the 'skip'
button on the remote when the ads come on. ;-)
If I don't reach for the remote, my wife asks why I'm not skipping
the ads!
The nice thing is that if something interrupts what we are watching
(phone call, someone at the door, etc.), we can pause the live feed
and resume it when the interruption is done. Then, we can skip ads
while watching the rest of the programme - at least until we have
caught up with the broadcast. ;-)
On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:50:46 -0500, Calvin Henry-Cotnam <calvin@remove.daxack.ca> wrote:
kat (littlelionne@hotmail.com) said...
On 28/12/2023 12:40, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I think you're correct about habits changing affecting Corrie and
other programmes. I can't stand ads so choose to watch the episodes
in arrears when it suits me, without the ads. Time was if you missed
an episode, you missed it.
I do that with just about every thing I watch these days, even the shows >>> without ads I record and watch when it suits me. The series link thing
helps when they moe stuff about so it really is simpler!
We do that so much now that when we actually watch something that
is being broadcast at the time, we keep reaching for the 'skip'
button on the remote when the ads come on. ;-)
If I don't reach for the remote, my wife asks why I'm not skipping
the ads!
The nice thing is that if something interrupts what we are watching
(phone call, someone at the door, etc.), we can pause the live feed
and resume it when the interruption is done. Then, we can skip ads
while watching the rest of the programme - at least until we have
caught up with the broadcast. ;-)
I meet so many people who seem to feel I am too hyper about ads?? I
really hate them, especially what some of them say.
Sometimes I set a show to record and we can start a bit late, and then
catch up by the end. The pause function also comes in handy for >interruptions though. I don't have an actual "skip" button, we fast
forward through them.
kat (littlelionne@hotmail.com) said...
Sometimes I set a show to record and we can start a bit late, and then
catch up by the end. The pause function also comes in handy for
interruptions though. I don't have an actual "skip" button, we fast
forward through them.
Funny - most systems have had "skip ahead" and "skip back" buttons for
quite some time now - they usually have circular arrows on them:
clockwise for ahead and anti-clockwise for back. They don't skip the commercial break, but a set number of seconds. Ours had the forward
set or 30 seconds and the back 10 seconds. We can change the time for
each, but find those settings work best for commercial skipping since commercials are usually 30 seconds long.
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