Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Matt]

2 hours ago, emmasi said:

Not sure where the UK is with Neighbours so just in case

Just for future reference, the UK see it the same day as Australia

[KIMIF1]

Looks like he is over paid too then,  what does he actually do?   how often do people go in the bait shop? from the state of the caravan before it exploded it looked like some maintenance was needed,  but you never see anything done there either.  

 

  

[dee123]

54 minutes ago, KIMIF1 said:

Looks like he is over paid too then,  what does he actually do?   how often do people go in the bait shop? from the state of the caravan before it exploded it looked like some maintenance was needed,  but you never see anything done there either. 

What is this comment? Alf's an old man now. What do you want him to do? Climb Mount Everest? I also don't get your second point. You don't ever see Leah or Irene making meals in the diner either.

 

[Homeandawayfan.]

Emmerdale and EastEnders have changed a lot but more of their originality remains than H&A. Yes, farmhouse kitchen scenes in Emmerdale seem to be more about crimes but TBH in the 1970s and 1980s the show had the odd disaster and was racier than people thought. The 2 shows pubs, the Woolpack and Vic have remained throughout and the street market scenes (EE) and farmhouse scenes (ED) still remain, and feature in almost every episode. H&A may have Summer Bay House and the beach but virtually no fostering exists. Tonally, H&A is completely different to when it begun. It feels like a dark thriller where everyone is sinister. Or CSI Australia, or Underbelly Summer Bay.

[Luke39]

Haha I always thought Home and Away is alot like Underbelly lol. Since like 2010. Shows change over time don't they? All shows do. I guess you could argue the world lost it's innocent. Home and Away lost it's innocence too. I think it is less Crime driven, and dark then it was a couple years ago. 

[Gerard]

On 03/09/2016 at 0:44 PM, Homeandawayfan. said:

Emmerdale and EastEnders have changed a lot but more of their originality remains than H&A. Yes, farmhouse kitchen scenes in Emmerdale seem to be more about crimes but TBH in the 1970s and 1980s the show had the odd disaster and was racier than people thought. 

H&A may have Summer Bay House and the beach but virtually no fostering exists. Tonally, H&A is completely different to when it begun. It feels like a dark thriller where everyone is sinister. Or CSI Australia, or Underbelly Summer Bay.

TPTB can effectively make H&A whatever they like, they can move the action away from Summer Bay if they want and base it around the police station. There is nothing stopping them.

The only things viewers can do is complain and switch off if we don't like it. There is nothing really they can't get rid of. The show could carry on without Alf, the caravan park or the beach. They could still call it "Home and Away". As it is very little of H&A as we knew it still remains. I wonder how many of H&A's current viewers were also fans back in the '80s? It would be interesting to know whether they have retained many viewers over the years.

[Matt]

I'll say it once, and I'll say it again. Unfortunately, it's the ratings that dictate what is happening, and if the ratings are still decent, there's no point changing from the current format.

[Homeandawayfan.]

27 minutes ago, Gerard said:

TPTB can effectively make H&A whatever they like, they can move the action away from Summer Bay if they want and base it around the police station. There is nothing stopping them.

The only things viewers can do is complain and switch off if we don't lke it. There is nothing really they can't get rid of. The show could carry on without Alf, the caravan park or the beach. They could still call it "Home and Away". As it is very little of H&A as we knew it still remains. I wonder how many of H&A's current viewers were also fans back in the '80s? It would be interesting to know whether they have retained many viewers over the years.

As you say, much of the action does focus round the police station in Yabbie Creek or the hospital, with just the guest appearance from SBH and the diner back in Summer Bay. Yabbie Creek is some distance from Summer Bay so much of the focus is outside what is supposed to be the main setting. 20 years ago, Yabbie Creek was rarely seen, maybe once or twice a year. Now it is seen in virtually every episode.

 

[Skylover]

44 minutes ago, Matt said:

I'll say it once, and I'll say it again. Unfortunately, it's the ratings that dictate what is happening, and if the ratings are still decent, there's no point changing from the current format.

I think they'll decline eventually. The bulk of the audience are probably people holding on, hoping it will change.

[Homeandawayfan.]

If H&A was axed I cannot say I would miss it. If they decided to call it a day at the 30th in January 2018, then that would be a good way to go out in style. I cannot see that happening though, if lots of viewers in Oz like the current format.