Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[John]

7 hours ago, Edward Skylover said:

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

It may be that the ratings will decline in the future, it may also be that the changing of the show will attract a whole generation of new viewers thus ensuring it remains on air.  Only time will tell.

I'd question the assertion that the bulk of the viewers are probably people holding on hoping it will change.  As a previous poster has pointed out the show still enjoys decent ratings here in Oz and is still an effective bridge between the News broadcasts which finish at 7pm and the rest of the evening programming.

[Skylover]

47 minutes ago, John said:

It may be that the ratings will decline in the future, it may also be that the changing of the show will attract a whole generation of new viewers thus ensuring it remains on air.  Only time will tell.

I'd question the assertion that the bulk of the viewers are probably people holding on hoping it will change.  As a previous poster has pointed out the show still enjoys decent ratings here in Oz and is still an effective bridge between the News broadcasts which finish at 7pm and the rest of the evening programming.

You might have a point. In this day and age when unintelligent reality tv shows like TOWIE are popular, the modern H&A might have massive appeal to those viewers.

[Luke39]

Home and Away has interntional trades too. it is very popular in NZ and the UK. So that could another factor in keeping it on air. I understand people saying this because of the change in fomat this past decade, and quality. But that is all subjective. Like people said the ratings are still decent enough. So I Don't think Home and Away is anywhere near cancellation, but that is just me. It is like Shortland Street over here. Basically Iron Clad, guareenteed for life. As the ratings are decent (Although Shortland Street bores the hell out of me these days).  I don't see any reason to change the current format, which is fine tbh. Change is a part of all shows, no matter what the genre, quality, or life span. Change is the only constant, if that is good or bad, change is change. IT is like with The Big Bang Theory, people critisize it's changes over the year. But I woulden't be watching if it never changed. And I Am sure H and A well be very different five years from now. Well it ever please everyone? No, but all we can control is watching lol. 

 

On 9/5/2016 at 9:24 AM, Edward Skylover said:

You might have a point. In this day and age when unintelligent reality tv shows like TOWIE are popular, the modern H&A might have massive appeal to those viewers.

Are you saying H and A are targeting the lowest common denominator? Lol. Not sure about that, I don't consider myself a scholar, but my IQ is over 50 

[dee123]

14 hours 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.

Indeed. Is this the answer as to why no minorities? Cause this straight white little world rates so well?

[John]

My comment was intended to simply acknowledge the realities of commercial television and its slavery to ratings.  

The question as to how much a show screened on commercial television will accept any responsibility to promote any community attitude no matter how desirable is another question.

[emmasi]

4 hours ago, Luke39 said:

Are you saying H and A are targeting the lowest common denominator? Lol. Not sure about that, I don't consider myself a scholar, but my IQ is over 50 

I am both a scholar and the lowest common denominator, so I'm easily attracted to sex and violence on TV, but I won't stick around unless there's a point to it, i.e. compelling plots and believable characters. I also look for those programs to have an M/MA/R rating, not G/PG. It concerns me that there are kids watching some of the things that go on in H&A these days. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?!

[Luke39]

18 minutes ago, emmasi said:

I am both a scholar and the lowest common denominator, so I'm easily attracted to sex and violence on TV, but I won't stick around unless there's a point to it, i.e. compelling plots and believable characters. I also look for those programs to have an M/MA/R rating, not G/PG. It concerns me that there are kids watching some of the things that go on in H&A these days. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?!

Your as bad as the women from the Simpsons LOL. Yeah I guess they can justify the content if the rating does. But I don't think it is too bad. I don't think kids are going to go out and electrocute old ladies in a diner watching H and A lol. 

[dee123]

16 hours ago, Luke39 said:

Your as bad as the women from the Simpsons LOL. Yeah I guess they can justify the content if the rating does. But I don't think it is too bad. I don't think kids are going to go out and electrocute old ladies in a diner watching H and A lol. 

[Luke39]

So I was watching Home and Away last night in NZ, don't worry no spoilers heh. And it stood out to me, the characters are pretty compelling for the first time in a while, the new ones anyway. I did think the new part I loved in recent memory, was the Teen Group. OF Matt, Maddy, Oscar, Evie, Josh e.t.c. But now that is gone. But the story telling in the show is just not meeting the actors or the characters. On the reverse effect, if the actor is not strong enough, the matarial is just not meeting that. 

Spoiler

Hopefully with the addition of Elly, and some more young female and male characters. Is the start of a young teen group. The show needs that. Needs more focus on the School too. Like to see more development on the younger crowd. Too much on the older characters atm, needs a balance. I Think this is what the show lacks, is balance. 

 

[Sunny Girl]

I'm not too impressed with how  Home and Away is going, to be honest.

 

Or maybe I'm just getting too old for it and growing past it..