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Why don’t people watch soap operas anymore?
National World - LocalTV
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17/01/2025
With a decline in soap opera viewers over the years, we’re asking people around Wales why they think they’ve gone out of fashion.
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My grand. My grand. I couldn't tell you anyone else.
00:04
I've never watched it myself.
00:07
When you have the option to either watch a soap opera
00:10
and then only find out what happens next week,
00:13
or pay £7 a month or just do a free trial and watch the entire show,
00:17
people nowadays are going to watch the entire show
00:19
because they don't have the attention span to wait a week
00:21
and find out what happens.
00:22
Cliffhangers are so underappreciated nowadays.
00:24
Nowadays people much rather watch the telly series on Netflix
00:27
and I think crime shows have gone up massively in viewing as well.
00:31
So I'd say soap operas, I'd say that kind of comedy
00:34
has sort of gone out the window a bit or just died with time.
00:37
I don't know.
00:39
But if it's something like...
00:41
I couldn't watch Coronation Street
00:44
because I wasn't born when it started, so I couldn't follow along.
00:47
I don't have the time to rewatch from the beginning to find the plot.
00:51
But I like how for EastEnders and that,
00:54
you kind of don't need to know the entire plot to follow along.
00:57
You just start somewhere and you get there.
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