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Originally Posted by Redway
It’s had problems since 2002-ish but it stopped being watchable in the Newman era and has never recovered since despite two good stock years (2014 and 2019) in that interval. Even Gavin and Stacey couldn’t keep more than 5 million watching Eastenders this Christmas so you can see how much damage has been done to the brand.
If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s fun to take the piss out of it on here I probably wouldn’t still be watching for the most part.
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I don't think you can really judge off ratings like that anymore. TV ratings are plummeting as are soaps viewership across the board. The fact EE was the highest rated soap is an achievement considering the last few years of it falling behind ED.