Corrie

I used to love Corrie but am getting bored with it. The storylines drag on for so long and seem to be becoming more like EastEnders, which I gave up watching years ago.

Emmerdale is going the same way. They all seem to copy each other with their storylines. Preferred the old days.?

Aiden, Suzied
I do still enjoy Corrie but I think it would be easy to get confused if you missed a couple of episodes I think the Bethany story is good and a good eye opener I also think Tim is playing a good part and coming out as quite a comical but thoughtful character
I m not sure where Pat has got to or when he will have his comeuppance all those murders and crime and it's all gone quiet
I m presuming David and the girl ( can't remember her name) will fall for each other but how come she looks about 20 but has a son in the nick
It's all very intertwined
I can't remember half their names now there's an awful lot of characters to keep up with

I think the Bethany / grooming storyline is quite a good one and will hopefully raise awareness. I missed a few episodes and have no idea what has happened with the Ken Barlow attack story, a bit too complicated. I do like Sally /Tim/ Rosie/Sophie and the Eva/ Maria / boyfriend whose name I can't remember triangle.

You're not on your own here - I stopped watching it for a few weeks, and when I picked up again I really struggled. Lots of new characters have entered recently and I just don't think it's as good as it used to be. Lots of the established characters have left and I don't think it's the same.

I loved Blanche and her comments, Hilda with her malapropisms. I think Mary and Norris provide a good comic element though. Some story lines drag on and become tedious.
I think I continue watching because its like a comfort blanket.

They all seem to feel they must import loads of youg characters like Hollyoaks has, the oldies are allowed to leave/die off so left with really pretty poor acting in a lot of cases.

All the stories seem to be running along the same lines with the main 2 soaps mums with babies to different partners they are with at the moment all very confusing,no comedy as such as we used to see with Blanch and her one liners and the plot with the builder seems to have lost its way somewhere along the way.?? Both Eastenders and Corrie needs a big shake up and possibly new writers.

I stopped watching it some time ago. It had the best comedy moments and comic actors in the past, but then it went the way of the rest of the soaps and began to rely on drama and intrigue. Vera and Jack, Hilda and Stan couples who really knew how to act, they are much missed and all the extreme drama doesn't compensate for the lack of good writing and acting that gave an exaggerated picture of life in the north but held onto the humour and comedy that comes from there.

Don't watch Corrie anymore, used to love Raquel for comedy, but have the same trouble with 'Enders, wot I watch. A good way of reminding yourself who did what to whom in a soap is to look up the character in Wikipedia, they give in-depth info on there.

Sad, isn't it? I feel the same - have it on auto-record but lots of unwatched back-recordings are unwatched.

I still remember with great fondness the episode where all the Barlows went to an AA meeting to support Peter - it was absolutely brilliant with superb comic acting.

I stopped watching it years ago because I felt it was having to compete with certain other soaps and so yes everyone has slept with everyone else and mixed up families so much there are no happy episodes anymore, from the bits I've seen. Soaps ain't what they used to be! Shame as I stuck with it far longer than I should because of it being the memory of happy times with my mum, when we would have the dishes washed and put away and settle down to watch Corrie. It was my youngest who kept saying she didn't like it that made me Wonder why I was still maintaining the habit.

I just watch it out of habit now but don't worry if I miss some episodes.

I used to watch it because it was quite lighthearted ,too much murder and affairs nowadays ,nobody is happy for more than ten minutes before disaster happens.I might give it a break for a while and see if it improves when I go back to it.Its become more Eastenders style and I stopped watching that years ago