Coronation Street: Discussion Thread

[AMCOLTLLover]

Yeah let’s just hope he won’t be back coz he won’t be missed tbf

 

 

[DRW50]

I think he works well enough with his kids or in a support role. There are many others I would write out.

[EricMontreal22]

This makes sense (also, maybe it had already changed, but giving Corrie a regular weekday time slot and not one that jumps around by 30 minutes depending on the day, makes sense.)  I do wonder what it will mean for the CBC/Canadian airings I've watched with my grandma for years.  It could give us a chance to finally catch up (for a while now we get 6 episodes a week--2 on Fridays--but we're permanently about a 4-5 weeks behind the UK which means I hate to look up anything about the show online or even here due to spoilers.)  I mean the only soap I follow where I'm thankful for 6 episodes a week is The Archers, and that's a 13 minute show I can listen to on the bus to work

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As for Dev, I actually sorta feel kinda defensive about him as he seems so hated online.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan (though my grandma finds him often very funny which might add to why I feel some defensive ness) but I think like DR said he certainly works as a supporting (VERY supporting) character with his kids, even mostly with Bernie.

Exactly--it seems like they try to recreate aspects of it anyway basically every single year (it reminds me of American soaps when they started to all get serial killer stories.)

[AMCOLTLLover]

But is him being supportive character during a financial crisis worth to keep him ? Hey I LOVED him in the 00’s with Suanita and he was funny. But he has become so annoying and his acting got worse. I mean he would be the safest one to axe and spare some money. I mean he is in this show for 2 decades and is eating some of the budget that could be freed tbh

[EricMontreal22]

That's a good question.  But it does seem like Corrie is continuing to trim away their "eccentric character" types that they were always known for (but have been losing for decades, to be fair.)

[DRW50]

They still have a few they could get rid of, several I'd place before Dev. He hasn't been that bad over the last decade. He was much worse in the late '00s and early '10s.

[All My Shadows]

So, ITV is basically putting their soaps on a US soap schedule? That surprises me for some reason, since one of the fundamental differences between the two countries for decades has been that the UK soaps were not everyday affairs. This makes way more sense than Corrie airing basically three hour-long episodes a week. I don't know how anyone could regularly watch it in that format. Idk why it seems more cumbersome than our daytimers airing an hour five days a week, but it just does.

[EricMontreal22]

Yeah the scheduling just always seemed bizarre...

[AMCOLTLLover]

Sooooo. They don’t have money to pay their vets.. BUT pick up a new cast member from

Hollyoaks! Ryan Mulve lol 

[DRW50]

He's likely much cheaper.

[AMCOLTLLover]

Ok Shows in the crisis and they Re-hire Catherine Tyldesley as Eva Price. It’s getting ridiculous lol I loved her and especially during the Aiden-Maria Affair and her revenge and later his Suicide ! Last Time I actually felt Corrie for real where it Hit Hard!
But what is there to do with her?

[DRW50]

I was never a huge fan, but I'd say there's quite a bit. She has a sister on the canvas as well as the man she was in love with when she left (Adam). 

[AMCOLTLLover]

Right. I forgot about Adam and Eva if I’m being honest . 
she could take over the Rovers too 

[cassadine1991]

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[detroitpiston]

I’m glad Cassie finally got exposed for drugging and stealing from Ken, the end of Wednesday’s episode with Tracey scraping her up and handing her to the police after Ken’s heart attack was hilarious

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Other than Daisy lying about her baby’s paternity the rest of the show has gone back to being a snooze fest for me.