‘EastEnders’ to Scrap All Storylines and Initiate Post-COVID-19 Reboot: Will American Soaps Do the Same?

[Errol]

"EastEnders" to be rebooted when filming resumes with plans to shelve all storylines and implement a time jump post-COVID-19. More

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[Darn]

If true, this is brilliant.

 

But I'm a little confused, the article mentions a time jump AND a reboot, which are very different things.

[Errol]

 

 

Essentially, the show will be ignoring all storylines and starting a new hence time jump. But it also seems like they are looking at doing a clean slate altogether of some sorts from what the BBC source said, "They’re planning big storylines and a big marketing push — but that may mean they just start new stuff from scratch rather than continuing where they’re already at so they can be dramatic as possible. It would essentially mean the first series of EastEnders lasted 35 years — and the second starts in two months.”

 

I take that to mean that the first 35 years of "EastEnders" happened but they going to treat it like a different show when it returns in September, the earliest.

[Darn]

 

Thanks @Errol, that's pretty ballsy of them if true. I don't know what EE is like right now but perhaps it could benefit the show. I know it could benefit all of American daytime to start over.

[Bill Bauer]

 

 

What's the point? That sort of destroys the point of a serial. It would make more sense just to end the current show and start a new show without calling it "EastEnders". Why just carry on the name and nothing else? I guess they're just trying to take advantage of the established audience but that just seems like a weird and kind of dumb decision. Then again, I've never watched the show so don't know how well they use the serial format. And I'm a huge fan of serials but not a fan of soap operas so not a fan of things like "time jumps" and "reboots". Days already did a time jump stunt and it flopped. 

[Vee]

Smart. The show is a mess.

Edited June 5, 2020 by Vee

[AbcNbc247]

I'm glad that this won't apply to DAYS, but GH and B&B ended so abruptly, I don't see how they could do a time jump or a reboot.

[Marco Dane]

Doubtful American soaps are slow on everything...

[Paul Raven]

Once I saw that this was from the UK tabloid  The Sun I discounted it - they make stuff up...