<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>EastEnders has drawn in its lowest ever rating since it first aired 1985, according to reports.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>On July 31 the BBC soap attracted just 1.7 million viewers, minuscule in comparison to the show’s heyday, which saw 30 million tune in on Christmas Day 1986 when Den Watts told Angie he wanted a divorce.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>According to , these figures are a ’cause for concern’, 광주 성형외과 with ‘rival soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale pulling in much bigger audiences’.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> 
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</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Low ratings: EastEnders has drawn in its lowest ever rating since it first aired 1985, according to reports (pictured: Mick Carter and Phil Mitchell 2020)</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The paper suggested that recent storylines are to blame, saying: ‘Recent storylines have focused on trendy issues — cosmetic surgery addiction, cannabis oil treatments and online trolling, among others.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’The sheer volume of these bland storylines amounts to overkill.'</p><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-20″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw tvshowbiz” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous
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</div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It also pointed to the fact that EastEnders is short of ‘icons’ such as Peggy Mitchell and Dot Branning, while ‘Corrie has kept many of its veteran stars, like Bill Roache (Ken Barlow) and Barbara Knox (Rita Tanner).'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>A BBC spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Throughout the Euros and the Olympics, 광주 성형외과 EastEnders have been dropping the entire weeks episodes on iPlayer every Monday giving the audience the choice to watch when and where they choose so it’s no surprise that the overnight audience has been impacted.'</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> ![Heyday: On July 31 the BBC soap attracted just 1.7 million viewers, minuscule in comparison to the show's heyday, which saw 30 million tune in on Christmas Day 1986]()
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Heyday: On July 31 the BBC soap attracted just 1.7 million viewers, minuscule in comparison to the show’s heyday, which saw 30 million tune in on Christmas Day 1986 </p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The statement continued: ‘EastEnders has been streamed 51 million times since this began, making it one of iPlayer’s most popular shows.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It was also reported in March that both EastEnders and Coronation Street had seen a significant drop in their viewing figures.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>According to data published by, Corrie’s audience has fallen by 19 per cent in the past four years while EastEnders has fallen by around 37 per cent. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The numbers also showed the amount of people tuning into watch TV was down nine per cent in the first eight weeks of 2021 compared to the same time period in 2017.</p><div class=”moduleFull mol-video”><div><div itemprop=”video” itemscope=”itemscope” website content=”Max Branning’s emotional departure from EastEnders’ Walford” itemprop=”name” /><meta content=”PT00M38S” itemprop=”duration” /><meta website itemprop=”thumbnailUrl” /><meta website itemprop=”contentURL” /><meta content=”2021-02-20T00:47:37+0000″ itemprop=”uploadDate” /><meta content=”576″ itemprop=”height” /><meta content=”1024″ itemprop=”width” /><meta content=”This clip from BBC’s EastEnders shows Max Branning’s emotional departure from the soap’s fictional borough of east London, Walford.” itemprop=”description” /><div class=”item”> <div class=”vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col tvshowbiz” id=”v-4266261371627483810″> <video controls=”” class=”video-js vjs-default-skin” website / EastEnders","playerId":"default","title":"Max Branning’s emotional departure from EastEnders’ website clip from BBC’s EastEnders shows Max Branning’s emotional departure from the soap’s fictional borough of east London, Walford.website preload=”none”> <source website type=”video/mp4″></source> </video> </div> </div> </div></div></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>As well as EastEnders and Coronation Street’s viewing figures being down, ITV soap Emmerdale also saw their numbers drop by 22 per cent in the period compared.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Writing in ratings expert Stephen Price said: ‘The soaps’ dominance of traditional TV appears to be on the wane, no longer impervious to challenge from the linear opposition and losing fans to the streamers.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’With volume falling faster than overall TV viewing and the challenge of other genres more keenly felt, soaps’ all-conquering prowess is disappearing.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The study also reportedly found that younger viewers had turned away from soaps in general, claiming that EastEnders lost 53 per cent of viewers aged 16-34.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> ![Slump: EastEnders and Coronation Street saw a significant drop in their viewing figures in March it was claimed (Linda and Mick Carter in EastEnders)]()
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Slump: EastEnders and Coronation Street saw a significant drop in their viewing figures in March it was claimed (Linda and Mick Carter in EastEnders) </p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>ITV told The Mirror: ‘ITV soaps are consistently amongst the most-watched programmes in primetime and they are in the top three most streamed on ITV Hub.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>While a BBC spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘A growing proportion of EastEnders’ viewing and the majority for under 35s is via BBC iPlayer where the audience value the ability to watch it on demand.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Since the show returned to air in September 2020, it has generated 149 million iPlayer streaming requests, making it one of the service’s very best performing programmes.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>There has been a shift in what people watch over the years, with EastEnders, Corrie and Emmerdale averaging around 8.7m viewers between them in 2007.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>However ten years later in 2017 the three soaps had 6.9m people tuning in to watch.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> ![Icons: The Sun pointed to the fact that EastEnders is short of 'icons' such as Peggy Mitchell and Dot Branning]()
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Icons: The Sun pointed to the fact that EastEnders is short of ‘icons’ such as Peggy Mitchell and Dot Branning</p></div></div>
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