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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 56896" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>I'm not old enough to remember the original run so I'm going to have to plump for the 2001-2002 revival era. I recall being quite excited at the prospect of a new soap to watch (alongside the equally exciting Night and Day). The show wasn't perfect but there were some good characters in there and I think the show would have worked had they given it time to grow. From what I recall, the ratings were actually not that bad (2 - 3 million) but ITV had it in their heads that they needed to be higher (over 4m I think) and that's how the second revamp came about. The problem with the first revamp was that it didn't know what it wanted to be. It had nods to the original with Jill, Adam and Doris, Dynasty-esque family business dramas with the Russells and then a sort of poor man's Hollyoaks going on with the teen cast of hotel staff. Had it been given time, I think they would've whittled out the deadwood and the show would've found it's rhythm. It's a shame ITV didn't have the patience to see this through. The less said about the second 2003 revamp the better. I've watched some rubbish in my time but that was just dire.</p><p></p><p>While I don't recall the show the first time around, I have watched plenty of it on YouTube and while it's an unpopular opinion with Crossroads traditionalists, I quite like some of the Nicola Freeman / Kings Oak era, although I must admit, I haven't watched a great deal of the earlier years. Mostly though, I find the behind the scenes story of the show to be fascinating. Despite it's huge popularity, it seemed to be constantly battling critics and network bosses who were trying to tinker with the format, cutting back episodes from 5 to 4 a week and firing the show's figurehead. I saw an interview with Noele Gordon where she defended the show stating that it was modelled on the American soap format of 5 days a week and pointing out how ridiculous it was to compare Crossroads to Corrie which was only putting out two episodes a week at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 56896, member: 673"] I'm not old enough to remember the original run so I'm going to have to plump for the 2001-2002 revival era. I recall being quite excited at the prospect of a new soap to watch (alongside the equally exciting Night and Day). The show wasn't perfect but there were some good characters in there and I think the show would have worked had they given it time to grow. From what I recall, the ratings were actually not that bad (2 - 3 million) but ITV had it in their heads that they needed to be higher (over 4m I think) and that's how the second revamp came about. The problem with the first revamp was that it didn't know what it wanted to be. It had nods to the original with Jill, Adam and Doris, Dynasty-esque family business dramas with the Russells and then a sort of poor man's Hollyoaks going on with the teen cast of hotel staff. Had it been given time, I think they would've whittled out the deadwood and the show would've found it's rhythm. It's a shame ITV didn't have the patience to see this through. The less said about the second 2003 revamp the better. I've watched some rubbish in my time but that was just dire. While I don't recall the show the first time around, I have watched plenty of it on YouTube and while it's an unpopular opinion with Crossroads traditionalists, I quite like some of the Nicola Freeman / Kings Oak era, although I must admit, I haven't watched a great deal of the earlier years. Mostly though, I find the behind the scenes story of the show to be fascinating. Despite it's huge popularity, it seemed to be constantly battling critics and network bosses who were trying to tinker with the format, cutting back episodes from 5 to 4 a week and firing the show's figurehead. I saw an interview with Noele Gordon where she defended the show stating that it was modelled on the American soap format of 5 days a week and pointing out how ridiculous it was to compare Crossroads to Corrie which was only putting out two episodes a week at the time. [/QUOTE]
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