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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 437184" data-attributes="member: 673">Glenroe was huge in its time, even if it was pretty gentle by modern soap standards. At the time of these ratings, Ireland’s population was only 3.5m, meaning over a third of the country watched the show.If I’m remembering correctly, Knots Landing remained Top Ten or Twenty, right up until the end. It was originally stripped across weekday afternoons on RTE1 (similar to BBC) but due to them either catching up on US broadcasts or because of its popularity, it was moved to a weekly primetime slot.Home and Away was huge here, particularly among younger viewers. Neighbours doesn’t appear on the list here because it didn’t start broadcasting in Ireland on RTE until the early 00’s. Prior to that, only viewers that had access to BBC1 could watch it. Pre-Sky Digital, that meant viewers living along the border with Northern Ireland or on the east coast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 437184, member: 673"] [I]Glenroe[/I] was huge in its time, even if it was pretty gentle by modern soap standards. At the time of these ratings, Ireland’s population was only 3.5m, meaning over a third of the country watched the show. If I’m remembering correctly, [I]Knots Landing [/I]remained Top Ten or Twenty, right up until the end. It was originally stripped across weekday afternoons on RTE1 (similar to BBC) but due to them either catching up on US broadcasts or because of its popularity, it was moved to a weekly primetime slot. [I]Home and Away[/I] was huge here, particularly among younger viewers. [I]Neighbours[/I] doesn’t appear on the list here because it didn’t start broadcasting in Ireland on RTE until the early 00’s. Prior to that, only viewers that had access to BBC1 could watch it. Pre-Sky Digital, that meant viewers living along the border with Northern Ireland or on the east coast. [/QUOTE]

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