Reply #15: I used to until they cancelled EastEnders.

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BBCA is run by an American with Philistine tastes in television. First they cancelled the daily showings and had the 2 1/2 hour omnibus on twice a week, then only on Sunday afternoons, then it was moved to SATURDAY afternoons (I guess Sunday was too convenient), then it was cancelled because nobody would stay in the house from 1 to 3:30 on Saturday afternoons to watch a soap (we used to tape it).

It's exactly what NBC did with Star Trek in the 1960's. What do you do with a good show with a small but loyal following that you don't want to fool with anymore? Put it in a really shitty time slot, and cancel it at the end of the season using poor ratings as an excuse.

Since BBCA cancelled our favorite soap, we hardly watch that channel anymore. We ALMOST cancelled our cable altogether. Who wants to see re-re-re-re-reruns of some home decorating show where they paint the walls cranberry and the furniture tangerine and say that's tasteful and up-to-date? If you like gardening and home decor, there's several channels devoted just to that already. I doubt the British watch nothing but Changing Rooms/Ground Force all the time.

Sorry to poop on your thread, but I liked BBCA a lot better when it was about what they were watching OVER THERE.