Channel 7 made a big mistake earlier this year by re-screening the early episodes during the day at 11am. A mistake because any average viewer who happened to watch it realised that 'Home and Away' has barely changed in the 12 years it has been screening. Sure the characters may have changed (only Alf, Ailsa, Fisher and Sally remain from the original episodes) but we're seeing repeats of the same old storylines again and again and again. Not to mention that the current characters themselves are effectively identical to ones been and gone already except they're being played by different actors and have different names. The only standout thing about Season 2000 is that there has been a lot more accidents, deaths, crises etc. and characters are coming and going with increasing regularity than any previous season that I can recall - perhaps a sign that the show is starved for ideas so they have to have an crisis every second week in an attempt to retain ratings?
My advice to Channel 7 - start looking for an alternative and quickly. 'Home and Away' may have been a great show in its prime but now its has well and truly outstayed its welcome.
My advice to Channel 7 - start looking for an alternative and quickly. 'Home and Away' may have been a great show in its prime but now its has well and truly outstayed its welcome.