Daily shows v/s Weekly shows

What would you prefer?? A well conceptualized quality show that airs once a week but provides a proper storyline and well etched characters....or a daily show...where you could watch your fav. characters much more often in a week regardless of whether there is a semblance of storyline or quality to the show??

Please do elaborate on the option you choose and why so? :-)

I m actually confused...d trend of weeklies is back after a long time..but back in 90s all d shows were weeklies n had much better quality then d shows today....but yes we get more attached 2 d shows when we see them 4-5 time a week...they kindof become our daily routine😆..
But since I have 2 choose one...I will go for weeklies with a better storyline...as it also implies less wasting of time watching TV😆
Love
Moni

Originally posted by: nureat01

What would you prefer?? A well conceptualized quality show that airs once a week but provides a proper storyline and well etched characters....or a daily show...where you could watch your fav. characters much more often in a week regardless of whether there is a semblance of storyline or quality to the show??

Please do elaborate on the option you choose and why so? :-)

Anu, Right now, I prefer Quality over quantity any day😆

Anu i wud prefer quality over quantity at any given day.. bt the only prob is i wud always miss weekend shows.. Friday is k but Sat Sunday. i wud never b able 2 add 2 TRPs even if i luv tht show.. hahahha.... may b they can make it once a week on weekdays.. betn 8:00 to 9:00.. Mahi Way and Rishta.com can b gud once-a-week weekday shows.. even Seven can.. let Powder n Crime Patrol b on weekends...

Weekly ,,AFTER a LONGGGGGGG time.😊

Quality over quantity, anyday.

Take Star One for instance. (my pet peeve 😆 ). When launched, it had weekly shows and they were good. Special Squad, Siddhant, HK. And see what it is now. With the tight deadlines for daily soaps, the producers end up approving crap that they wouldn't otherwise.

I am also being a bit selfish here. 😳 I'm a bit too busy these days to keep track of the daily shows.

Originally posted by: achiever

Anu i wud prefer quality over quantity at any given day.. bt the only prob is i wud always miss weekend shows.. Friday is k but Sat Sunday. i wud never b able 2 add 2 TRPs even if i luv tht show.. hahahha.... may b they can make it once a week on weekdays.. betn 8:00 to 9:00.. Mahi Way and Rishta.com can b gud once-a-week weekday shows.. even Seven can.. let Powder n Crime Patrol b on weekends...

That's a great point, Manisha...but I think the reason they've made these weekend shows is so that they don't have to compete with the saas-bahu soap audience....which usually cuts into the TRP potential of any good soap on air anyways....no good show even gets a chance in the face of the relentless saas-bahu audience....I think by keeping these shows on the weekends, they'll get a fair chance to create their own niche audience for which they've been made :-)

Daily shows do not have a story. They start with a basic idea..a backdrop and some characters. Then the pressure of airing the show daily leads to disasters. A simple track is dragged out to a point that the viewer forget what the original issue was...Side-comedy-actors are added for brainless crap. Songs are added even when they have no connection to the story. Actors are over worked...body doubles are used and retakes are avoided even if a scene is not shot well. Daily shows do not move a story forward...they stretch it...distorting the original essence of a show. Any thing that is given more time will give a better result....so ofcourse I prefer these weekly shows....

btw Anu I think a poll such as this should be started in a 'daily show' forum too....then only we'll know what type of shows the...ehmm....audience really prefer...lol

Anu...definitely quality over quantity. History itself tells the unfortunate aftermath that takes place when a soap becomes daily or becomes Mon-Fri from Mon-Thurs or starts airing every day :P

I, for one, would not only prefer weekly but also a soap divided into seasons, like how English series are aired. True, that waiting to watch the next episode of your favourite soap takes a lot of patience, which most of us cannot give.........but if we don't compromise, the standard of TV shows are never going to improve.

I really want the reign of saas-bahu shows to end and the cringe-worthy scenes of youth-based shows to be shown the door out. Melodrama is not the part of our life, and neither is superficial activities. We are people with emotions as well as wit, we prefer to watch things which caters out tastes from both emotional and logical persepctive. Television should entertain us and capture us regarding the future storyline, not irritate us with the random and puzzling half-baked stories. This YRF shows gives a ray of hope and I want these shows to set a trend. This can only happen if quality remains good, which in turn is solely possible if they remain weekly (or maybe made season wise.....just an opinion....not a must factor...lol)