r/television • u/NoCulture3505 • 1d ago

‘Outnumbered’ & ‘Call The Midwife’ Lead Solid Boxing Day For BBC After Christmas Day Ratings Bonanza

https://deadline.com/2024/12/boxing-day-ratings-call-the-midwife-outnumbered-1236242746/
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u/Dark_Foggy_Evenings 1d ago

Yeah…maybe ask some of the people who watched Outnumbered what they thought of it. ‘Absolute shite’ would feature heavily. It’s gone from quirky, gentle comedy to flaccid family drama.

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 1d ago

Cancer! Merry xmas check your anus you will die soon.

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u/KrivUK 1d ago

RLM fan out in the wild?

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 1d ago

Yes! secret handshake

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u/Ok-fine-man 1d ago

Was that an actual storyline on the show? Cancer?

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u/ThomasHL 16h ago

It was, but I don't think that was the problem. The show was just really slow paced, and missing the chaos that originally made it great

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u/Ok-fine-man 6h ago

No, it's missing the kids and the precocious things they said. That's what made it funny. No kids in it anymore.

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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 1d ago

The kids grew up, stopped being cute and became really bad actors. If they were going to reboot it they should have given them all grandkids.

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u/cglotr 8h ago

The kids basically stopped acting after the last episode, then the producers thought they could come back like nothing had happened 🤦‍♂️

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u/Ok-fine-man 1d ago

It went off the boil in its original run when all the kids started to grow up.

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u/deadkestrel 9h ago

Yeah outnumbered was really hard to get through. The kids now being adults was just weird because they are all absolutely terrible at acting.

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u/Fandam_YT 15h ago

I guess I’m in the minority then because I grew up with Outnumbered and enjoyed that new episode. I also watched it with my parents who had never seen the show before and they liked it too. I’m sorry so many others were disappointed by it 

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u/myeff 1d ago

I didn't know Call the Midwife was still on the air. I loved the first few seasons but I can't imagine watching it that long. Do they really have new stories or do they just rehash old ones?

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u/KlutzyInteraction238 1d ago

It is still on and actually has very interesting perspectives

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u/HandLion 1d ago

Yeah it's been going long enough now that the new season is set in the '70s. I don't think it's as good as it used to be but it doesn't feel like they're repeating old storylines

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u/Ok-fine-man 1d ago

That's impressive. Pobably lasts as long as the The Last of the Summer Wine.

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u/ApatheticEnthusiast 1d ago

They’re going forward with time so there’s all kinds of social changes they address. Also they changed the nuns , the nurses and the patients so things are always different.

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u/Gato1980 1d ago

I look forward to the Call The Midwife Christmas special every year. It's always very heartwarming and a great way to end the Christmas day.

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u/The_Pandalorian 4h ago

My wife does, too! I call it her yearly Christmas labor pain special. I don't get it, but love that she loves it.

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u/memo1920 1d ago

Merry Christmas