I recently tried watching an episode of EastEnders and it was horrific. I stopped watching originally in 2016. Having become bored and frustrated at the storylines I'd simply had enough of watching drivel out of habit. I had watched from 1989 - 2016 and saw it go through some questionable periods before, however this rough patch has lasted for over five years so far with no signs of recovery yet.
The Slater family needs to go
The Carter family needs to go
The Mitchell family needs to go
The newer chav/ scruffy family needs to go
Bring in three new families with actors who are committed to staying for more than a year before quitting and leaving fractured family units behind. The same thing happened to Brookside.
The episode count per week needs to be cut right back, this goes for all soaps. It's not the 1990s anymore.