American Eastenders

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Fox planning U.S. version of "EastEnders"
By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox Broadcasting has ordered six scripts for an American version of the BBC soap "EastEnders."

The project will be shepherded by "American Idol" creator/executive producer Simon Fuller. The primetime soap genre is hotter than ever this season in America with the breakout success of ABC's "Desperate Housewives."

"EastEnders" has run on BBC1 since 1985.

The American version, said to chronicle the lives of blue-collar families in Chicago, hails from Fuller and "EastEnder's" head writer and story consultant Tony Jordan.

Jordan, who has penned about 250 episodes of "EastEnders" in the past 15 years, is writing the scripts and is executive producing the Fox project with Fuller.

I think this is what American soap operas need.
When I lived there and saw the soap operas my gran used to watch, they were so un-realistic.
Women dressed in huge evening gowns to go to the mall for a coffee.
The success to a good soap is gritty life like dramas you can relate too...because we all seen what happened to Brookside.

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Originally Posted by xglitter-me-upx

I think this is what American soap operas need.
When I lived there and saw the soap operas my gran used to watch, they were so un-realistic.

Eastenders??? Realistic??? Are you mad??? Can i think of any more questions???

Seriously tho - all soap writers should be taken out into the streets and shot.

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Eastenders is realistic compared to American Soap Operas.
If you had seen any of these you would agree.
I miss Brookside because that was the most realistic of all...

[Lindsay]

lol this will be shit