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Coronation Street in crisis: How ITV soap nosedived with awards snubs, dwindling ratings, budget cuts and a revolving door of bosses - so is Sean Wilson's axe the final nail in the coffin?
For 60 years the ITV soap has been a fixture on TV screens, but in recent years has faced a string of setbacks, including plunging ratings, budget cuts and a revolving door of bosses.
The show also failed to land a single nomination at the British Academy Television Awards back in May, while EastEnders and Emmerdale made the final cut, while BBC One's Casualty took hoem the Best Soap and Continuing Drama honours. In November, in a speech to celebrate the success of ITVX, the channel's boss Kevin Lygo told of his pride at how popular it had become by putting on dramas such as Nolly – the story of Crossroads star Noele Gordon – before screening it on ITV1 this Christmas. After decades of keeping her secret quiet, Toyah confessed her tragedy to Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) after his son Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) lost Roy and Evelyn Plummer's dog, Freddie.
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