[AndyB2008]

Hm, and I thought Shortland Street had gone out of production years ago. According to Wiki its not far off 8000 episodes.

Gotta be the best part of 20 years now since ITV dropped it I would have thought. Pretty sure Sky picked it up for a bit and then dropped it like a hot potato a few weeks later...

Yep, Living (before Sky took over) in 2010 aired a double bill of episodes at 3pm around the time Adam Rickitt was in the soap (the 2007 season), with repeats the following morning and also showings on sister channel Living Loves.

When it failed to get the ratings, the morning repeats were replaced with editions of the Maury talkshow and the main airings were moved to noon, facing the popular ITV/BBC daytime shows like This Morning, Loose Women and Bargain Hunt. (The US series Criminal Minds replaced Shortland Street in the 3pm slot).

Eventually Living replaced Shortland Street with CSI repeats and shunted the rest of the episodes onto Living Loves, where they were burnt off to the end until the contract with Fremantle ran out.