{"id":49652,"date":"2025-11-13T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=49652"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:57:31","slug":"exclusive-amidst-complaints-emmerdale-being-too-dark-fans-insist-theyve-got-balance-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/exclusive-amidst-complaints-emmerdale-being-too-dark-fans-insist-theyve-got-balance-right\/","title":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Amidst complaints of Emmerdale being too dark fans insist they’ve ‘got the balance right’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale fans have been complaining for some time now that the soap has become \u201ctoo dark\u201d<\/a> \u2013 especially after the latest standalone episodes featuring Bear, April and Robert.<\/p>

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However an exclusive Emmerdale Insider poll has revealed plenty of viewers don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case at all. In fact, they claim the soap has got the balance between drama, gloom and lighthearted plots absolutely spot on.<\/p>\n

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Complaints over Emmerdale storylines getting \u2018too dark\u2019<\/h2>\n

The soap isn\u2019t one to shy away from harrowing topics and often thrive when they are tackling the uncomfortable, as well as the ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Mackenzie Boyd got out of the bunker<\/a> and John Sugden vanished, so Emmerdale fans thought the dark cloud had lifted.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s when the April and Dylan storyline kicked up a gear. Ray\u2019s connection to Celia<\/a> was revealed, and we all realised there was much more happening than we knew.<\/p>

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