Coronation Street and Emmerdale pulled off air? Furious fans slam ‘ridiculous’ schedule shake-up tonight!
09:55, 09 Jun 2026
Coronation Street has faced yet another scheduling upheaval and viewers are far from impressed.
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Earlier this year, ITV unveiled its thrilling new “power hour” soap timetable, with Coronation Street and Emmerdale shifting to a different broadcasting arrangement.
Monday through Friday sees 30-minute Emmerdale episodes broadcast at 8pm, followed by 30-minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm. Both programmes are also available for streaming from 7am on ITVX.
Nevertheless, on Tuesday (June 9) both soaps have been displaced from their regular time slot. The timetable alteration is owing to ITV showing live coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier between England and Ukraine.
The soap makes its comeback on Wednesday (June 10) when Corrie will broadcast an hour earlier than normal at 7.30pm, with Emmerdale doing likewise at 7.00pm. And on Friday (June 12), to makeup for the missed episodes, both soaps will transmit for an extended hour from 8pm to 10pm, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Responding to the soap reshuffle, one viewer raged on Facebook: “Give football its own channel theres plenty to choose from grrrrrrr.” A second contributed: “Come on ITV, stop taking our programmes off, or put us on a different channel for the football.”
Mirroring their sentiments, a third weighed in: “It’s quite ridiculous in this day and age that programmes have to be cancelled for b****y football that not everyone watches!! All channels have 1,2,3 so the football or other programmes should be moved rather than this!!”
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Speaking previously about the fresh “power hour” of soaps, Kevin Lygo, director of television at ITV, stated: “The new commissioning pattern is viewer-led.
“We already give more choice than ever to viewers on how they watch us through ITVX and we want to present their favourite soap to them in the most digestible way.
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“In a world where there is so much competition for viewers’ time and attention, and viewing habits continue to change, we believe this is the right amount of episodes that fans can fit into their viewing schedule to keep up to date with the shows.
“Research insights also show us that soap viewers are increasingly looking to the soaps for their pacey storytelling. Streaming-friendly, 30-minute episodes better provide the opportunity to meet viewer expectations for storyline pace, payoff and resolution.”
Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX