Emmerdale and Corrie times this week - full soap schedule amid ITV shake-up
Emmerdale and Coronation Street fans face a huge shake-up this week as the soaps move times for the football. As usually happens, the soaps have been displaced this week on ITV to allow for the airing of various football matches.
Those hoping to kick off their week with some Emmerdale and Coronation Street will be sorely disappointed as both soaps won't air on Monday due to back to back football coverage. The same will apply for Wednesday, with no soaps on.
On Tuesday, viewers will be treated to a trip to the Dales whilst on Thursday, soap fans who love the drama in the Woolpack and the chaos on the Cobbles will get two full hours of soaps - one hour from each programme.
Friday is the only day where the soaps will air as normal, with Emmerdale airing at 7.30pm and Coronation Street airing for its usual hour slot at 8pm. There will be no soaps on the weekend, despite 'missing' episodes.
Usually we get three hours of Coronation Street every week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and three hours of Emmerdale every week (half an hour each day and an hour on Thursday). However, this week, we will only get two hours of Emmerdale and two hours of Coronation Street across the five days.
This actually aligns more with the plans for the soaps from 2026. From next January, the soaps have been cut by half an hour each. Instead of airing at their current pattern, there will be a 'power hour' of soaps.
Emmerdale episodes will air at 8pm, and Coronation Street episodes will air at 8.30pm. These will air in half an hour slots from 2026, meaning the soaps will be cut down by half an hour each each week.
Kevin Lygo, ITV's Managing Director of Media and Entertainment, said: "This new pattern is in the DNA of the soap genre - nobody else does 30 minute drama this successfully.
"It creates a soap power hour that's consistent, and easy to find in the linear schedule, for the UK's biggest soaps. This new commissioning pattern will mean five hours of soaps a week, rather than the current six. We are conscious this will have an impact for the people who work on the soaps team. We will support our colleagues in ITV Studios as they work through these changes, and will do what we can to mitigate the impact on our people."
Tuesday: Emmerdale 7.30pm
Wednesday: No soaps
Friday: Emmerdale 7.30pm, Coronation Street 8pm
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