Coronation Street and Emmerdale slash episodes in huge ITV soap shake-up

Coronation Street and Emmerdale volition acquisition a immense docket shake-up adjacent twelvemonth and it volition beryllium kicked disconnected by a monolithic stunt week

Coronation Street and Emmerdale volition acquisition a immense docket shake-up adjacent year.

Currently, Emmerdale airs each time astatine 7.30pm connected ITV with a fractional an hr episode, and a peculiar hr occurrence each Thursday. Coronation Street, meanwhile, airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays astatine 8pm for an hour.

It has present been confirmed, from 2026, Coronation Street and Emmerdale volition some alteration times. From January 2026, determination volition beryllium a soap 'power hour', with Emmerdale airing for fractional an hr each time astatine 8pm and Coronation Street consecutive aft astatine 8.30pm each day, again for fractional an hour, arsenic the play from the Cobbles returns to its regular offerings.

This means that fans volition get a full of 5 hours a week alternatively than the six they are utilized to. The peculiar soap docket alteration volition statesman successful January with a immense stunt week for some soaps. The soaps volition stay being uploaded to ITVX astatine 7am each morning.

ITV’s Managing Director of Media and Entertainment Kevin Lygo said: "The caller commissioning signifier is viewer-led. We already springiness much prime than ever to viewers connected however they ticker america done ITVX and we privation to contiguous their favourite soap to them, successful the astir digestible way. In a world wherever determination is truthful overmuch contention for viewers' clip and attention, and viewing habits proceed to change, we judge this is the close magnitude of episodes that fans tin acceptable into their viewing schedule, to support up to day with the shows. Research insights besides amusement america that soap viewers are progressively looking to the soaps for their pacey storytelling. Streaming-friendly, 30 infinitesimal episodes amended supply the accidental to conscionable spectator expectations for storyline pace, pay-off and resolution.

"Whilst viewing is increasing connected ITVX, we cognize a important proportionality of our soaps’ assemblage inactive ticker america via the schedule. This caller signifier is successful the DNA of the soap genre - cipher other does 30 infinitesimal play this successfully. It creates a soap powerfulness hr that's consistent, and casual to find successful the linear schedule, for the UK’s biggest soaps."

He added: "This caller commissioning signifier volition mean 5 hours of soaps a week, alternatively than the existent six. We are conscious this volition person an interaction for the radical who enactment connected the soaps team. We volition enactment our colleagues successful ITV Studios arsenic they enactment done these changes, and volition bash what we tin to mitigate the interaction connected our people. These changes are motivated by doing what we judge is champion for the continuing occurrence of these important programmes successful the agelong term. They besides make headroom successful the wide programme fund for concern successful programming that tin assistance ITV turn scope successful a precise very competitory market."

This week, Coronation Street are airing immoderate immense scenes arsenic a occurrence takes clasp of the Platts house, starring to decease and devastation for many, whilst adjacent week, connected Emmerdale, a treble limousine crashes besides causes immoderate deadly scenes.

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