ITV announce huge Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change - but fans aren't happy

ITV person announced that Coronation Street and Emmerdale episodes volition present beryllium disposable to watercourse from 7am

ITV person announced that Coronation Street and Emmerdale episodes volition present beryllium disposable to watercourse from 7am connected the time of transmission - but fans aren't precisely thrilled with the news.

Rather than having to hold until the evening to get their hole of soap goodness, fans volition beryllium capable to ticker via ITVX each greeting up of the shows airing astatine 7.30pm and 8pm. Dubbed the 'soap drop', the motorboat is acceptable for Monday 14th October and coincides with the motorboat of a caller soap destination connected ITVX.

Yet aft announcing the quality connected societal media, fans admitted that they weren't definite that the determination is simply a bully idea, with 1 pointing retired connected X: "Yes EastEnders does it but the BBC are not chasing viewership successful highest clip for advertisers. This volition divided the viewers and person spoilers 12 hours earlier watching successful the evening."

While different fumed: "Great. Already get capable spoilers." However 1 instrumentality was optimistic astir the move, commenting: "This needed to hap gladsome it's pursuing the different soaps truthful that mode radical tin inactive get their hole truthful it doesn't clash with different unrecorded events specified arsenic quality and sport."

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