Emmerdale and Coronation Street fans will see a schedule change this week due to ITV1 showing a football match.
The soaps regularly get moved around for football matches, and this week is no different.
Here’s what we know about the changes and which episodes the TV schedule shake-up affects.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street to see schedule changes this week
ITV will air the FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier, which will see Spain and England battle it out on Friday, June 5, with coverage starting at 7.30pm and kick-off at 8pm.
This means the football match will run over the usual 8pm Emmerdale and 8.30pm Corrie slots.
Sometimes, schedule changes mean the missed episodes are released on a Sunday instead, and this is the case this week.
Emmerdale will be available to watch on Sunday, June 7 at 8pm and Corrie will follow it in the 8.30pm slot.
Have you noticed ITV's new scheduling this year?
From January 2026, the broadcaster introduced a “soaps power hour” on weekdays with 30-minute Emmerdale episodes at 8pm and 30-minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm.
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Coronation Street previously aired for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale aired four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.
In May 2025, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making "good progress" on a cost-cutting drive, and that she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025.
ITV also introduced changes to its popular daytime TV shows such as Good Morning Britain (GMB) and Lorraine.
From January this year, GMB has been extended by half an hour, while Lorraine Kelly’s morning talk show has been reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year.
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