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ITV Emmerdale and Coronation Street not on tonight as soaps dropped - Yorkshire Live
ITV has rescheduled Coronation Street and Emmerdale twice this week to broadcast live sport, including the Six Nations rugby opener, disrupting the usual 8-9pm soap hour.
- On February 5, ITV pulled Coronation Street and Emmerdale to air the France v Ireland match from about 7.20pm at the Stade de France, Paris.
- For the second time this week, ITV moved Coronation Street and Emmerdale to accommodate live sporting broadcasts, after earlier disruption on Tuesday caused by football coverage.
- Launched earlier this year, the 'soap power hour' runs 30-minute instalments Monday–Friday from 8pm–9pm and episodes normally appear on ITVX each morning, but Thursday morning release was cancelled today.
- Fans complained online, calling on ITV to move sports coverage or use alternative channels; ITV confirmed Coronation Street and Emmerdale will return on February 6.
- The disruptions undermine ITV's five-evenings-a-week pledge as January already saw two breaks, critics warn elderly viewers reliant on the soaps are most affected.
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It's official, soap fans are seething at sport and the rage comments are wild
It’s the age-old debate that has soap fans and sports fans at odds (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock) It’s all kicking off among Metro readers ahead of yet another evening of soap schedule disruption, with Coronation Street and Emmerdale being taken off air for the second time this week. Fans have taken to Metro‘s Facebook comments to share their anger, with words like ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgrace’ being thrown into the mix. It was only a month ago that …
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Why isn't Emmerdale or Coronation Street on ITVX or ITV1 tonight? Soap shake-up revealed - The Mirror
Emmerdale and Coronation Street will not air on Thursday on ITVX or ITV1 for the second time in a week thanks to another ITV schedule shake-up, and viewers of the soaps are not happy
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