ITV soap fans have been dealt more bad news as they are being forced to miss Coronation Street and Emmerdale once more as the Euros are aired instead.
This evening, Monday June 17, fans won't be able to take a trip to the Dales or the Cobbles as both of the ITV soaps are being pulled from the TV schedule. Instead, a Euros 2024 football match will be played, showing Austria vs France.
Because the coverage begins at 7.15pm and ends at around 10.30pm, there won’t be time for Coronation Street or Emmerdale to air as well. However, those who are keen to catch up with the latest soap storylines won't have to wait too long.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street will both air for one hour tomorrow, on Tuesday, June 18. Emmerdale will be broadcasted at 7pm, followed by Corrie at 8pm.
The soaps being replaced by football is something that always riles up fans. Many often take to social media to complain about the changes.
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Coronation Street bosses posted an update explaining the schedule shake-up to social media. They wrote: "The Euros are officially kicking off, which means that our schedules will be changing for a little while, including tonight as we're not on.
"Not a football fanatic? We'll be keeping you up to date with information about when we're on air."
But fans still fumed, as one user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote: "@ITV Why can't @ITV do what BBC have done. Football on BBC1 other popular programs ie Casualty they have put on BBC2 So those of us that hate football can watch our usual programs. You could do this with Emmerdale and Coronation Street."
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Another added: "So mad put all football on bbc1 leave us soap addicts alone x". Someone else wrote: "@ITV Please explain why the football coverage starts at 6.30pm but kick off isn’t until 8pm, you could easily have put both coronation street and Emmerdale on before the match starts!
"Not everyone wants to watch football and is it necessary to have an hour and a half of waffle?"
One user suggested: "Why can’t you upload the whole weeks episodes each Monday morning at 6am. Then we can watch it in our own time."
