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Soap enthusiasts will need to adjust their viewing habits as ITV confirms a new schedule for Coronation Street and Emmerdale, reducing the number of soap episodes. Currently, Corrie airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8pm to 9pm.

ITV has announced major changes coming to the schedules of both its flagship soap operas, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, which will come into effect from the beginning of 2026.

ITV has announced that it is entering a consultation process with soap staff over redundancies amid the recent Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change.

According to TV Zone, ITV is plotting the soap shake-up for 2026, so you don’t have to worry about getting caught out straight away. The new schedule will be introduced from January next year. The website reports that the new soap ‘power hour’ with a week of special episodes feature stunts “never before seen”.

Up to 75 positions across Coronation Street and Emmerdale could be cut ahead of cost-cutting measures on the ITV soaps. The two flagship soaps will move to a new broadcast pattern from January 2026, both reducing their episode count from six to five.

While we are already getting new episodes of Emmerdale every evening, Coronation Street currently airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. However, from the start of next year, th

ITV has confirmed it is slashing its soap schedule, meaning 'Coronation Street' and Emmerdale's combined weekly output will be down from six hours a week to five hours a week.

For those who work on Coronation Street and Emmerdale, it therefore must be a nerve-wracking time as ITV, under the guise of following user research and creating a soaps ‘power hour’, are effectively cutting the output of its two key shows.