CORONATION Street has been shunted out of its prime Wednesday night slot how do you feel?

Question

after 50 years to make way for the football.
Episodes will be shifted from 7.30pm on Wednesdays to a new time slot of 8.30pm on Thursdays, as part of ITV1's popular drama overhaul.

they already took corrie & emmerdale away on sundays, now i'll only have emmerdale to watch on wednesdays as sky is crap & just does re~runs of everything!!!

Corrie has been broadcast on Wednesdays since the soap's launch in 1960 but has been occasionally moved to make way for big football games.

Now with the Champions League, the FA Cup and England internationals being screened on the network, the show has been moved permanently.

Other scheduling changes will also see Emmerdale screening two half-hour episodes instead of one on Thursdays and cutting its hour-long episode on Tuesdays in half to 30 minutes.

The volume of soaps will remain the same and the changes will not clash with EastEnders, which airs at 7.30pm on Thursdays.

Kicking off on July 23, the new line-up sees Thursday nights crammed with popular drama on ITV1, topped off by The Bill which is moving to its edgier 9pm time on that date.

The Bill is being repositioned to a post-watershed slot for the first time in its 25 year history.

Soap fans will have an episode of Emmerdale at 7pm and a second one at 8pm on Thursdays, followed by Coronation Street at 8.30pm.

An ITV spokesman said: "Coronation Street will make a move from Wednesday to Thursday nights on ITV1 from July 23 as part of a change to the schedule to reflect ITV's contracts for the Champions League, FA Cup and England internationals, which will see ITV1's live football broadcast on Wednesday evenings.

"In addition, two separate episodes of Emmerdale will be broadcast on Thursdays from the same date. We're delighted that Thursday evenings on ITV1 will be a great showcase for soap from Weatherfield and the Woolpack."

Answer 1

Well for a start that is half the elder generation left confused my mom for one it is like a religion to her and when sunday was took off she was unbearable enough!!

Why are they doing it for MONEY cause it is not for dam football that is for sure money money money

Answer 2

I'll have to wait longer between eps. But my brother, father and male friends like to watch football. At least this way, they can watch what they like and I still get to have the same number of eps every week and don't have to keep checking when Corrie is on next when there's footie taken over it's slot.

Answer 3

Corrie is gigantic adequate and great adequate to deal with fairly schedule jiggling, replace is distinctly much as good asd a relax, and it would not propose that it looses any air time and is clever adequate to no longer make visitors make a right this moment determination between corrie and beastlie enders , so possibilities up a miles better industry share (and we get to make certain footie on a none Sky appropriate channel) all enormous wins as far as i will see. old traditions in basic terms would desire to get replaced with new ones.

Answer 4

not being a corrie lover im pleased its changing nights but for football why didnt that go to itv2 3 or 4 .

Answer 5

They could have tried to discuss this with the audience like what the heck 50 years!

Answer 6

im thinking of getting rid of my telly as its a load of C**P, honestly theres nothing on worth staying in to watch, id rather sit in my green house and watch the veg grow :)

Answer 7

yeah, let me read that whole story and come up with a very relevant answer.

Fried Oysters.....+2

Answer 8

Get a life

Get real, get out a play a sport.

Answer 9

watch a dvd. :)

dont worry you know your right and they are wrong lmao.

x



p.s your rant made me laugh.

Answer 10

I couldn't care less frankly.

Answer 11

excellent football and sports are much more interesting than your stupid soaps :)

Answer 12

you could miss weeks of it and still catch up,yawn time television

Answer 13

That was uncalled for.