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Coronation Street and Emmerdale pulled in schedule shake-up tonight – here's when you can next watch
Bad news, soap fans!
ITV
- Michael Adams
Published: Friday, 7 August 2026 at 6:00 am
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The World Cup and Wimbledon may be over, but further sports coverage is about to disrupt scheduled editions of Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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The soaps usually air in what ITV dub as a "power hour", each weekday evening at 8pm. This new time slot was introduced to provide consistency and to help navigate the disruption that the footy causes annually.
However, since then, both serial dramas have been repeatedly shifted to accommodate other programmes.
Today (Friday 7 August) is no exception, as the broadcaster will air coverage of the EFL Cup Live. Mark Pougatch presents coverage of the Middlesbrough v Wrexham match from the Riverside Stadium at 7pm, with kick-off an hour later at 8pm.
Further analysis is provided by Tommy Smith and Steven Fletcher, with commentary by Seb Hutchinson and Lucy Ward.
Emmerdale's next instalment is eventful for Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins). ITV
Soap viewers will undoubtedly be wondering when their next slice of Weatherfield or Dales action will be. Luckily, you haven't got long to wait.
Emmerdale returns on Sunday 9 August at 7pm. Corrie airs half an hour later at 7:30pm.
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There's an explosive confrontation between Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) and Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) in Emmerdale, which is overheard by an unsuspecting villager.
Meanwhile, Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) reveals to ex-wife Dawn (Olivia Bromley) that her husband-to-be Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) was the one who attacked him, and together they plan to flee the village.
Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) struggles in Corrie. ITV
Over on the cobbles, Sarah Platt's (Tina O'Brien) unnerved when a tough-looking inmate shoots daggers at her across the wing, and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) allows cousin Richie Parkinson (Nathan Sussex) to stay with him for a little longer.
Elsewhere, Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) struggles on his first day back at Speed Daal.
Emmerdale usually airs weeknights at 8pm and Coronation Street usually airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1. Both can be streamed from 7am that day on ITVX.
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Authors
Michael AdamsSoaps Editor
Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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