ITV slashes Emmerdale and Coronation Street episodes

ITV is cutting the weekly episodes of its flagship soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

The Manchester and London-based channel confirmed that from January 2026 its ITV1 scheduling will feature a “soaps power hour” Monday to Friday.

The current schedule sees Coronation Street air three hour-long episodes while Emmerdale - which is filmed in Yorkshire - airs four 30-minute shows and one hour-long episode.

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