Hackney Chronicle: Emmerdale and Coronation Street will see more schedule changes this week due to an England football match being aired on ITV1 on Tuesday, March 31.

This week, fans of Emmerdale and Coronation Street will notice some TV schedule changes as ITV will broadcast live coverage of a football match. The soaps regularly get moved about for football matches, and we’ve spotted a couple of changes to this week’s schedule. This comes after both soaps were switched around last week for England's football match against Uruguay on Friday, March 27. Here’s what we know about the changes and which episodes the TV schedule shakeup affects this week. A post shared by Coronation Street (@coronationstreet) Emmerdale and Coronation Street to see schedule changes this week The England v Japan match will air from 7pm on ITV1 on Tuesday, March 31, with kick-off at 7.45pm. Since it crosses over into the soap slots, Emmerdale and Corrie have both changed their usual schedules. Emmerdale fans tune into the soap from 8pm on ITV1 on Monday through to Friday, but this week, the Tuesday episode on March 31 won’t air. Instead, an Emmerdale episode will air on Sunday, April 5 at 7pm. Coronation Street usually airs from 8.30pm on the same channel on Monday through to Friday, but Tuesday’s episode won’t air either. The most evil Emmerdale villains Instead, Corrie fans can watch a new episode on Sunday, April 5 at 7.30pm. That’s not all though as both soaps will be on earlier on Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3. Emmerdale will start at 7.30pm while Coronation Street will start at 8pm on both Thursday and Friday, making both programmes 30 minutes earlier. What is the soaps power hour? In 2025, ITV announced changes to its soap schedule, including Coronation Street and Emmerdale. From January 2026, the broadcaster introduced a “soaps power hour” on weekdays with 30-minute Emmerdale episodes at 8pm and 30-minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm. Coronation Street previously aired for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale aired four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment. In May 2025, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making "good progress" on a cost-cutting drive, and that she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025. Emmerdale's most shocking deaths ITV also introduced changes to its popular daytime TV shows such as Good Morning Britain (GMB) and Lorraine. From January this year, GMB has been extended by half an hour, while Lorraine Kelly’s morning talk show has been reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year. What do you think about the schedule changes this week? Let us know in the comments.