Why is Coronation Street not on ITV tonight? Fans not happy

That’s because the latest episode of Corrie has been removed from the ITV schedule tonight, and won’t air in its usual time slot (8.30pm).

The soap is missing from Friday’s TV line-up as the next instalment of Weatherfield drama has been replaced by the Six Nations, which begins from 7.20pm on ITV1.

Why is Coronation Street not on TV tonight? Fans slam ‘unfair’ schedule change

Jill Douglas will be presenting all the action from the Ireland v Wales game, with kick-off at 8.10pm.

It’s the opening match in the fourth round of fixtures, which will be held at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

The Radio Times summary shares: “Garry Ringrose was shown a 20-minute red card last year at the Principality Stadium with Ireland 10-3 ahead, and Wales made the most of the visitors being down to 14 men by scoring 15 unanswered points to lead 18-10 thanks to tries from Jac Morgan and Tom Rogers.

“However, Six Nations debutant Jamie Osborne then scored a brilliant try for the Irish as they fought back to win 27-18.

“With analysis from Brian O’Driscoll, Rory Best, Dan Biggar and Jamie Roberts, reports by Gabriel Clarke, and commentary from Miles Harrison, Shane Williams and Gordon D’Arcy.”

Emmerdale has also been removed from its 8pm slot on Friday, so there will be no soaps “power hour” at all to finish off the working week.

Viewers who have already noticed the Corrie and Emmerdale schedule change have said the move is “unfair” and have called for sport to be moved to ITVX or “another channel” instead.

It seems many are getting fed up with recent ITV soap episodes being removed from their usual time slots, as it’s become a frequent occurrence lately.

Posting online, this person complained: “It is unfair that soap times and schedules are affected because of sports fixtures.

“The talk build ups to these fixtures are on before the games sometimes for up to an hour before the fixtures start.

“Leave the routine programmes as per the schedule and show sport on ITVx.

“Not everyone like sport and there are occasions when the only option is sport, sport or more sport!”

A second annoyed fan wrote: “Disgusting once again take the soaps of for sport.

“Put soaps or the sport on another channel it’s not as if you haven’t got enough of them.”

Someone else added: “ITV (and the BBC) need to have a ‘Sports’ channel.

“This Friday they’re BOTH broadcasting sport during the peak evening window.

“FA Cup on one and 6 Nations Rugby on the other!”

When is Coronation Street on next week?

Although there is no Corrie tonight, let’s take a look at when it’s on TV next week and see if there are any missing episodes to watch out for:

• Monday, March 9 – 8.30pm
• Tuesday, March 10 – 8.30pm
• Wednesday, March 11 – 8.30pm
• Thursday, March 12 – 8.30pm
• Friday, March 13 – 8.30pm

Are you bothered about Corrie not being on ITV1 this evening? Let us know in the comments below.