Is Coronation Stret on tonight? How Carabao Cup coverage is affecting ITV soap episodes this week

CORONATION STREET and Emmerdale fans will need to adjust their evening routine tonight. Live football is completely wiping out ITV’s usual soap lineup, tonight (September 16), with the channel clearing its schedule to broadcast live coverage of the Carabao Cup third-round clash between Man United and Brighton. The cast of crew of Coronation Street in the press room after winning the Serial Drama award at the 2021 National Television Awards Credit: PA Because live football coverage occupies the main evening slots on ITV1, there is no room for the channel’s flagship dramas Credit: ITV With kick-off scheduled for 8pm, the broadcaster’s regular “power hour” of soap drama has been benched for the evening. Why are Coronation Street and Emmerdale cancelled? Live sport has once again forced a shuffle in the television schedules. Sign up for the Coronation Street newsletter Thank you! ITV is broadcasting full live coverage of the Carabao Cup tie as Premier League giants Manchester United host Brighton at Old Trafford. Because match coverage and build-up occupy the main evening slots on ITV1, there is no room for either of the channel’s flagship serial dramas. Both shows have been pulled entirely from tonight’s broadcast lineup on ITV1. The revised Coronation Street schedule for the rest of the week Here’s how Corrie’s schedule breaks down on ITV1 and ITVX for the rest of the week: Wednesday, September 16: NO EPISODE (Carabao Cup: Man United v Brighton on ITV1) Thursday, September 17: 8.30pm – 9pm (ITV1) Friday, September 18: 8.30pm – 9pm (ITV1) Soap fans will not have to wait long for their next drama fix. Most read in Soaps Emmerdale action returns on Thursday, September 17 at 8pm, while Coronation Street will make its return on the same night at 8.30pm. Normal transmission across both soaps will continue heading into next week. Will missed episodes air on Sunday night? When live football disrupts the standard soap schedule, ITV frequently reshuffles its grid by broadcasting “catch-up” episodes on Sunday evenings. This gives fans an extra hour of screen time over the weekend to make up for lost midweek episodes. Unfortunately, viewers are out of luck this time around. TV listings confirm that no soap episodes are scheduled for Sunday, September 20. Unlike previous fixture disruptions, ITV has opted against creating a Sunday slot, leaving this week with one fewer trip to Weatherfield. Can you watch early on ITVX or YouTube today? In recent years, soap viewers have embraced the convenience of watching episodes online ahead of their TV broadcast. ITV routinely drops new episodes of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale onto ITVX and YouTube at 7am every weekday morning. But that digital early window depends entirely on a scheduled television broadcast that evening. Because neither soap is airing on TV tonight, there will be no 7am episode drop on ITVX or YouTube on Wednesday, September 16. If an episode is not scheduled to air on linear television, it will not be uploaded to online streaming platforms. Soap lovers looking for their morning fix will have to wait until Thursday. Comment now