Is Emmerdale on tonight? ITV schedule as National Television Awards disrupts episodes

EMMERDALE fans looking for their daily dose of Dales drama tonight may find themselves disappointed. That’s because the long-running soap has been taken off the schedule in favour of one of the biggest nights in British television. Tonight’s disruption isn’t down to football – instead, the channel is clearing its lineup for coverage of the National Television Awards Credit: ITV Both Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been pulled from the schedule for the night Credit: ITV If you tune in to ITV1 at 8pm tonight (September 8), you won’t see the usual Woolpack antics. Following a summer dominated by extensive World Cup scheduling shifts and ongoing midweek Carabao Cup football coverage, viewers have become all too familiar with sudden soap reshuffles. Sign up for the Emmerdale newsletter Thank you! But tonight’s disruption isn’t down to football. Instead, the channel is clearing its primetime lineup for live coverage of the National Television Awards (NTAs). The glitzy annual NTAs ceremony is taking over ITV1 from 8pm until 10.30pm. With the TV industry’s biggest stars taking over the evening, both Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been pulled from the schedule for the night. Emmerdale’s TV schedule for this week Normal service resumes tomorrow night (September 9), with the rest of the week sticking to the standard 8pm – 8.30pm slot. Here’s how the ITV1 schedule breaks down for the week: Most read in Soaps Monday, September 7: 8pm – 8.30pm Tuesday, September 8: NO EPISODE (National Television Awards, 8pm – 10.30pm) Wednesday, September 9: 8pm – 8.30pm Thursday, September 10: 8pm – 8.30pm Friday, September 11: 8pm – 8.30pm Will there be an ‘extra’ Sunday catch-up episode? When soaps are bumped for other events, ITV often plugs the gap with a “bonus” catch-up episode over the weekend. This usually takes over a Sunday evening slot to ensure fans still get their full weekly quota of drama. Unfortunately for Dales devotees, that does not appear to be happening this time around. According to official updates from the soap’s social media channels, there is no extra episode scheduled for Sunday, September 13 to make up for the missed instalment. Can you watch Emmerdale early online? For viewers looking to watch episodes ahead of the evening broadcast, ITV offers early digital drops on regular show days. Whenever an episode is scheduled for television, fans can stream it online from 7am on both ITVX and YouTube on the day of broadcast. What is coming up in Emmerdale this week? Despite losing an episode to the awards bash, there is still plenty of explosive drama packed into the remaining nights. Charity Dingle finds herself in serious jeopardy as she ends up behind bars facing murder charges over Dr Todd’s death, while Sarah is left utterly devastated after discovering the truth about baby Leyla. Elsewhere, Nicola King stumbles upon alarming financial discrepancies that threaten Jimmy’s business, and Joe faces heartbreaking choices while visiting his newborn son in the neonatal unit. Emmerdale returns to ITV1 and ITVX tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9, at 8pm. Comment now