CORONATION Street in schedule shake up this week as Friday's episode has been 'ditched'. Usually, episodes of the long-running ITV soap air every week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. However, the new edition of Coronation Street that is due to end at the end of the week has been delayed.
Instead, ITV1 will air coverage of the Rugby Six Nations Championship after Emmerdale at 7:30pm. Viewers will miss out on their Weatherfield fix as France will take on Wales in the highly-anticipated match. The sports programme will continue until at least 10:35pm, which will be swiftly followed by the news .
READ MORE ON CORRIE After that, Lee Mack takes to the airwaves for an edition of The 1% Club which will be shown until past midnight. Fans bemoaned ITV's decision with a new thread on the social media fan forum site Reddit , titled, 'Schedule change!'. They wrote: "Yes, bad news for all you Corrie fans as there are going to be only two episodes this week.
"Monday and Wednesday are normal, whereas Friday there is no episode due to the Rugby Six Nations take over on ITV!" Most read in Soaps "I'm hoping for an extra episode next Sunday to make up for it, or maybe next week. "Yes, Rugby and the FA Cup football will be taking over in the coming weeks. Sorry folks.
" Viewers replied to the post in droves; one fan exclaimed: "Blah. Give me my Corrie!!" As a second user commented: "Boo!" While a third added: " Nice to have someone let us know as ITV never do! Thank you. " According to ITV's .
