This week, Emmerdale and Corrie both announced that they would be airing their daily episodes of the soaps early on ITVX due to the Olympics.
With the Olympics being a big TV highlight at the moment, the soaps are making sure that fans are still able to watch the sporting action as well as the latest Weatherfield and Dales drama.
Now, fans of the ITV soaps are calling for this temporary schedule change to become permanent.
Fans can watch daily episodes from 7am (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale and Corrie air early on ITVX
Emmerdale usually airs at 7.30pm for half an hour on weekdays, with the exception of Thursdays where the soap airs for an hour.
Coronation Street follows on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, airing for one hour between 8pm-9pm.
This week though, ITV has announced that the latest episodes of the soaps will be made available from the earlier time of 7am. Fans can now watch the episodes from 7am on the day they’re due to air.
Rival BBC soap EastEnders usually follows a similar format, releasing its episodes at 6am on iPlayer. ITV has now taken a leaf out of EastEnders’ book – but only whilst the Olympics coverage is airing.
Taking to social media yesterday (Monday, July 29), the Emmerdale and Corrie official X pages shared: “We’re giving you a little treat this summer whilst the Olympics are on.
“On each day of transmission, you can find Emmerdale and Corrie episodes on ITVX at 7am!”
Fans are loving the new schedule (Credit: ITV)
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