ITV Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 Coronation Street fans demand soap reverts back to permanent hour-long episodes after football schedule changes The usual schedule has been thrown into chaos recently Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 The usual Coronation Street schedule has been thrown into major chaos recently due to the World Cup taking over ITV. This has seen the soap revert back to its old format of hour-long episodes instead of the newer format of half hour, week-daily episodes. And, rather surprisingly, fans have now called for the old format to return on a permanent basis. Fans are liking the hour episodes (Credit: ITV) Coronation Street schedule thrown into chaos due to ITV football coverage The World Cup has well and truly kicked off, and soaps fans know all too well what that means. It means more schedule changes for the ITV soaps. With football coverage often airing on the evenings, it means that Coronation Street’s usual schedule has had to move out of the way for a while. Article Continues Below Read all the latest Spoilers Up until January this year, Corrie fans were used to hour-long episodes on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. However, due to the new soap power hour kicking off this year, Corrie now airs half-an-hour episodes Monday-Friday. But, now that it’s sporting season, the soap has reverted back to hour-long episodes over the last couple of weeks. And, fans are actually loving them again despite previously complaining that an hour was too long. Fans are enjoying the hour-long episodes (Credit: ITV) Coronation Street fans demand permanent soap schedule change Corrie fans have now gained a taste of the ‘good old days’ and the nostalgia seems to be making them want another permanent change to the soap schedule going forward.Don't miss a single story! Add us as a Preferred Source in Google for all your Coronation Street newsIt's important to us that you never miss our articles when searching for stories! We have all the latest TV news & schedules to share with our community of loyal readers. Click here and tick TVGuide.co.uk to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search. Even when the World Cup ends, fans have now called for the soap to return to the old pattern of Monday, Wednesday and Friday hour-long episodes. One fan on X commented: “Feel like I owe some of you an apology. I was quite vocal about how much I was looking forward to the return to 30 minute episodes but honestly, the hour long eps this week have been better than anything we’ve had all year.” Another person shared: “Brilliant having an hour episode! The 30 mins ones with the ad break doesn’t give enough time to get into it.” A third fan contributed: “Wooooo let’s keep having these long episodes please, hate the 20 minute episodes, bad idea.” A fourth person added: “How great was that to have 2 evenings of hour long episodes? I absolutely hate the bite size episodes they now do, it’s impossible to really get into the story lines these days. Such a bad decision.” Read more: Coronation Street fan theory predicts Sarah’s pregnant with Gary’s baby Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google Good to Know Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 By Tamzin Meyer 18 Jun 2026, 11:06 Next Story
