What time is Coronation Street on tonight? Get all the latest up-to-date schedules and changes here

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Tamzin Meyer

Coronation Street fans will be pleased to hear that the ITV soap is airing tonight (Thursday, January 8).

Footie, rugby and other special shows can cause ITV to tamper with the usual soap schedule to accommodate them. And, these schedule changes have been happening a lot recently! But we’ve got you covered with all the up-to-date schedule changes right here!

Coronation Street's Nick, Toyah, Nina, George in the Rovers
Corrie is on tonight (Credit: ITV)

What time is Coronation Street on tonight?

Coronation Street will air tonight (Thursday, January 8) on ITV from 8.30pm-9pm. That’s because a new soap power hour has kicked in, with a permanent change to the ITV soap schedule.

Corrie will air at the same time, for half an hour through Monday-Friday.

The Corrie episode is already available to watch on ITVX this morning for those who are eager to watch the drama unfold. It can also be viewed on YouTube too.

Coronation Street's Sean and Rita talking in the Rovers
The Street is filled with sadness (Credit: ITV)

What happens in Coronation Street tonight?

Tonight, the Street continues to mourn Billy Mayhew who sadly died in the car pile-up.

Also, a resident of Weatherfield is arrested and risks being charged as the police continue to investigate the crash. Will they get to the truth?

Soap power hour from January 2026

In October 2024, Corrie started streaming daily episodes of the soap from 7am.

This change was actually welcomed by many fans, with stats for the first quarter of 2025 confirming that ITVX achieved a ‘record-breaking’ billion streams in a quarter for the ‘first time ever.’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale have raked up 124 million streams on ITVX so far this year. Soap viewing is up 35 percent in comparison to the first quarter of 2024.

And there will be more changes in the near-future where the soap schedule is concerned over on ITV as the channel prepares to introduce ‘soap power hour’ from the second week of January 2026.

Instead of airing just three days a week, Corrie will air every weekday but for only half an hour.

Corrie will air Monday-Friday from 8.30pm-9pm. New episodes will also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual.

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