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

You don't need to miss a second of the action from the cobbles with our handy guide
Tamzin Meyer

Coronation Street fans will be pleased to hear that the next episode of the ITV soap will air tonight (Friday, December 5).

Footie, rugby and other special shows sometimes cause ITV to tamper with the usual soap schedule round 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 Dee-Dee talking to Alya in Coronation Street
Corrie is on tonight (Credit: ITV)

What time is Coronation Street on tonight?

Coronation Street will air tonight (Friday, December 5) on iTV between 8pm-9pm.

If you don’t want to wait until this evening, you can always watch the early release on ITVX. Or, on YouTube this morning. It’s also available on both platforms from 7am.

Billy and Summer concerned in Coronation Street
Theo lies to Todd’s loved ones (Credit: ITV)

What happens in Coronation Street tonight?

Tonight on the cobbles, Theo’s at it again as he unveils Todd’s latest ‘gift’ – an exercise bike – only for Billy and Summer to clock Todd’s mystery cut. Theo spins another London-party tale, but Billy’s not buying it.

Later, Danielle drops her Tenerife Christmas bombshell, sending Todd into panic mode, though Theo oddly backs her… before tearing into Todd’s fitness stats and pushing him to breaking point.

Meanwhile, Becky tries cracking Costello’s code, but Kit’s discovery of the missing phone may scupper her plan.

Over in the Rovers, Megan’s celebratory snog with Daniel leaves Will crushed. Elsewhere, Maggie steps in as Ollie reels from Dee-Dee’s split – and Dee-Dee shares big news with Alya.

The Driscoll family in the Rovers
The Driscolls make their mark (Credit: ITV)

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 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.

The new format will kick off with a special crossover episode – branded Corriedale – in which characters from both Emmerdale and Coronation Street will be involved in a huge stunt with lasting consequences.

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