ITV Share By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025 By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025 What time is Emmerdale on tonight? Get up-to-date schedules and changes here You don't need to miss a minute of Emmerdale with our handy guide Emmerdale Tonight Share By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025 By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025 If you’re wondering what time Emmerdale is on tonight, it’s bad news: the soap is now off air until Tuesday July 8. Between football, rugby and other special shows, ITV tends to shift the soap schedule round to accommodate them. But we’ve got you covered with all the up-to-date schedule changes right here! Sarah refuses to give up on her wish to become a mum (Credit: ITV) What time is Emmerdale on tonight? On Friday, July 4 2025, Emmerdale is not airing in its usual time slot of 7.30pm. In fact, Emmerdale is not on at all until next week – Tuesday July 8. No more Emmerdale episodes will be dropping on ITVX until Tuesday either. It is normally released here every day at 7am. Joe fears for his life as Crowley holds the power (Credit: ITV) What happens in Emmerdale next week After worrying about her dress size, Gabby is dieting for her engagement party – but it becomes extremely dangerous. She soon collapses and Sarah is forced to get her to hospital. But Sarah still hasn’t fully recovered from her own surgery, and so both women are in a very bad way when they arrive. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Determined to find out who is tormenting him, Joe fires Shaun, believing he must be behind it as he has access to the house. However, things take a turn strikes when Joe is attacked by Shaun and taken to a makeshift hospital. And it seems he comes face-to-face with his real tormentor: Dr Crowley. But will Joe be okay? What will Crowley do to him? Sarah also makes a decision about her future – she’s going to try surrogacy. Despite being against the thought of Sarah having a baby initially, Cain is in full support. Her grandad promises to do all her can to help her. This timeit’s Charity who is annoyed, thinking it’s a bad idea. Elsewhere, still caught up on their almost kiss, Vinny is still struggling being around Kammy. And when Laurel overhears a conversation between them, she’s left with some questions. Meanwhile an angry Ross confronts Robert over Lewis’ stolen weed. Gabby’s actions put her and Sarah in danger (Credit: ITV) Soap power-hour in 2026 In October 2024, Emmerdale announced they were going to start streaming the daily episode of the soap from 7am. Despite some concerns that it meant the soap was in trouble, coupled with lots of cast exits, it has been revealed that actually it was a great move by ITV. Stats for the first quarter of 2025 revealed that ITVX has 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. So it seems fans are really enjoying the 7am uploads. It’ll soon be all change once again for ITV and Emmerdale in 2026 after the soap announced a new schedule. The soap ‘power hour’ will start from next January. Emmerdale will continue to air five nights a week. New episodes will also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual – meaning we don’t have to wait all day if we don’t want to! However, the soap will move to a new time slot of 8pm. The Thursday double bill will also be cut to half an hour to make way for additional episodes of Coronation Street. This ensures faster-paced, digestible episodes – a 30-minute format which has already proven popular with viewers. Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Good to Know Share By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025 By Carena Crawford Jul 4 2025
