ITV Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google By Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 By Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 Another Sunday episode confirmed for Emmerdale as schedule chaos continues There is a lot of disruption coming up ITV schedule Share Add as preferred source on Google Add as preferred source on Google By Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 By Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 Sunday episodes are becoming quite the thing for Emmerdale at the moment as more changes are on the way that mean another extra weekend outing. Both Emmerdale and Coronation Street are being moved for sport on multiple occasions over the next few weeks. It means catch-up episodes will be aired on Sunday nights to make up for it. The ITV soaps are often shifted to make way for football and rugby coverage. Soap fans are usually not happy about it – especially as there haven’t been catch-up episodes available recently. But that’s about to change as now we are getting extra episodes to make up for it. It’s farewell Tracy this Sunday (Credit: ITV) Emmerdale and Coronation Street to air Sunday episodes On Sunday March 29, Emmerdale will air at 7pm. Coronation Street will then follow for half an hour at 7.30pm. This will make up for the fact neither soap will air tomorrow night (Friday March 27) because England are playing Uruguay in a friendly at Wembley Stadium. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Emmerdale and Corrie will both be back in their normal 8pm slots on Monday March 30. Then on Tuesday March 31 no ITV soaps will be on at all due to England playing Japan at football starting at 7pm. That week doesn’t get any more straightforward either! On Wednesday April 1, Emmerdale and Coronation Street go back to their normal 8pm and 8.30pm slots respectively. But on Thursday April 2 they will air half an hour earlier – at 7.30pm and 8pm – to make room for two-hour episodes of Vera (repeats!) at 8.30pm.Don't miss a single story! Add us as a Preferred Source in Google for all your Emmerdale 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. Very confusing! Joe also does something awful (Credit: ITV) Another Sunday Emmerdale added And now it’s been revealed the following week won’t be any calmer. Another Sunday episode has been added for Easter Sunday, April 5. Both Coronation Street and Emmerdale will once again air at 7pm and 7.30pm respectively. These ones are to make up for the missing Tuesday March 31 episode. We’ve got a handy guide below if you’re struggling to make sense of it all – we know we are! The dramatic Corriedale crash kick-started soap power hour (Credit: ITV) Viewers love soap power-hour, but hate time slot! The updates come after the so-called soap power hour began in January. Emmerdale continues to air five nights a week with new episodes still dropping on ITVX at 7am every morning. However it has moved to a new time of 8pm, instead of the old 7.30pm slot. Coronation Street has gone from airing Monday, Wednesday and Friday for an hour, to daily half-hour episodes at 8.30pm. Emmerdale’s Thursday double bill has also been cut to half an hour. The 30-minute format is popular with viewers, with one saying: “So much better having the episodes on 30 mins a night in my opinion.” Another said: “Finally, I can watch my three favourite soaps in a row. Much prefer this schedule and the 30 min episodes.” However despite the love, there was one major complaint – it’s on too late. “I think Emmerdale should be on at 7pm then Corrie at 7.30pm so it won’t be too late,” commented one person. Another agreed: “Can’t help feeling that the 8pm timeslot will mean losing viewers who watch it live. You’re up against bigger programs such as The Traitors in that time slot. 7pm was the best slot for Emmerdale I felt.” “Why couldn’t this ‘power hour’ be from 7-8pm, returning both shows to their traditional, long held timeslots? Bad move, ITV,” stated a third. And then in a poll run by Emmerdale Insider, fans declared they want a time change. A massive 88 per cent of viewers said soap power hour should be from 7pm to 8pm instead. Full ITV soap schedule from Sunday March 29, 2026 The full ITV soap schedule for the week is as follows: Sunday March 29 - Emmerdale, 7pm, Coronation Street 7.30pm Monday March 30 - Emmerdale 8pm, Coronation Street 8.30pm Tuesday March 31 - No ITV soaps will air Wednesday April 1 - Emmerdale 8pm, Coronation Street 8.30pm Thursday April 2 - Emmerdale 7.30pm, Coronation Street 8pm Friday April 3 - Emmerdale 8pm, Coronation Street 8.30pm Sunday April 5 - Emmerdale, 7pm, Coronation Street 7.30pm Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns 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 Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 By Carena Crawford 26 Mar 2026, 12:03 Previous Story Next Story
