What time is Emmerdale on tonight? Get all schedule details plus ITVX changes here

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Carena Crawford

Emmerdale is on ITV tonight (Friday February 13) after lots of disruption last week. So what time is is on, is it available on ITVX and what is happening?

Between football, rugby and other special shows, ITV tends to shift the soap schedule round to accommodate them. And boy have they been shifting A LOT lately! But we’ve got you covered with all the up-to-date schedule changes right here!

Bear sees a therapist
Bear can’t cope with his guilt (Credit: ITV)

What time is Emmerdale on tonight?

On Friday, February 13 Emmerdale will be on in its usual time slot of 8pm. Coronation Street, which usually follows at 8.30pm, is also on as normal.

Both soaps are already available on ITVX and YouTube, where they are released every day at 7am.

Last week there were huge changes to the ITV soaps because of rugby and football.  Although if ITV brought the power hour earlier, it might make more sense!

April struggles to accept that she is a victim
April struggles to accept that she is a victim (Credit: ITV)

What happens in Emmerdale tonight?

A special episode airs tonight featuring Bear, April and Dylan reliving their pasts. But will it help any of them to move forward?

Bear is having his first counselling session and Ray is back haunting him. As he becomes overwhelmed by guilt, will he crack and confess?

Meanwhile Dylan is struggling too as he opens up to Paddy. He blames himself for everything and wants to leave the village believing he is a ‘curse’. Can Paddy talk him round?

Also, April thinks she deserves to be punished for what she has done. Despite Rhona’s protestations April was manipulated and exploited, April insists she’s bad and deserves to go to prison.

Can any of them get enough closure to move on?

Rhona tries to convince April she's the victim here (Credit: ITV)
Rhona tries to convince April she’s the victim here (Credit: ITV)

Soap power hour has begun

In October 2024, Emmerdale began 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 as stats revealed viewing was way up.

The soap then announced a new schedule. The soap ‘power hour’ starting from January 2026 sees Emmerdale continue to air five nights a week. New episodes will also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual.

However, the soap has moved 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.

However it also seems that the changes don’t stop the disruption caused by sports, hence why Emmerdale is not on tonight!

Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns