Coronation Street will not air at 8.30pm tonight in fresh schedule change
Once again Coronation Street is being moved for sport tonight (Tuesday April 14) and it won’t air at 8.30pm as usual. So when can you watch it next?
With football, rugby and one-off specials regularly taking over the schedules lately, it’s been a bit of a juggling act for viewers trying to keep track. But if you’ve been wondering when you can next head back to the cobbles, here’s everything you need to know.
Todd finds his courage (Credit: ITV)
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Is Coronation Street on tonight?
Coronation Street will not be on ITV screens on Tuesday, April 14. ITV’s new ‘soap power hour’ format usually sees the soap air Mon-Fri between 8.30pm-9pm, with Emmerdale before it at 8pm.
However tonight there is a women’s football match on ITV instead. England take on Spain in a European qualifier with kick-off at 7pm.
As it’s not on tonight it means the ITVX and YouTube 7am releases have also been cancelled.
The soap will return tomorrow (Wednesday April 15) at the usual time of 8.30pm. And an extra Sunday episode (April 19) has also been added.
Debbie has an episode after Carl causes more stress (Credit: ITV)
What happens in Coronation Street this week?
When the soap airs on Wednesday it’s a special episode. Featuring just one storyline strand we will see what happens when Todd finally finds the courage to go to the police about Theo.
After suffering a major beating on Monday night (April 13), Todd could barely walk or speak. He managed to get to Sarah’s and asked her and Kit to take him to the police station.
Tomorrow night he tells Kit and Lisa all about the months of abuse Theo has put him through. Meanwhile, Theo realises his time is up and he prepares to flee. But with word spreading about what he’s really like, will he get away.
As Todd tries to move on with his life, Sarah soon makes things worse. Can Todd finally break free from Theo’s control?
Elsewhere, Carl continues to manipulate and scheme and Debbie is disgusted. But when their latest altercation causes her to have another episode, Ronnie decides he has to act. Will it help?
And, Maggie is still out in the cold as Ben continues to punish her. Will they be able to put things right?
Ben just can’t forgive Maggie (Credit: ITV)
Soap power hour in 2026
The way fans watch Corrie has been evolving for a while now.
Back in October 2024, ITV began releasing daily episodes on ITVX from 7am, giving viewers the option to watch ahead of the TV broadcast.
The move proved popular, with figures for the first quarter of 2025 showing ITVX hit a record-breaking billion streams in a single quarter for the first time. Coronation Street and Emmerdale alone pulled in 124 million streams on the platform for the first half of 2025 with overall soap viewing up 35 percent compared to early 2024.
And then more change came. After an explosive Corriedale in January 2026, ITV introduced its ‘soap power hour’ schedule.
Under the new format, Coronation Street now airs every weekday instead of just three times a week, with each episode running for half an hour between 8.30pm and 9pm. Episodes continue to land on ITVX at 7am daily, giving fans the choice of when to tune in.
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