THE ROVERS WILL RETURN When is Coronation Street on this week? ITV schedule shake-up as soap moved
JUST as fans were getting used to the new Soap Power Hour, which kicked off with supersoap Corriedale, ITV tinkered with the timetable.
New episodes of Coronation Street have been airing every weekday and dropping as early as 7am on ITVX and YouTube, but not this week.
In January 2026, the new scheduling pattern was launched for both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
The soaps now usually air every evening from Monday to Friday, with 30-minute Emmerdale episodes at 8pm, followed by 30-minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm.
However, this week Corrie has a different schedule.
When is Coronation Street on this week?
Coronation Street will be airing half-hour episodes at the following times and dates on ITV1:
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- Monday, February 2 at 8.30pm
- Wednesday, February 4 at 8.30pm
- Friday, February 6 at 8.30pm
So Corrie is back to its Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule this week.
On Tuesday, February 3, ITV1 showed Arsenal’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg 1-0 (4-2 aggregate) victory over Chelsea.
While on Thursday, February 5, live coverage of the Six Nations will replace what would usually be a Coronation Street time slot.
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Soap fans hungry for their daily fix are not happy with the changes, taking to social media and letting ITV know their disappointment.
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One wrote: “I remember the times we used to get episodes moved to other times because of the football (even last year), but now it seems like the ne standard is simply no episode at all on the football/sports days.”
A second said: “This is so painful. There are very few shows that I like to watch but they keep being shunted.”
Another added: “This is stupid. So they already cut all the extra episodes going from 6 to 5 per week.
“Now every other week it seems they lose another episode. So in 2026 how many fewer episodes will there really be compared to 2025?”
Can I watch Coronation Street on ITV X this week?
There will be no Tuesday or Thursday editions on there as the episodes aren’t on TV but Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s episodes will be available to watch from 7am.
And you won’t want to miss these episodes.
Corrie is introducing a new star to the show with Steve Evets.
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You might recognise Steve from Shameless or Brassic.
In Coronation Street he will be playing Shona and Jodie’s dad.