Emmerdale and EastEnders cancelled tonight as football causes soap schedule chaos

1st March 2022

TONIGHT’S episodes of Emmerdale and EastEnders have been cancelled as football causes chaos with the soap schedules.

Matches from The FA Cup will see the soaps moved around all week with none airing tonight.

Emmerdale will not air tonight leaving viewers missing their Meena fix

The BBC has moved EastEnders around with fans having to wait until Thursday for a new episode

On Wednesday only Emmerdale will broadcast with the soap airing again the following day alongside EastEnders.

And on Friday night there will be hour-long episodes of all three of the main soaps.

Coronation Street will also air a special episode on Sunday to catch-up ahead of the schedule shake-up.

From next week all three soaps will begin airing at new times.

Emmerdale will move to a nightly 7.30pm slot – with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.

Corrie meanwhile will air Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings for an hour at 8pm

In response to the ITV soaps’ changes, the BBC has moved EastEnders.

The BBC soap will now air Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30pm on BBC One.

The Friday episode has been dropped.

It will mean a permanent soap clash between Emmerdale and EastEnders.

It is likely to spell disaster for EastEnders in the overnight ratings – but BBC bosses insist the show will catch up in iPlayer streaming views.