Overview
- ITV1's England v Spain women's qualifier, which runs Tuesday from 6:30pm with a 7pm kick-off, replaces the soaps' usual evening slots.
- Both shows resume their weekday pattern from Wednesday, April 15, with Emmerdale at 8pm and Coronation Street at 8:30pm, including a standalone Corrie episode.
- ITV has added catch-up episodes on Sunday, April 19 to replace the missed Tuesday broadcasts.
- Fans complained on social media and questioned why ITV did not put the match on ITV2 or ITV4.
- ITV introduced the weekday 'soaps power hour' in January 2026, a back-to-back half-hour format that has seen more Sunday make‑ups and reliance on 7am ITVX drops when live events bump the schedule.