Emmerdale fans ‘fuming’ over ITV’s ‘pathetic’ schedule change
Fans were not happy with the football last night
Fans of Emmerdale were fuming yesterday (Thursday November 14) as ITV’s schedule change meant the show had been cancelled for football.
Between 7pm and 10pm last night ITV aired coverage of the UEFA Nations League football match between Greece and England. Instead of its usual hour-long episode of the soap.
While it’s not out of the ordinary for the channel to swap soaps for football, Emmerdale fans are getting progressively annoyed as they have to keep waiting longer for the next instalment.
Emmerdale fans share their anger at schedule change
Viewers let their feelings be known, as they took to Emmerdale Insider’s Facebook page to share their anger at the shake-up.
One angry fan tried to provide a solution: “Sick of this happening. Have a channel especially for football. We all are not interested in football.”
Another simply wrote they were “fuming” at the decision.
“I am fed up with this happening due to football again”, a third soap fan commented.
Another fan was so outraged they penned: “Think I might stop watching ITV.”
“All these schedule changes for football are pathetic,” added one more.
However, it looks like things aren’t set to change anytime soon as ITV have been changing schedules to show England matches for years. And in 2023 they secured exclusive rights to broadcast certain England men’s football matches until 2028. Although it’s very likely that contract will be extended again.
This means Emmerdale viewers are unfortunately going to continue missing out on some village action. It’s always upsetting for ITV to skip a night, as fans are so heavily invested in the storylines that play out, desperately wanting to know what happens next.
Coming up in Emmerdale
On Wednesday night’s (November 13) trip to the Dales viewers saw Eric’s struggle without his usual Parkinson’s medication reach a whole new level, while Jai began to get suspicious about Caleb’s intentions.
Thankfully tonight’s episode of the soap will air as normal and is already available to stream on ITVX.
Tonight’s episode will see Tom turn his attention to Paddy. The villain makes it clear he will do what he has to to get his job at the vets back.
Elsewhere, Emmerdale is gearing up to air another special episode – this time for Moira and Cain. No stranger to new techniques, this special will focus on Cain throughout the day of Moira’s operation. But in a twist, it will be in reverse chronological order, beginning with Caleb finding Cain drunk with blood on his hands. But what happened?