Emmerdale and Coronation Street SNUBBED at Royal Television Society Awards as rivals scoop nominations for best soap
Emmerdale have failed to receive a nomination for eight years
ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been snubbed for the top gong at this year’s Royal Television Society Awards.
The fledgling programme have been brutally sidelined for this year’s industry awards amid ongoing chaos behind-the-scenes as a result of the cash crisis.
Earlier this year, it was confirmed that both shows had been forced to axe an entire episode in order to limit costs with both shows also ditching around 10 actors each from its cast in recent months to combat their money woes.
Now, in a crushing blow to both programme, neither have failed to secure a nomination as this year’s awards.
In the category of Soap and Continuing Drama, the BBC‘s EastEnders and Casualty picked up nominations as did Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.
But for ITV, they were left with nothing once again.
Last year, neither Emmerdale or Corrie managed to bag the nomination too with the Beeb sweeping up all the nominations with its two aforementioned shows as well as Waterloo Road.
In fact, the last time that ITV did manage to receive a nod was for Corrie back in 2022.
Shockingly, Emmerdale has failed to be nominated for EIGHT years after it won the award back in 2017.
Emmerdale had won two years running before their shocking slew of snubs.
This year’s ceremony is set to take place on March 25 where the winner will be announced in a glitzy event at Grovesnor House Hotel.
Despite the snub, the shows will be hoping to win back at this year’s British Soap Awards.
The show is back after ITV mysteriously axed it last year.
Host Jane McDonald will be back for the ceremony this June after joining the show in 2022.
