The number of Emmerdale episodes to air each week has been reduced by ITV to keep the soap on air until “at least the early summer”.
The broadcaster has already suspended filming on the Yorkshire-based soap and Coronation Street because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Emmerdale will now air three times a week – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The change, from next week, “to Emmerdale’s transmission pattern will ensure we have episodes of both soaps airing on ITV until at least the early summer”, ITV said.
A cut in the weekly number of Coronation Street episodes, to also screen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, has already been announced.
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