This week’s Emmerdale schedule is being shaken up again and of course it’s all down to football, so what about Wednesday September 16 episode, is it on tonight?
Football, rugby and other special programmes have caused plenty of chaos for the ITV soap schedule lately, with Emmerdale regularly being moved around. And it doesn’t look like the disruption is over just yet. We’ve got all the latest schedule changes right here!
Is Emmerdale on tonight? Is it on ITVX?
Emmerdale fans will be disappointed tonight as the soap won’t air. It isn’t on at 8pm and Coronation Street, which normally follows, will also be missing from the schedule.
And because there are no episodes on TV tonight, they won’t be available to stream on ITVX or YouTube either. Episodes usually drop from 7am for those who can’t wait until the evening to see what’s coming up.
The reason for tonight’s disruption is the EFL Carabao Cup in which Manchester United take on Brighton & Hove Albion. Kick-off is at 8pm, with the build-up airing before that.
Our soaps will be back tomorrow night (Thursday September 17), in their usual time slots. At the moment, there is no word on a catch up episode airing.
With all the disruption we’ve seen over the summer, some fans think bringing the power hour earlier could make more sense. That way, the soaps might still be able to air as normal when sporting events take over the schedule.
What happens in Emmerdale tomorrow?
Billy is left floored when Joe vehmently insists he and the children are not welcome at Dawn’s funeral. Heartbroken, Billy blames Ruby and lashes out at her for everything she has done.
Wanting to help, Ruby decides to visit Joe and plead on behalf of Lucas and Clemmie. But Joe is devoid of any emotion that’s not anger as he tells Ruby to leave or she will regret it…
Elsewhere, Sarah is facing the consequences of her lies. But has her confession helped Charity’s case? Or are they both now in more trouble than ever?
Also, Lewis wants Vinny to propose and decides to drop hints encouraging him to do so. But Kev urges him not to and just to wait. Can Lewis be patient though?
And, Charles tries to help Nicola with her grief. But will he be of any comfort?
Soap power hour is a hit
In October 2024, Emmerdale began streaming the daily episode of the soap from 7am. Despite some concerns that it meant the soap was in trouble, coupled with lots of cast exits, it has since been revealed that it was actually a great move by ITV, with stats showing viewing was way up.
The soap then announced a new schedule. The soap ‘power hour’ started in January 2026 and sees Emmerdale continue to air five nights a week. New episodes also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual.
However, the soap moved to a new time slot of 8pm. The Thursday double bill was also cut to half an hour to make way for additional episodes of Coronation Street.
This was designed to create faster-paced, digestible episodes, with the 30-minute format already proving popular with viewers.
However, it also seems the changes haven’t stopped the disruption caused by sports.
Read more: Emmerdale cast shake-up 2026 as exits confirmed and big returns teased – so who’s leaving?
Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 8pm, with an early release on ITVX at 7am.
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