Good news for Coronation Street fans, the soap is back on your screens tonight (Wednesday, December 24!)
Of course, ITV sometimes reshuffles the usual soap schedule to make room for footie, rugby and other special programming, which has been happening more often lately.
But don’t panic as we’ve got the latest schedule updates right here, so you won’t miss a single moment of drama, romance or chaos from Weatherfield.
What time is Coronation Street on tonight?
Coronation Street will air tonight (Wednesday, December 24) on ITV between 8.40pm-9.10pm. Yes, it’s only airing for half an hour this evening. This is to make way for Royal Carols: Together at Christmas airing beforehand.
If you don’t want to wait until this evening though, you can always watch the early release on ITVX. Or, on YouTube this morning. It’s available on both platforms from 7am.
What happens in Coronation Street tonight?
The festive fallout is far from over in Weatherfield. While the Street is still buzzing from Christmas Day drama, Evelyn is left shaken after making a grim discovery in the ginnel. A local has been viciously attacked and abandoned, barely conscious. As the shock ripples through the community, everyone wants answers and suspicions start to rise.
Elsewhere, Todd finds himself in an uncomfortable bind. Theo proudly reveals he’s planned a surprise mini-break, and Todd’s thrilled – at first. That is, until he realises it clashes with the thoughtful outing Summer already booked for him.
With Theo’s glare saying it all, Todd must choose carefully… because one wrong move could spark another row.
Soap power hour from January 2026
In October 2024, Corrie started streaming daily episodes of the soap from 7am.
This change was actually welcomed by many fans, with stats for the first quarter of 2025 confirming that ITVX achieved a ‘record-breaking’ billion streams in a quarter for the ‘first time ever.’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale have raked up 124 million streams on ITVX so far this year. Soap viewing is up 35 percent in comparison to the first quarter of 2024.
And there will be more changes in the near-future where the soap schedule is concerned over on ITV as the channel prepares to introduce ‘soap power hour’ from January 2026.
Instead of airing just three days a week, Corrie will air every weekday but for only half an hour.
Corrie will air Monday-Friday from 8.30pm-9pm.New episodes will also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual.
The new format will kick off with a special crossover episode – branded Corriedale – in which characters from both Emmerdale and Coronation Street will be involved in a huge stunt with lasting consequences.
Read more: Christmas is coming to Coronation Street: 2025 festive spoiler round-up
Coronation Street usually airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV.
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