Coronation Street will air tonight (Friday, January 23), soap fans will be pleased to hear.
Sports coverage and special programming have been playing havoc with ITV’s schedules lately, leaving soap fans constantly checking when their favourites are on. Thankfully, there’s no disruption tonight, and we’ve got all the details you need so you don’t miss a minute of the drama.
What time is Coronation Street on tonight?
Good news, Corrie fans – the cobbles are back tonight! Coronation Street airs on ITV this evening from 8.30pm–9pm, thanks to the shiny new soap power hour shaking up the schedule.
Too impatient to wait until tonight? We get it. If you’re desperate for your Weatherfield fix, the next episode is already available right now on YouTube and ITVX. Tea optional, drama guaranteed.
What happens in Coronation Street tonight?
Tonight, Will’s past comes sprinting back when old rival Lee shows up at the athletics meet and rings Megan behind his back. After the race, Megan arranges a secret ginnel meeting, but what’s she really planning?
Meanwhile, Carla and Lisa are interrupted by a teary Sally, forcing Carla to call Tim for an emergency wife-collection. Over at the café, Jodie’s flirting with Carl earns Abi’s sharp warning, while Shona confesses to David she’s tempted to track down their dad for answers about Jodie.
Soap power hour schedule from January 2026
Corrie underwent a major shift back in October 2024, when daily episodes began streaming on ITVX from 7am.
The move proved popular with viewers, with figures from the first quarter of 2025 showing ITVX reached a ‘record-breaking’ billion streams in a single quarter for the ‘first time ever.’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale alone have clocked up 124 million streams on the platform so far this year, with soap viewing rising by 35 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024.
More changes are on the horizon too, as ITV prepares to roll out a new ‘soap power hour’ from the second week of January 2026.
Under the new schedule, Corrie will no longer air just three nights a week. Instead, it will be shown every weekday, Monday to Friday, from 8.30pm to 9pm, with each episode running for half an hour. New episodes will continue to drop on ITVX every morning at 7am.
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Coronation Street usually airs Monday-Friday at 8.30pm on ITV.
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