Coronation Street and Emmerdale have been axed from ITV's schedule next Tuesday night.
The football season has started again, and it's already impacting when the soaps are aired.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street are usually shown at 8pm and 8.30pm respectively on Tuesday nights.
However, ITV's deal with the English Football League means they'll be showing Nottingham Forest v Leeds United in round two of the Carabao Cup on August 25.
Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm, and so both Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been removed from the schedule and will continue on Wednesday, August 26.
Coronation Street and Emmerdale axed from ITV schedule
Both TV favourites were also axed earlier this month when the Carabao Cup's round one tie between Middlesbrough and Wrexham was aired instead.
An episode of Emmerdale was aired at 7pm, and an episode of Coronation Street was aired at 7.30pm on Sunday, August 9 instead.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street usually air every weeknight, but soap fans were also annoyed when schedules were changed for the FIFA World Cup earlier this summer.
More ITV schedule interruptions are expected until the end of the year after ITV were announced as the sole broadcaster of the next Rugby World Cup.
The tournament starts in October and is hosted in Australia, meaning clashes with This Morning, Good Morning Britain and Lorraine are believed to be likely.
Angry soap fans took to Facebook to express their anger at the recent changes to prioritise sport over the soaps.
One said: "I can understand programmes getting disrupted because of the World Cup a little but I find it extremely annoying the same is happening for some sh**e Carabao Cup."
A second added: "The football could have been put on another channel and Emmerdale and Coronation Street could have been on."
A third said: "Still no reason not to have them on ITVX. I watch the soaps first thing in the morning."
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