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- From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guide Chat List" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 15:34:29 +0100
'Coronation Street' moves back to Wednesday nights.
Thursday, June 30 2011, 16:29 BST
By , TV Reporter
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© ITVCoronation Street will move back permanently to Wednesday evenings from
late 2012, ITV has announced.
The move coincides with ITV's , freeing up the 7.30pm slot on Wednesdays from
autumn next year.
Thursday's 8.30pm episode, which has since its , will be dropped, Broadcast
reports.
"Reflecting the move of ITV1's live football matches from Wednesday to Tuesday
nights next year, Coronation Street will move from Thursday at 8.30pm to
Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm from autumn 2012."
, ITV's director of television, also confirmed that Emmerdale will stay in its
, where it will be the launching pad for a roster of new half-hour sitcoms.
Speaking at ITV's Producers' Forum today, Fincham admitted that ITV1 had "lost
its nerve a bit" in implementing his previous promises of more pre-watershed
comedy, adding that the genre is "underrepresented" and "something we want to
do more of".
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