ITV will see a massive schedule shake-up from next week, with several fan favourites being pulled off the air.
From Tuesday 11 March, an upheaval for the typical daytime TV schedule will see the typical fan favourites either getting cut short or wiped from their timeslot completely.
This Morning will be cut short by 15 minutes throughout the next week[/caption]
Loose Women will be taken completely off air[/caption]
This is to make way for coverage of the Cheltenham Races, and will run throughout the week before ending on Friday.
The annual sporting event is expected to draw in millions, forcing the TV channel to step in and move fan favourites in order to accommodate.
Coverage of the Cheltenham Races will begin daily from 12.45pm, following 30minutes of ITV news coverage that has been moved up in the schedule.
This will mean This Morning will be cut short by 15 minutes, while Loose Women will be completely off air.
The races will then continue to dominate the channel through to 5pm, where The Chase will air as scheduled as normal.
This has also happened in previous years, but often is met with confusion or anger from regular viewers of the show who don’t want to watch the races.
Both have become long-running regular favourites on the daytime TV slot, covering the latest news and TV releases as well as money-saving tips and opinions.
But both have been seeing their own shake-ups within the show, with familiar faces being given their own opportunities away from ITV.
Katie Piper has been announced to be fronting new series, Katie Piper’s Weekend Retreat, which will see her look into country getaways around the UK.
The programme will aim to celebrate the very best of the UK’s natural beauty as it has a special focus on health and wellbeing.
Each week the presenter and a special star guest will be introduced to fun activities and they will sample new pamper treatments.
Linda Robson, another regular face on the chatty panel show, will be heading to the West End in a production of Fawlty Towers.
She’s also opened up on her return to drama as she will star in the Channel 5 drama, The Good Ship Murder.
It is believed that after next week, a regular schedule will resume from March 17.
ITV’s New Daytime Schedule – March 11 to 17
Here’s what the TV schedule will look like from next week
6am to 9am – Good Morning Britain
9am to 10am – Lorraine
10am to 12.15pm – This Morning
12.15pm to 12.45pm – ITV News
12.45pm to 5pm – Cheltenham Races Live
5pm – The Chase
The shows will be replaced with coverage of the Cheltenham Races[/caption]
The ITV favourites will be ditched for the week[/caption]
