The crossover of Coronation Street and Emmerdale in the landmark ‘Corriedale’ event was a hit with soap fans, peaking with 4.7 million viewers (averaging 4.2 million viewers across the hour).

The live overnight audience figures are the highest live TV ratings for a soap in over 12 months, and the biggest TV peak audience for a soap since 2022 (outside of Christmas Day episodes). Corriedale is the highest live TV audience for any drama across any broadcaster or streamer since Call the Midwife in February 2025, and ITV’s highest TV audience since I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

The success of Corriedale officially launches ITV’s new ‘Soap Power Hour’ scheduling pattern, which will see reverberations of the crash playing out across Coronation Street and Emmerdale on ITV and on ITVX.

Both soaps kick off 2026 following a record breaking year for soaps on ITVX, with a 30 per cent increase in viewing – achieving more than half a billion streams in 2025 for the first time.

Corriedale is produced by ITV Studios Continuing Drama.

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