Fans of Coronation Street have slammed ITV for consistently showing the soap LATE during the Britain’s Got Talent live semi-finals.
This week has been huge for the channel, with the talent show going live in the lead up to Sunday’s grand finale and several Corrie storylines coming to a dramatic head in the later slot of 9pm.
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But many viewers have been left frustrated with the live BGT shows running late, forcing them to wait for their trip to Weatherfield.
During last night’s BGT – in which magician Ben Hart and singer Mark McMullan got through – viewers were all too aware of the clock ticking past Corrie’s supposed start time.
One said: “#Corrie late due to mucking about on #BGT!”
#Corrie late due to mucking about on #bgt !
— Oli from Reading (@OliReading) May 30, 2019
Can someone at @ITV start checking the clock…!!! 21.03 now ffs late again …!!!!!
Why are we waiting…!!!???
Stop putting so many bloody ads on during ya bgt crap #Corrie
— Ducal Slyly (@DucalSlyly) May 30, 2019
After all that excitement it's over to #Corrie
21.00 @ITV WTF are we getting our Corrie late again??? #TheSecretLifeOfTheZoo
— Ducal Slyly (@DucalSlyly) May 30, 2019
#BGT I see #Corrie running late again!
— Oli from Reading (@OliReading) May 29, 2019
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Another said: “Can someone at @ITV start checking the clock…!!! 21.03 now FFS late again…!!!!! Why are we waiting…!!!?? Stop putting so many bloody ads on during ya BGT crap #Corrie.”
A third added: “Very unhappy about [bleep] BGT messing up my Corrie schedule. Bore off.”
“This waiting around for Corrie is beyond a [bleep] joke!! #BGT shouldn’t be taking up the entire week! These talent shows have had their day,” fumed another, and one more wrote: “After all that excitement it’s over to #Corrie 21.00 @ITV WTF are we getting our Corrie late again???”
However one fan had the idea of combining both the ITV soap and the Simon Cowell talent show, typing: “Perhaps they should combine Britain’s Got Talent with Coronation Street and have David Platt throwing knives at an elderly comedian, while Audrey sings a heavy-metal song with some random women from Utrecht.”
Genius!
The semi-finals of BGT continue tonight at 7.30pm, before a special episode of Corrie dedicated to Carla Connor’s severe psychotic episode.
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