ITV's Starstruck and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway will not air next weekend.Ant and Dec's dose of evening fun and gags usually airs on Saturdays at 7pm, with Starstruck following at 8.30pm.It comes as the Six Nations coverage will commence on the channel on Saturday, March 19 from 7.15pm.The rugby coverage is taking priority over the usual Saturday night evening slots in the TV schedule.
The Geordie duo opened the first half of their hit show on Saturday (March 12) and announced that the next instalment of Takeaway would be in two weeks time.Ant told the studio audience: "You may have heard some of you there's no show next week because of the rugby."Both programmes will continue the following week on March 26.Ant and Dec's hit programme has remained a firm favourite since the show returned to our screens last month.
The schedule shake-up has led many viewers to use social media to air their frustration with the decision.One wrote: "No show next week!"Another penned: "No Saturday Night Takeaway or Starstruck next week due to rugby!
Waaaaaahhh" with a crying emoji.A third said: "THERE IS NO SHOW NEXT WEEK? OMG, I AM FUMING."A fourth added: "Sorry, what? There's no show next weekend because of the rugby?"Six Nations Live will run on ITV on March 19 as England take on France - coverage is set to end at 10.30pm.
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