EastEnders bosses have broken their silence about the Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule shake up.
It was recently confirmed that ITV have decided to move both of their popular soaps into direct clashes with the BBC series.
The ITV soaps are moving their times to allow for an extra half an hour of the news, with Emmerdale now airing each day at 7.30pm, rather than its original 7pm, whilst Corrie will now be three one hour episodes at 8pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
It means that the episodes will constantly clash with EastEnders, which airs several times a week.
On a Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it would mean that if EastEnders aired between 7.30pm and 9pm, it would clash with either of the soaps.
Despite some fans suggesting it could be the end of EastEnders, BBC chief Tim Davie doesn't seem overly bothered about it.
Addressing the House of Commons’ Accounts Select Committee, he said: "We’re not immune from competitive pressure, let’s be honest about it.
"And you may have a marginal impact or an impact during that hour, but we’re confident that the overall case for the EastEnders development remains strong."
According to The Sun, Mr Davie also defended EastEnder's over-budget £87m new set and insisted that the soap needed investment.
"That whole set wasn’t going to work anyway so it needed investment," he explained.
"We’re also confident about EastEnders as a strand; we’ve just put a new showrunner in there."
When the news was first announced, fans took to social media to express their concern for the BBC One soap.
One wrote: "Bit of a bummer for #EastEnders this. It'll clash with either #Corrie or #Emmerdale constantly. I don't watch any of them live anyway but there's bound to be some people who like to watch all of them live and will now have to choose."
"As for BBC, not many options. If they keep EastEnders as is, it's going to clash with an ITV soap every night and EE will be the bigger loser," a second added, as a third wrote: "not itv changing the slots for emmerdale and corrie to clash with eastenders."
A third shared: "Can't say I'm too impressed with #Emmerdale & #Corrie moving to different time slots in March.
"Yes be in in a block without half hour gaps is better, but it's now going to clash with #EastEnders & my tv box mucks up with recordings! plus il have nothing to watch with my tea at 7pm."
