Viewers tuning into their daily dose of morning telly will be left sorely disappointed on Tuesday, March 14 as there's been a significant change to ITV’s schedule. From 6am, the channel airs the same schedule of programmes on weekdays.
The schedule begins with Good Morning Britain for the first three hours, before Lorraine takes over at 9am. Then - This Morning until 12.30pm when usually Loose Women, which ends at 1.30pm, would air.
However, ITV’s daytime TV schedule has been altered this week and Loose Women has been taken off the air. Host Ruth Langsford made the announcement at the end of Monday’s, March 13 show.
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But why has it been taken off the air? Here’s everything you need to know.
Why has Loose Women been cancelled for the rest of the week?
Speaking of Loose Women’s cancellation on Monday, March 13, Ruth revealed:"We are off for the rest of the week because of the racing at Cheltenham. We will be back next Monday. I know it's a shame, but we will see you then."
The Cheltenham Horse Racing festival will be airing in the ITV talk show's place. Instead of Loose Women airing at 12.30pm the ITV lunchtime news will instead be shown until 12.50pm.
The Cheltenham Festival will then be shown from 1pm on ITV, with all the action from the racecourse covered. Loose Women is usually taken off the air during Cheltenham to allow the racing to be shown.
Loose Women continues at 12:30pm on ITV next week. For more TV and showbiz stories, subscribe to our newsletter here.
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