Coronation Street is set to air some dramatic episodes next week as they move to the post-watershed slot of 9pm.
The Masked Dancer will be airing in the ITV soap's usual 7:30pm slot, allowing Corrie to tackle some grislier issues.
Usually Coronation Street airs a week of dark post-watershed episodes during the half-term when Britain's Got Talent airs its live semi-finals and final.
However, BGT was cancelled this year as it was impossible to film during the pandemic and was subsequently replaced by Masked Singer spin-off, the Masked Dancer, which begins on Saturday.
The week will kick off with an hour long episode on Monday, followed by half an hour shows on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - reports Mirror Online.
Corrie's dramatic week sees a brutal shootout involving Gary Windass, as he manages to uncover the truth behind Sam's kidnapping.
Jenny is onto Sharon Bentley, who was involved in organising Sam's kidnap for her nephew Harvey, played by Will Mellor.
But Sharon is aware that Jenny is onto them and realises she needs to up her game, so begins quizzing Toyah about Leanne's latest visit.
Elsewhere, Natasha ends up confronting Gary as she accuses him of being the one to hire the man with a van who kidnapped Sam, but Jenny is intrigued to find out that it was Sharon who hired it.
When Jenny voices her suspicions to Ronnie, he remarks that he overheard Sharon speaking to Toyah about Leanne.
Jenny is worried and immediately tells Toyah and Imran that she suspects that Sharon was involved in Sam's kidnap.
Imran goes on to reveal that Sam was kidnapped in order to lure Leanne out of hiding as she is the key witness in a drugs trial.
Jenny is determined that Rita should know the truth and bangs on her door, only to see Sharon - leaving her in danger.
Imran goes on to report Sharon to the police over Jenny's suspicions as Rita returns home to see that Sharon as about to do a runner.
Rita demands some answers and Sharon ends up pouring out her heart, explaining that her relationship with Ian fell apart and she was forced to join her drug dealing brother.
Sharon admits her life completely fell apart and Rita reassures her that she still loves her, regardless of what she's done.
Meanwhile, Maria is stunned after discovering that Gary helped find out what happened with Sam's kidnap.
Gary spots the van used for the kidnap outside the Kabin and he forces it open, demanding that Rita phone the police as he goes after Sharon.
Yet, the driver pulls out a gun and a shot is fired, with Gary's life hanging in the balance.
*Coronation Street continues on Friday at 7:30pm on ITV
.jpg?w=600)
