Coronation Street and Emmerdale could be forced off air for the first time due to the coronavirus outbreak.
ITV put an immediate stop to production on both of its flagship soaps this week prior to the latest government guidance.
They said at the time that 'the health and well-being of the production teams, actors, crew and their families is of paramount importance to us and we now feel that the time has come to stop filming.'
The network then announced a change to the transmission patterns to make sure both programmes could continue to air for as long as possible.
Coronation Street is being reduced to single episodes on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from Monday March 30.
While Emmerdale will still be screened Monday to Friday at 7pm, but lose its Thursday double bill.
However, ITV has since said that this still only leaves them with a few months worth of episodes.
They said in a statement: "The two biggest soaps on TV, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, will continue to run through the Spring and into the early Summer."
Kevin Lygo, ITV Director of Television, has said about the channels current changes: "ITV's aims are to serve up as much information, guidance and entertainment as possible to help people to get through this extraordinary time.
"That's why we've put exciting new shows into the schedule while doing everything possible to keep our live daytime programmes on air to speak directly to you each day, along with our rock solid news bulletins."
