Bear’s behaviour spirals even further out of control and Paddy is forced to intervene in Emmerdale tonight – so what time is it on?
Between football, rugby and other special shows, ITV tends to shift the soap schedule round to accommodate them. But we’ve got you covered with all the up-to-date schedule changes right here!
What time is Emmerdale on tonight?
On Wednesday, June 18 2025, Emmerdale is airing in its usual time slot of 7.30pm. It is on for half an hour as Bear flips out.
Tonight’s episode of Emmerdale is also already available on ITVX, where is it released every day at 7am.
What happens in Emmerdale tonight – Bear loses it
Bear is working on his motorbike at Cain’s garage and Paddy thinks his dad is once again happy. But it’s not problem solved at all because Bear is still having terrible outbursts of rage.
He soon lashes out and grabs Kammy, threatening him violently. Paddy witnesses the whole thing and runs over to stop his dad. He later is stunned when Bear arrives home and acts like nothing has happened. As Mandy and Paddy gently try to question him, Bear gets cross and storms off.
Elsewhere, Kammy is frustrated by Vinny refusing to talk to him. Is it really about the stealing – or does it have more to do with their near-kiss?
And, Vanessa begs Tracy to understand her reasons, but Tracy doesn’t want to hear her excuses and isolates herself further.
Emmerdale powering ahead as schedule set to change again for 2026 ‘power hour’
In October 2024, Emmerdale announced they were going to start streaming the daily episode of the soap from 7am. Despite some concerns that it meant the soap was in trouble, coupled with lots of cast exits, it has been revealed that actually it was a great move by ITV.
Stats for the first quarter of 2025 revealed that ITVX has achieved a ‘record-breaking’ billion streams in a quarter for the ‘first time ever.’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale have raked up 124 million streams on ITVX so far this year. Soap viewing is up 35 percent in comparison to the first quarter of 2024. So it seems fans are really enjoying the 7am uploads.
It’ll soon be all change once again for ITV and Emmerdale in 2026 after the soap announced a new schedule. The soap ‘power hour’ will start from next January.
Emmerdale will continue to air five nights a week. New episodes will also drop on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual – meaning we don’t have to wait all day if we don’t want to!
However, the soap will move to a new time slot of 8pm. The Thursday double bill will also be cut to half an hour to make way for additional episodes of Coronation Street.
This ensures faster-paced, digestible episodes – a 30-minute format which has already proven popular with viewers.
