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Loose Women cancelled tomorrow in last-minute schedule shake up
A popular ITV game show has also been affected by the scheduling move too
LOOSE Women has been pulled from screens tomorrow in a last-minute schedule shake-up.
The popular lunchtime panel show won't air at all tomorrow - a move set to cause misery among fans of the show.
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The live show has been ditched in favour of coverage of the horse racing.
Live coverage of The Oaks race will dominate ITV's afternoon schedule causing the TV chaos.
Loose Women usually broadcasts for one hour between 12:30pm and 1:30pm each weekday.
However, tomorrow, the ITV Lunchtime News will be brought forward by an hour for a shortened edition to kick off at 12:30pm.
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It will be followed by a local news bulletin before coverage of the racing begins at 1pm.
The sporting event will continue until 5pm - forcing quiz show Tipping Point off air too.
The Chase will then air at 5pm as usual.
Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani will present live coverage of the first day of the Derby meeting from Epsom Racecourse.
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The ladies confirmed the news that the show won't air in its usual timeslot at the end of today's broadcast.
It will return as usual on Monday afternoon with guests throughout the week including Cheshire Housewife Tanya Bardsley, Si King and This Morning host Alison Hammond.
Watch as Kaye Adams breaks silence on Loose Women cuts
It comes after the recent news that the show would be reduced from being a year-round broadcast from next year.
As part of cuts at ITV, the programme will face a series of behind-the-scenes changes as well as a third of the panellists being axed as a result of having 22 weeks less of episodes.
More than 220 jobs at ITV Daytime will be affected.
Speaking on her podcast How to be 60, lead anchor Kaye Adams said she felt as though 'the rug had been pulled' from underneath her.
Kaye, 62, confessed: “It did come out of the blue.
"I didn’t anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life.
Regular Loose Women panellists
Katie Piper - Former Strictly Come Dancing star, activist, model and author
Sunetra Sarker - A former Strictly Come Dancing star, and known for her role in Casualty
Kaye Adams - Scottish journalist and one of the original Loose Women
Christine Lampard - ITV presenter
Ruth Langsford - Presented Loose Women on and off since 1999
Jane Moore - Sun columnist and former I'm A Celebrity contestant
Coleen Nolan - Became known for her family girl band called The Nolans and went on to compete on Celeb Big Brother
Nadia Sawalha - Former EastEnders star and Celebrity MasterChef winner
Stacey Solomon - Known for her reality show Sort Your Life Out and winning series 10 of I'm A Celeb
Janet Street-Porter - A journalist and president of the Ramblers' Association
Brenda Edwards - Came fourth on The X Factor and went on to become a pop star and act in hit musicals such as Hairspray
Charlene White - Lead presenter at ITV News London
Kelle Bryan - Former EastEnders star and was in girl group Eternal alongside her sisters. Also starred in Hollyoaks
Olivia Attwood - Love Island star who joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex
Frankie Bridge - Participated in Strictly Come Dancing and came third on I'm A Celeb in 2021
Judi Love - A stand up comedian and radio presenter, who has also made a variety of TV appearances in shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity MasterChef, and Taskmaster
Linda Robson - Played iconic character Tracey Stubbs in Birds Of A Feather
Denise Welch - A soap queen, she starred in Coronation Street, Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks. Also the mother of Matt Healy, the lead singer of pop rock group the 1975
Gloria Hunniford - TV presenter who's appeared on The Masked Singer and Strictly
Penny Lancaster - Model who is married to Rod Stewart
Dame Kelly Holmes - Double Olympic gold medallist in the 800m and 1500m
Myleene Klass - Member of pop group Hear'Say and classically trained musician
Ayda Field - American actress who is married to Robbie Williams
Sue Cleaver - Known for playing Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
Kelly Brook - Model who found fame on The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan
Mariella Frostrup - British-Norwegian journalist and presenter
"I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it’s just like the rug’s been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.”
Under the changes, Loose Women will be slashed and will be on air for 30 instead of 52 weeks.
Lorraine Kelly’s morning show will also be cut to 30 weeks, and will reduce from an hour to 30 minutes.
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Kaye, who is one of Loose Women’s main anchors, said: “It’s going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It’s a huge change.
“But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good."
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