Why Lorraine and Loose Women are not on today and when they’ll be back on ITV

Lorraine and Loose Women will both be missing from screens again today (March 30) as ITV’s major shake-up of its daytime TV schedule continues.

Usually, viewers who tune into ITV during the week can rely on a very familiar routine. The morning kicks off with news and debate on GMB before moving into lifestyle programming and daytime chat shows.

However, that routine has been disrupted for weeks now as both Lorraine and Loose Women have been pulled from the schedule entirely.

So, why has this happened? And when will the shows be back on? Here’s everything you need to know.

Loose Women won’t be on at all this week (Credit: ITV)

Why Lorraine and Loose Women are not on today

Since the start of 2026, Lorraine Kelly’s show was slashed to a run time of just 30 minutes. However, this week, just like last, it won’t air at all.

The schedule change started earlier this month, when ITV begun its annual coverage of the famous horse racing event, the Cheltenham Festival.

Because the sporting event ran across several days, it meant there was less room in the daytime schedule for ITV’s usual programming. To accommodate the racing coverage, the channel made several temporary adjustments. However, with the racing a long distant memory, Lorraine and Loose Women are still nowhere to be seen…

Instead, Good Morning Britain has been extended beyond its usual finish time. Normally airing from 6am until 9am, the breakfast show now runs until 10am throughout the week. Following that, This Morning will continue to air in its regular slot.

However, instead of handing over to Loose Women afterwards, ITV will show the news at 12.30pm, before game show repeats air all afternoon.

Lorraine has another month off air (Credit: ITV)

When will the ITV shows be back on air?

Unfortunately for fans, both Lorraine and Loose Women will remain off-air for the rest of the month, and for most of April, oo.

This was confirmed by Kaye Adams at the end of Loose Women on March 6. She told viewers: “We will be back next month. Until then, take care, have a fabulous weekend and Easter, and we’ll see you very soon!”

The temporary removal comes during a wider overhaul of ITV’s daytime programming, which has already seen several changes introduced.

One of the biggest adjustments is that Loose Women and Lorraine will now only air for 30 weeks of the year. As well as that, on Loose Women, the show’s live studio audience has also been scrapped.

For now, fans will have to wait until next month to see their favourite daytime presenters back on screens.

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