Why Is Lorraine Not On Today and When Loose Women Returns After ITV Shake-Up
Regular daytime viewers will see Lorraine absent from its usual slot and Loose Women missing from the weekday 12: 30 p. m. lineup, leaving ITV audiences with replacement programming this week. Monday, March 9 at 12: 30 p. m. ET, the channel began a schedule change that inserts Cheltenham Festival coverage and extends other shows.
Cheltenham Festival Replaces Loose Women at 12: 30 p. m. on ITV
Loose Women will not air in its normal 12. 30pm weekday slot this week, with coverage of the Cheltenham Festival running in its place on Tuesday through Friday, a change that removes the programme from the schedule for several days. Kaye Adams told viewers at the end of the programme that Loose Women will be off air “for a few weeks. ”
Why Is Lorraine Not On Today — Christine Lampard Confirmed Break
Christine Lampard, standing in on Lorraine, announced that Lorraine will be back in a few weeks, noting the presenter has been absent from the last two episodes after losing her voice. Earlier this month Ben Shephard had stepped in as a temporary host when Lorraine was unwell, and Friday’s programme closed by telling viewers Lorraine would return after the short break.
ITV’s Daytime Reshuffle: Production Moves and Reduced Schedules
ITV has reworked its daytime lineup more broadly: Good Morning Britain has been extended and is now produced by ITV News at ITN, while This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women remain produced by ITV Studios and will be broadcast from a new central London location. As part of the reshuffle, Loose Women will now run for 30 weeks a year, a reduction from airing every week.
Still, the changes are meant to compress production: Loose Women, This Morning and Lorraine are being filmed from a consolidated studio space to enable quicker turnarounds between shows. The move to shared facilities has already removed the live audience and announcer from Loose Women this year, a production shift cited as part of cost-saving measures.
Yet viewers eager for the shows’ return have at least one concrete timeline: Kaye Adams closed Loose Women on March 6 by saying, “We will be back next month. ” That statement, paired with coverage noting the programmes are being taken off air for several weeks, sets an expectation of a resumption after the current disruption.
If Kaye Adams’ timeline holds, Lorraine and Loose Women would return in April; producers and presenters have framed the breaks as temporary and tied to the scheduled Cheltenham coverage and the daytime production changes.
