Channel 10 DROPS Neighbours from Friday nights for the first time in its 36-year history

For the first time in its 36-year history, Neighbours will no longer be airing on Fridays.

The long-running soap is being trimmed back to four nights per week in Australia, Channel 10 announced on Thursday.

‘From July 26, Neighbours will air four nights a week. On Fridays, viewers can laugh along with their favourite Friends,’ a spokesperson told TV Tonight.

Trimmed back: Channel 10 has dropped Neighbours from Friday nights, meaning there will only be four episodes airing per week in Australia. Pictured: Karl and Susan Kennedy, played by actors Alan Fletcher and Jackie Woodburne

This will be the first time Neighbours hasn’t aired five nights per week.

The decision to cut episodes was made in order to bring the Australian programming schedule closer to the UK schedule and prevent spoilers for British viewers.

Channel 5 had earlier announced it would be cutting broadcasts of Neighbours and Home and Away from five nights a week to just two due to the Covid pandemic.

Change: This will be the first time it hasn’t regularly aired five episodes per week, but sources have told the publication that the drama quotas due to budgets. Pictured: Jemma Donovan

Production company Fremantle continues to film six episodes of Neighbours a week at its studios in Nunawading, Melbounre.

Filming was temporarily shut down early last year due to coronavirus, but resumed weeks later with Covid-safety practices in place.

From July 26, Neighbours will air Monday to Thursday at 6:30pm on 10 Peach 

Break: In April last year filming was temporarily shut down due to the global pandemic, which also happened to be the Australian soap’s 35-year anniversary. Pictured: The cast

This post first appeared on Dailymail.co.uk

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