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Saturday Night Takeaway cancelled by ITV next week to make way for Six Nations coverage

Saturday Night Takeaway viewers better get set for some disappointment next week as the show will be pulled from the schedules.

Millions of fans have been tuning in every weekend to see Ant and Dec in action, since the lads' award-winning programme made its return last month.

So far in 2022, Saturday Night Takeaway has given us Ant and Dec's epic drag makeover, a hilarious Undercover with Jeremy Clarkson as the victim and a woman who was plucked from the audience to told she was going to get married live on the show.

This week there is great excitement surrounding the show after the news that Sam Fender would be joining the Geordie duo for the End of the Show Show on Saturday.

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But, after the credits roll on the latest episode, Takeaway fans will have to wait two weeks for their next fix as ITV drop both Ant and Dec's programme and the final of new talent show Starstruck, in favour of live Six Nations rugby coverage.

Six Nations Live will run on ITV on Saturday, March 19 from 7.15 to 10.30pm as England take on France.

On the same day, scheduling on the BBC will also be affected by live sporting action as Middlesbrough take on Chelsea in the sixth round of the FA Cup.

A week ahead of the schedule changes, fans have already been voicing their anger on social media.

One tweeted: "why does rugby have to be on a saturday ?? i wanna watch saturday night takeaway and starstruck. it’s s**t anyways, should be made to pay for instead of ruining saturday night tv."

An upset Starstruck fan fumed: "uhhh...rugby is NOT more important than watching Adam Lambert on Starstruck. I rest my case!"

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