Two MAJOR Saturday night TV shows are being taken off air as the FA Cup quarter-final and Six Nations rugby take over the BBC and ITV – for 15 hours!

TV programming on BBC and ITV was freed up for the afternoon and evening, allowing sports fans to watch a total of 15 hours of sport.

This means Saturday night TV is now in turmoil after two hit shows had to be taken off air to make way for the FA Cup quarter-final and Six Nations rugby final matches.

Popular TV show The Gladiators, which was due to air on BBC One on Saturday evening, has now been replaced by Manchester City’s match against Newcastle United.

Football coverage starts at 5.10pm and the match kicks off at 5.30pm, meaning the match could end just in time for Michael McIntyre’s game show The Wheel.

However, if the match goes to penalties, it could affect the entire schedule, meaning the show start time could shift again.

Meanwhile, there is further disruption on ITV as Six Nations rugby will take over from 3.55pm and the teams will play their final matches.

The Six Nations rugby kicks off with Ireland vs Scotland at 4.45pm, before going straight to France vs England at 7.20pm, with all the action kicking off at 8pm.

The full day of sports coverage has resulted in a very sad day for the usual Saturday night TV fans as it means Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and the 1% club have both been taken off air this week.

However, sports fans couldn’t be happier as they have a busy day behind them with the third rugby match on the final day of the Six Nations tournament airing early in the day on BBC One, with Italy taking on Wales.

The tournament coverage starts at 1:45 PM and the match starts at 2:15 PM.

So far, Ireland are the frontrunners to win the title, but England still have a chance if they beat France and secure a bonus point.

The busy sports timeline comes after Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway left viewers stunned when the two presenters were forced to apologize after a guest swore live on air.

During the final episode, presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly surprised the audience by cutting to a live feed from their homes – where a celebrity guest had to change items in their room.

The guest then had to guess what was different in their room in an attempt to win a cash prize.

But when Ant and Dec went to talk to a guest in the audience, the person was left shocked and appeared to exclaim: ‘Oh f**k! Oh Jesus!’

Later in the evening show, Dec apologized for the blunder, saying: ‘Just a small apology – if you heard any language in that, we’re very sorry.’

Viewers rushed to comment on X – formerly Twitter – with many wondering whether the audience member was indeed swearing or not.

‘Did he just swear?? lol #SaturdayNightTakeaway,” someone asked.

‘”ohh f**k.. ohh Jesus” #SaturdayNightTakeaway,” another commented with a slew of laughing emojis.

‘Saturday night TV.. Oh f**k!! #SaturdayNightTakeaway,” a third person wrote.

The episode also featured Lorraine Kelly taking a ride on a suitcase in a chaotic segment.

The daytime television host, 64, starred in Ant and Dec known I’m A Celebrity… Get Out Me Ear stunt, which sees the duo burst into laughter.

An early clip of the devastation, broadcast during Thursday’s Lorraine, showed the Scottish presenter tripping and falling to the floor in the middle of a John Lewis department store as shop assistants looked on in shock.

The long-running segment sees Ant and Dec give celebrities an earful and secretly instruct them to act like fools in front of unwitting loved ones and members of the public.

While shopping, the Geordie duo directed: ‘Lean on the suitcase, push yourself onto it and go, “look at this.”‘

But the stunt took a turn for the worse when she fell to the floor and burst into laughter as she was helped by the sales assistant.