Donald Trump will be the 47th president (Picture: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Donald Trump’s inauguration day is causing havoc with the TV schedule, with popular gameshow The Chase being scrapped.
The new president of the United States of America will be officially sworn in today and the event will televised around the world, and the UK is no exception.
The historical moment comes after Trump, 78, won the November election, meaning he will now become the US’s 47th president.
ITV and BBC are both airing programmes covering the start of Trump’s second term as president throughout the afternoon.
In order to make the room, some daytime shows have been taken off the schedule.
ITV
The Chase has been dropped from the schedule (Picture:ITV/The Chase)
Trump’s swearing-in ceremony will start at 12pm EST, which is 5pm GMT. Coverage – called Donald Trump: The Inauguration – begins at 4pm on ITV. Usually at this time, Deal or No Deal is shown but this has been bumped up to an hour earlier to make way.
At 5pm, The Chase is often aired, but this has been axed for the day with no replacement airing at a different point in the schedule.
BBC
Pointless will not air at its usual time (Picture: BBC/Remarkable TV/Jack Barnes)
Starting their coverage, President Trump’s Inauguration, at the slightly earlier time of 3:30pm, a number of daytime regulars have been bumped. Often the slot is given to The Bidding Room, The Travelling Auctioneers, and Pointless, but each will be missed. There’s always BBC iPlayer if you still want to get your fix.
But what will you be watching instead of Bradley Walsh and Alexander Armstrong asking the public tricky questions?
Trump will take the presidential oath and deliver an inaugural address. An official farewell to the Bidens will then take place and the ceremonial departure typically happens via helicopter.
The new president will partake in a signing room ceremony, a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) congressional luncheon, a military troops review, a presidential parade and an Oval Office singing ceremony. Lastly, Trump will give remarks at the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Liberty Inaugural Ball and the Starlight Ball.
Carrie Underwood will be performing at the event, and has recieved backlash for their decision to participate.
The ceremony was planned for the West Front of the US Capitol, but Trump announced on Friday it will moved indoors due to freezing temperatures forecast in the low 20s Fahrenheit. He will be the first president to be inaugurated in the Capitol Rotunda since Ronald Reagan in 1985.
All the major American news networks will also broadcast the inauguration including ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC, as well as the C-SPAN. A livestream is also available on USA Today’s YouTube. Metro will be updating readers on the action through our live blog.
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