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Midsomer Murder fans have raged at ITV for only airing the premiere episode of series 23, before pulling the programme off the schedule to make way for higher-profile shows.
The long-running show returned on Sunday night, with a new shocking murder for DCI John Barnaby and DS Jamie Winter to solve.
But viewers were left disappointed to discover that the rest of the episodes were not scheduled to air next week.
The 8pm to 10pm slot it usually airs in is instead being occupied by Britain's Got Talent from 7.40-9pm, while the new and highly-anticipated thriller Red Eye will make its debut at 9pm.
Fans took to social media to question why Midsomer Murders was not on and ask when they could hope to see the rest of the series.
Midsomer Murder fans have raged at ITV for only airing the premiere episode of series 23, before pulling the programme off the schedule to make way for higher-profile shows
The long-running show returned on Sunday night, with a new shocking murder for DCI John Barnaby and DS Jamie Winter to solve
But viewers were left disappointed to discover that the next episodes was not scheduled to air next week, as the slot is being occupied by Britain's Got Talent and new thriller Red Eye (pictured)
Several explained that ITV use the show as 'filler' between the end and beginning of bigger shows, and it is rarely aired over consecutive weeks.
This caused many to rage that they would have to wait even longer to see the full season, declaring it was 'frustrating' and 'not acceptable'.
They fumed: 'So apparently this is another random schedule filler, and its not on next week...FFS @itv @itvx This is not acceptable.; ITV doing their random episode then another one god knows when....'
'#MidsomerMurders what on earth? S23 has 1 ep, then we have to wait for the next which is WHEN? S 23 & 24 have already aired (8 episodes), not sure where but not on ITV. So disappointing!; 2025 for the next one now probably'.
'Absolutely fuming. And even more upset that we will probably have to wait until next year for the rest; Yup, no MM next week, using it again as a random filler. Its so frustrating.'
'I was hoping @ITV was actually going to show us #MidsomerMurders fans some respect and air the whole series continuously; Yeah @ITV @itvpresscentre as much as I'm looking forward to #RedEye I would much rather have a whole series of #MidsomerMurders first'.
'God forbid @itv show a whole
