Channel 5 airs Emoji Movie as Queen's funeral dominates other channels
ok.co.ukChannel 5 have been praised for airing children's films during the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Monday 19 September.
While most TV channels are airing the funeral of the Queen, Channel 5 decided to air The Emoji Movie instead of the Queen's funeral, followed by Stuart Little and Ice Age.
Following their decision, fans have taken to Twitter to praise Channel 5 for the alternative approach, claiming they don't understand the criticism behind it.
One wrote: "Really don’t understand the criticism of Channel 5 for showing The Emoji Movie, Stuart Little etc during the queen’s funeral. "What are kids of families who don’t have paid TV/streaming supposed to do otherwise, sit and watch white people in suits look overly sad for 6 hours." Another said: "Shoutout to Channel 5 for scheduling the Emoji movie when the funeral is on every other channel." A third wrote: "BBC One - Queen funeral, BBC Two - Queen funeral, ITV Network - Queen funeral, Sky Network - Queen funeral, Channel 4 - Queen documentary and Channel 5 - The Emoji Movie." A fourth supported the idea as they shared: "To be fair, it's good to see them doing something like this.
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