The UK's Channel 5 broadcast 'The Emoji Movie' in place of Queen Elizabeth's funeral, while nearly every network aired the event. The choice thrilled Twitter, who had plenty of fun with their ...

Channel 5's decision to broadcast 'The Emoji Movie' at the same time as Queen Elizabeth II's funeral has provoked much commentary on social media.

The UK’s Channel 5 is in hot water online after airing “The Emoji Movie” during Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.

A mocked up image of Queen Elizabeth II and characters from "The Emoji Movie." The U.K. broadcaster Channel 5 (logo, bottom right) showed the movie rather than the monarch's funeral.

While pretty much every other TV station in the U.K. is airing the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Channel 5 dared to be different and showed 'The Emoji Movie' instead.

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Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 after a 70-year reign. But Channel 5, owned by Paramount Global, opted to air Sony's "The Emoji Movie" instead, according to Variety and reactions on social ...

Paramount Global-owned network Channel 5 was the only U.K. public service broadcaster not to show any royal-related coverage on Monday (Sept. 19) while Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral was taking ...