ITV2 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On ITV2 Tonight

ITV2 has been ITV’s channel for the 16-34 crowd since December 1998, and since the 2015 Love Island revival it has essentially been the Love Island channel. Free on Freeview, free to stream live on ITVX. With the main series off air, Sunday evening on ITV2 is built around a film and reality: Miss Congeniality II from 6:40pm, then The Only Way Is Essex and Olivia Attwood.

ITV2 Schedule: Sunday 9 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Sunday 9 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

What’s on ITV2 today

Sunday daytime runs Deal or No Deal at 6am, In for a Penny at 7am, In for a Penny at 7:30am, Dress to Impress at 8:05am, before the evening schedule takes over.

Both Dawson’s Creek and Charmed rewind to early episodes at 10:20am and 11:20am, a rare pairing of two different decades of US drama back to back. Deal or No Deal and Supermarket Sweep carry the schedule past lunch, The Floor US returns at 2:15pm, and a new Salt Lake City reunion episode closes out the afternoon at 4:10pm ahead of Orange County’s own reunion at 5pm.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 9 August 2026.

Miss Congeniality II: Armed and Fabulous — ITV2, 6:40pm

The 2005 sequel, with Sandra Bullock’s Gracie Hart undercover in Las Vegas after Miss USA is kidnapped, and Regina King alongside her. It breaks for FYI Daily at 7:50pm and resumes at 7:55pm, so it is one film rather than two showings.

The Only Way Is Essex — ITV2, 9pm

New episode. Junaid finally stops deliberating and does the thing he has been circling all series, and there is a baby shower for Sophie under a name nobody outside Essex would use.

Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection — ITV2, 10pm

Series opener, on cosmetic surgery under public scrutiny. Katie Price and Katherine Ryan are among those talking, and the interesting part is less the procedures than what happens when strangers get a vote on your face.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11pm and 11:30pm

Two archive episodes to close.

What kind of shows are on ITV2

Reality TV and dating formats

Love Island is what the channel is built around, but the daytime schedule runs on the same fuel at lower stakes: Dress to Impress, Dinner Date, TOWIE, and imported American Real Housewives by the yard. Most of it is repeated within the same day, which tells you how it is meant to be watched.

Comedy and US animation

Family Guy, American Dad! and Bob’s Burgers hold up the late-night schedule. None of it is exclusive to ITV2 and none of it is new, but there is enough of it in circulation that a rerun is on somewhere between 11pm and 3am most nights.

Family films

Weekend evenings usually go to animated and studio comedy films, the Ice Age and Madagascar sort of thing.

How to watch ITV2

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find ITV2 across the main UK television platforms:

ITV2 is free on all of the above platforms, no subscription required.

Streaming online

ITV2 streams live and free through ITVX, ITV’s streaming service, at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app on smart TVs, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV and most games consoles. You’ll need a free ITVX account, which takes a couple of minutes to set up and costs nothing. Full episodes of Love Island, Family Guy and most other ITV2 shows are also available on demand shortly after broadcast.

ITV2 +1 and sister channels

ITV2+1 repeats the schedule an hour behind, which is the fix for sitting down at 9.15pm and finding you have missed the opening. Numbers are in the table above. Beyond the timeshift channel, ITV2 sits alongside ITV1, ITV3 and ITV4, and a show premiering on ITV1 will often turn up on ITV2 later.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is ITV2 on Freeview?

ITV2 is on Freeview channel 6, with ITV2+1 on channel 29. Both are free with no subscription.

What channel is ITV2 on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat?

Sky channel 118, Virgin Media 115, and Freesat 113. ITV2+1 sits on 218, 315 and 114 respectively.

What’s on ITV2 tonight?

Sunday night on ITV2 opens with Miss Congeniality II: Armed and Fabulous at 6:40pm, running around an FYI Daily break.

What time is Love Island on ITV2?

9pm every night from Sunday to Friday during the main series. Saturdays get Love Island: Unseen Bits instead of a new episode, because the Islanders get the day off from filming.

Can I watch ITV2 free on ITVX?

Yes, ITV2 streams live and free on ITVX with no subscription needed, just a free account.

Verdict

With Love Island off air until the next series, ITV2 gives Sunday to a film and its reality strand. Miss Congeniality II runs from 6:40pm, then a new The Only Way Is Essex at 9pm and Olivia Attwood at 10pm.

Either side of it the channel does what it always does. Reality reruns and game shows at teatime, animated comedy into the small hours. Dependable rather than essential.

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