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, Thursday evening runs on ITV2’s usual reserve fuel: panel shows, a couple of comedies, and animation to close.

ITV2 Schedule: Thursday 13 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Thursday 13 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Thursday’s daytime line-up on ITV2 is a rerun block from start to finish. Backyard Builds and Dress to Impress open the morning, then Real Housewives of Potomac and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills run back to back before The Only Way Is Essex, Dawson’s Creek and Charmed cover the mid-morning stretch.

Deal or No Deal and Supermarket Sweep fill the early afternoon, and a UK edition of The Floor and a second TOWIE episode follow before teatime. Real Housewives of Potomac returns at 4:10pm, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills takes 5pm, and Celebrity Catchphrase closes the daytime run at 6pm, just ahead of tonight’s primetime line-up.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 13 August 2026.

Celebrity Catchphrase — ITV2, 6pm

Stephen Mulhern runs a celebrity special of the game show. Jordan Stephens, Rebecca Sarker and Les Dennis play “say what you see” for their chosen charities rather than their own money (series 9, episode 8).

The Floor — ITV2, 7pm

Rob Brydon’s elimination quiz is down to 65 remaining contestants, each defending a square of studio floor rather than answering against the clock alone (series 1, episode 3).

The 1% Club — ITV2, 8pm

Lee Mack hosts another round of the logic quiz built to catch out confident players rather than reward trivia knowledge (series 5, episode 7).

Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening — ITV2, 9pm

New tonight: Mel B, Jonathan Ross and Richard Madeley sit through a mock parents’ evening, with their children’s prize on the line depending on how well each parent comes across to the panel (series 1, episode 2).

Changing Ends — ITV2, 10pm

Alan Carr’s sitcom turns to his Auntie Terri, and a visit that reopens some old family friction (series 3, episode 2).

Family Guy — ITV2, 10:35pm & 11:05pm

Two episodes run back to back: Brian starts digging into Meg’s love life for a magazine assignment and finds more than he bargained for at 10:35pm, then Quagmire ends up looking after a baby that bears an unsettling resemblance to Peter at 11:05pm (series 8, episodes 11 and 6).

American Dad! — ITV2, 11:35pm

Steve tries to wreck a classmate’s bar mitzvah after the boy asks Debbie to be his date, closing out the animation block (series 5, episode 14).

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?

Thursday night on ITV2 runs Celebrity Catchphrase at 6pm, The Floor at 7pm and Lee Mack’s The 1% Club at 8pm, then a new Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening at 9pm and Changing Ends at 10pm, before two Family Guy episodes and American Dad! close the night at 11:35pm.

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’s Thursday leans on its game-show bench through the early evening, then hands 9pm to a new episode of Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening, the nearest thing to appointment viewing on the schedule tonight.

The rest of the night does what ITV2 always does. Reality reruns and game shows at teatime, then a shorter run than usual of two Family Guy episodes and American Dad! before close. Dependable rather than essential.

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