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

Published: 30 August 2026

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. Monday 31 August 2026 has no Love Island tonight; instead the evening runs on quiz and entertainment formats, Celebrity Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune and The 1% Club, before a new episode of The Only Way Is Essex at 9pm and a late run of Family Guy and American Dad! to close the night.

ITV2 Schedule: Monday 31 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Monday 31 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Monday’s ITV2 day opens on overnight reruns, two episodes of American Dad! from different series, a Plebs, G’wed and Changing Ends, before Unwind with ITV and three hours of Teleshopping fill the small hours to 6am. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records opens the proper schedule at 6am, Dinner Date follows at 6:15am, and a double bill of Celebrity Dinner Date carries the schedule through breakfast and into mid-morning.

The Only Way Is Essex repeats an earlier-series episode at 9:15am, then The Croods opens at 10:15am, broken by an FYI Daily bulletin at 11:15am. Deal or No Deal takes the early afternoon from 12:10pm, Supermarket Sweep follows at 1:10pm and Wheel of Fortune returns at 2:10pm ahead of another Only Way Is Essex repeat at 3:10pm. Kung Fu Panda opens at 4:10pm, pausing for FYI Daily at 5:10pm before resuming at 5:15pm, and it runs through to 6pm, exactly as Celebrity Catchphrase opens the evening.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Monday 31 August 2026.

Celebrity Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune and The 1% Club — ITV2, 6pm to 9pm

ITV2’s evening opens with three quiz and entertainment formats back to back. Celebrity Catchphrase takes the 6pm slot (series 11, episode 7), with Guz Khan, Angela Scanlon and Joel Corry going for the on-screen phrases. Wheel of Fortune follows at 7pm (series 1, episode 5), then The 1% Club closes the run at 8pm (series 5, episode 5), Lee Mack presiding over the usual climb from easy questions to the one almost nobody gets.

The Only Way Is Essex — ITV2, 9pm

A new episode of The Only Way Is Essex airs at 9pm (series 38, episode 10). The show is deep into its current run rather than opening a new one: Jonnie and Freddie clash over Dani, and Harry confronts Elma.

Family Guy — ITV2, 10pm and 10:35pm

Two consecutive Family Guy episodes run from 10pm, both from series 6 and shown in order (episodes 12 and 13).

Family Guy and American Dad! — ITV2, 11:05pm and 11:35pm

A third Family Guy airs at 11:05pm, but it isn’t part of the 10pm run. This one is pulled from series 5 (episode 17), an older instalment slotted in rather than a continuation. American Dad! closes the night at 11:35pm (series 13, episode 4).

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?

Monday’s evening opens on three quiz and entertainment formats, Celebrity Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune and The 1% Club, before a new episode of The Only Way Is Essex at 9pm. Two Family Guy episodes from the same series follow at 10pm and 10:35pm, then a third Family Guy from an earlier series at 11:05pm and American Dad! close the night at 11:35pm. There’s no Love Island tonight, and today’s two films sit in the daytime schedule, not the evening — see the schedule table above for the full day’s listings.

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

Monday’s ITV2 keeps the evening in-house rather than reaching for a film. An hour each of Celebrity Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune and The 1% Club carries the schedule from 6pm to 9pm, all home-grown quiz and entertainment formats rather than the imported reality the channel sometimes leans on.

The Only Way Is Essex returns with a new episode at 9pm, deep into its current run rather than opening one. Two Family Guy episodes from the same series run back to back at 10pm and 10:35pm, then a third Family Guy pulled from an earlier series airs at 11:05pm before American Dad! closes the night at 11:35pm. There’s no Love Island tonight, and today’s two films, The Croods and Kung Fu Panda, are both daytime bookings rather than evening ones.

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