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

Published: 5 September 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. Sunday 6 September 2026 has no Love Island either, main series or Unseen Bits; the evening instead runs on a single film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from 6:10pm, before The Only Way Is Essex and an Olivia Attwood documentary take over for primetime.

ITV2 Schedule: Sunday 6 September 2026 (Full Listings)

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

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Sunday’s ITV2 day opens on the late-night comedy block, two runs each of Family Guy and American Dad!, before Plebs and Transaction close out the small hours and Teleshopping takes over until 6am. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records opens the proper schedule at 6am, then Deal or No Deal, In for a Penny and Dinner Date carry breakfast.

Two episodes of The Only Way Is Essex run back to back from 8:40am, a Deal or No Deal spin-off and The Voice UK fill the late morning, and The Box airs at 12:25pm ahead of Celebrity Catchphrase. Kung Fu Panda 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3 then take up most of the afternoon in two runs, each interrupted once by FYI Daily, before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens the evening at 6:10pm.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 6 September 2026.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — ITV2, 6:10pm

Zack Snyder’s grim, self-serious clash of DC’s two biggest names gets a rare outing on ITV2 this evening. There’s a five-minute FYI Daily break at 7:10pm before it picks back up at 7:15pm and runs through to 9pm, so don’t assume the schedule has skipped ahead if the film cuts away mid-scene.

The Only Way Is Essex — ITV2, 9pm

TOWIE’s evening edition follows the film at 9pm. It’s a new episode, series 38’s eleventh, distinct from the two reruns ITV2 aired earlier this morning — not a series relaunch, just this week’s instalment of the long-running Essex soap.

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

Attwood’s documentary series continues at 10pm, still picking apart the pressures of image and cosmetic surgery in the reality-TV world she came up through.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11pm and 11:35pm

Two more episodes close the night, both from series 7 and both well over a decade old — the usual comfort-viewing sign-off before ITV2 hands over to American Dad! after midnight.

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?

One film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, from 6:10pm, split once by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin, then The Only Way Is Essex’s new episode at 9pm and Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection at 10pm. There’s no Love Island tonight — see the 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

Sunday’s ITV2 is built around one film rather than the usual quiz-and-reality mix: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from 6:10pm, with a single FYI Daily break at the halfway point. TOWIE’s new weekly episode takes the 9pm slot afterwards, followed by an Olivia Attwood documentary and a Family Guy double to close out.

There’s no Love Island tonight, main series or Unseen Bits, and the daytime schedule ahead of the film runs on Deal or No Deal, The Voice UK, Celebrity Catchphrase and two Kung Fu Panda films — see the table above for the full day’s listings.

Related: ITV1 TV Guide | What’s On TV Tonight | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV This Week