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

Published: 22 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. There’s no Love Island tonight, since the show remains off air between seasons. Instead, Wednesday 23 September 2026 runs a quiz-led early evening into the channel’s own reality format: Celebrity Catchphrase and Wheel of Fortune lead into The 1% Club at 8pm, then Big Brother and Big Brother: The Group Chat run from 9pm. Two Family Guy episodes close the night.

ITV2 Schedule: Wednesday 23 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Wednesday 23 September 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Wednesday’s ITV2 day opens just after midnight with two American Dad! episodes, before two Bob’s Burgers instalments and a single Plebs episode carry things into the small hours. An Unwind with ITV wind-down follows, ahead of Teleshopping from 3am.

Backyard Builds and Dinner Date open the day properly at 6am, then two Real Housewives instalments, Potomac followed by Beverly Hills, fill breakfast. TOWIE, Dawson’s Creek and Charmed carry the late morning, and Deal or No Deal, Supermarket Sweep and Wheel of Fortune run through midday. TOWIE and both Real Housewives strands repeat into early evening, taking the schedule up to Celebrity Catchphrase at 6pm and tonight’s line-up.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 23 September 2026.

Celebrity Catchphrase — ITV2, 6pm

Stephen Mulhern puts two well-known guests through the picture-clue format, with episode 7 of the current series running in its usual slot ahead of the channel’s evening quiz run.

Wheel of Fortune — ITV2, 7pm

Series 3 continues with episode 7, the spinning-wheel format that’s held the 7pm hour for most of ITV2’s autumn schedule so far.

The 1% Club — ITV2, 8pm

Lee Mack’s logic-puzzle quiz reaches episode 2 of series 5. Contestants are whittled down by questions most people should get right, until the percentages start to bite and only the sharpest thinkers are left standing.

Big Brother — ITV2, 9pm

Series 4 reaches episode 10. It’s a nightly diary format rather than a relaunch, and this is simply the latest instalment in a run that has aired every night this week.

Big Brother: The Group Chat — ITV2, 10pm

The companion discussion show follows straight after, episode 8 of its own separate run, picking through whatever happened in the house earlier that evening.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11:05pm

Series 14, episode 17 opens the late block, one of two half-hour instalments that round off the night in the channel’s usual post-Big-Brother slot.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11:35pm

Episode 12 follows straight after, carrying the schedule through to the overnight American Dad! and Bob’s Burgers reruns.

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?

There’s no Love Island tonight, since the show is off air between seasons. Celebrity Catchphrase and Wheel of Fortune open the evening, The 1% Club holds 8pm, and Big Brother and Big Brother: The Group Chat run from 9pm. Two Family Guy episodes close the night from 11:05pm. 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

Tonight’s ITV2 shape leans on its own game-show and reality staples rather than a film: Celebrity Catchphrase and Wheel of Fortune open the evening, The 1% Club holds 8pm, and the schedule turns over to Big Brother’s nightly diary and its Group Chat companion from 9pm.

There’s still no Love Island on the channel, which remains between seasons, so the game shows and the Big Brother pairing carry the night before Family Guy closes things out from 11:05pm. See the table above for the full day’s listings.

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