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

Published: 9 September 2026

Legend is what the old Horror Channel turned into after its 2022 rebrand: still free to air, still fond of a monster, but now handing most of its evenings to sci-fi, fantasy and action cinema. Thursday’s early evening runs its usual genre-TV rotation — Babylon 5 at 7pm, Walker, Texas Ranger at 8pm — before the 2006 Van Damme film Second In Command takes 9pm, and the 2016 sequel Mechanic: Resurrection, with Jason Statham, closes the night at 10:55pm. Full breakdown below.

Legend Schedule: Thursday 10 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Legend schedule for Thursday 10 September 2026, on Freeview 41.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Legend today

Overnight brings the 2015 action thriller Blunt Force Trauma at 1:15am and the 2011 crime drama Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, at 3:10am, before Legend goes off air just after 5am and returns with teleshopping at 5:30am. Walker, Texas Ranger opens the schedule proper at 8am (series 4, episode 4), then The Dukes of Hazzard, Babylon 5 and the fantasy adventure Dragonquest carry the rest of the morning.

A short Legend Lowdown bulletin at 12:50pm leads into the western Jesse James: The Unstoppable Outlaw at 1pm, then the 1968 western Shalako, with Sean Connery, takes 2:35pm. Star Trek: The Original Series closes out the afternoon at 5pm, ahead of the evening line-up below.

Legend tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Legend primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 10 September 2026.

The Dukes of Hazzard — Legend, 6pm

The Dukes of Hazzard (series 1, episode 7) opens the evening, part of the channel’s nightly run through the show’s early seasons.

Babylon 5 — Legend, 7pm

Babylon 5 continues at 7pm with series 4, episode 2, one of the nightly instalments carrying the show’s fourth season through the week.

Walker, Texas Ranger — Legend, 8pm

Walker, Texas Ranger (series 4, episode 5) fills the 8pm hour.

Second In Command — Legend, 9pm

Second In Command, the 2006 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, takes the film slot from 9pm. Van Damme plays a US Navy SEAL sent to a fictional Eastern European state as a security attaché, only to land in the middle of a coup.

Mechanic: Resurrection — Legend, 10:55pm

Mechanic: Resurrection, the 2016 sequel with Jason Statham as hitman Arthur Bishop, closes the night from 10:55pm.

What kind of shows are on Legend

Cult horror and its Horror Channel roots

Horror hasn’t been dropped, just demoted. Amicus and Hammer-adjacent anthologies still turn up, along with independent chillers and oddities like Horror Express, though these days they land in the afternoon or after midnight rather than at 9pm.

Sci-fi, fantasy and action films

Most evenings belong to genre cinema of a specific vintage: Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, and further back, the fantasy adventures Ray Harryhausen animated. Film4 has the recent theatrical releases covered. Legend is working two or three decades earlier, and there is less competition for that ground than you would think.

Classic genre television

Very few channels still hand hours to vintage American genre TV. Legend does. The Twilight Zone runs as a nightly double bill, and Star Trek, Babylon 5 and The Six Million Dollar Man fill most weekday daytimes.

How to watch Legend

Channel numbers

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

No subscription is required on any of them. Virgin Media and Freesat numbers can shift depending on your box and region, so trust your on-screen guide over this table if the two disagree.

Streaming online

Legend streams live and free through the WatchFreeUK app, available on Freeview Play, Freesat and YouView, and as a download on iOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung and LG smart TVs. No account or sign-up is required, which is more than can be said for most of its rivals. The catch-up section carries a selection of recently broadcast programmes, but licensing means not everything that airs stays available, and windows vary by title.

Legend Xtra and sister channels

Legend Xtra launched on 1 July 2022 as HorrorXtra and took its current name in a November 2023 refresh. Same broad mix of action, sci-fi and horror, free on Freeview channel 69, Sky 317, Virgin Media 171, Freesat 138 and Freely 51, with a +1 timeshift on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.

Both channels belong to the CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership, a joint venture between Paramount Networks UK & Australia and AMC Networks International UK. True Crime and True Crime Xtra come from the same stable and sit alongside them in the WatchFreeUK app.

Frequently Asked Questions

What channel is Legend on Freeview?

Legend is on Freeview channel 41.

What’s on Legend tonight?

Tonight, Thursday 10 September 2026, Babylon 5 runs at 7pm and Walker, Texas Ranger at 8pm, then Second In Command (2006), with Jean-Claude Van Damme, takes 9pm. Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), starring Jason Statham, closes the night at 10:55pm.

Is Legend free to watch?

Yes, entirely. There are advert breaks during films and between programmes, but no subscription fee on any platform.

What was Legend called before?

It launched in 2004 as The Horror Channel, briefly became Zone Horror in 2006, reverted to Horror Channel in 2010, and became Legend on 30 June 2022.

Can I watch Legend online?

Yes, live and free through the WatchFreeUK app, no account needed.

Verdict

Legend is not chasing prestige and would look daft if it tried. What it gives instead is proper scheduled hours to material other free channels treat as filler. Horror Channel-era chillers hold the fringes of the schedule, but most nights now belong to the action cinema Van Damme and his contemporaries were making through the 1990s.

Thursday runs the same idea on different stock: two overnight genre films, a morning of Westerns and space opera, then two more archive features before the evening proper. Babylon 5 opens at 7pm, Walker, Texas Ranger follows at 8pm, Second In Command takes 9pm, and Mechanic: Resurrection closes out at 10:55pm. Nobody is pretending this is a discovery channel. It knows exactly what it is.

Related: Film4 TV Guide | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV This Week