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

Published: 13 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. Tonight, Monday 14 September 2026, is worth a look for anyone who grew up on Jean-Claude Van Damme: Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger fill early evening from 7pm and 8pm, then Legend runs a Universal Soldier double bill back to back, Universal Soldier: The Return at 9pm straight into Universal Soldier: Regeneration at 10:55pm. Full breakdown below.

Legend Schedule: Monday 14 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Legend schedule for Monday 14 September 2026, on Freeview 41.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Legend today

The thriller Beyond the Law opens overnight at 1:35am, followed by the action film Brake at 3:20am. Legend goes off air just after 5am and returns with teleshopping at 5:30am, before Walker, Texas Ranger at 8am, The Dukes of Hazzard at 9am and Babylon 5 at 10am carry the schedule into Dark Storm at 11am.

The Legend Lowdown magazine show introduces the war epic Zulu Dawn at 1pm, followed by the swashbuckler The Scarlet Blade at 3:20pm and an episode of the original Star Trek 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, Monday 14 September 2026.

The Dukes of Hazzard — Legend, 6pm

Bo and Luke are back behind the wheel of the General Lee for another dusty Hazzard County chase.

Babylon 5 — Legend, 7pm

The space station drama continues deep into its fourth season, with the Vorlon conflict still shaping most of the subplots around it.

Walker, Texas Ranger — Legend, 8pm

Chuck Norris’s long-running Texas lawman drama holds its regular early-evening slot ahead of tonight’s film pairing.

Universal Soldier: The Return — Legend, 9pm

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s cybernetic-soldier franchise gets a rare double outing tonight. This 1999 sequel pits his character against a rogue military AI and runs straight into its own follow-up at 10:55pm.

Universal Soldier: Regeneration — Legend, 10:55pm

The second half of tonight’s Universal Soldier double bill, with Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren’s characters both back for this 2009 instalment set around a hijacked Chernobyl plant.

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, Monday 14 September 2026, Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger run through early evening from 7pm and 8pm, then a Universal Soldier double bill closes the night: Universal Soldier: The Return at 9pm, straight into Universal Soldier: Regeneration 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.

Tonight leans into that identity directly: Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger hold early evening, then Legend hands over 9pm and 10:55pm to a genuine Van Damme double bill, Universal Soldier: The Return followed straight away by its own sequel, Universal Soldier: Regeneration. Nobody is pretending this is a discovery channel. It knows exactly what it is.

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