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

Published: 15 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, Wednesday 16 September 2026, Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger fill early evening from 7pm and 8pm, then the Western 3:10 to Yuma takes the 9pm film slot, with the action thriller Second In Command closing the night at 11:30pm. Full breakdown below.

Legend Schedule: Wednesday 16 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Legend schedule for Wednesday 16 September 2026, on Freeview 41.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Legend today

Eye Of The Tiger opens overnight at 1:35am, followed by the political thriller The Internecine Project 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 the film 40 Days and Nights at 11am.

The Legend Lowdown magazine show introduces the film noir They Made Me A Fugitive at 1pm, then hands over to Sahara at 3pm 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, Wednesday 16 September 2026.

The Dukes of Hazzard — Legend, 6pm

The Dukes of Hazzard opens the evening at 6pm with Bo and Luke back behind the wheel of the General Lee (series 1, episode 11).

Babylon 5 — Legend, 7pm

Babylon 5 follows at 7pm, continuing its fourth-season arc aboard the space station (series 4, episode 6).

Walker, Texas Ranger — Legend, 8pm

Chuck Norris’s Walker, Texas Ranger fills 8pm, dispensing justice in his usual direct fashion (series 4, episode 9).

3:10 to Yuma — Legend, 9pm

The Western 3:10 to Yuma gets the 9pm film slot, built around a rancher escorting a captured outlaw to the train that will carry him to trial, with a rescue party closing in.

Second In Command — Legend, 11:30pm

Second In Command rounds off the night at 11:30pm, an action thriller pitched at the channel’s usual late slot.

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, Wednesday 16 September 2026, Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger run through early evening from 7pm and 8pm, then the Western 3:10 to Yuma takes the 9pm film slot, with the action thriller Second In Command closing the night at 11:30pm.

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 in a more classic register: Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger hold early evening, then Legend hands the 9pm film slot to the Western 3:10 to Yuma before closing on the action thriller Second In Command at 11:30pm. 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