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

Published: 21 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, Tuesday 22 September 2026, The Dukes of Hazzard opens primetime at 6pm, then Babylon 5 holds 7pm ahead of Walker, Texas Ranger at 8pm. The 1972 western Bad Company takes the film slot at 9pm, and the crime thriller Rise of the Footsoldier closes the night at 11:05pm. Full breakdown below.

Legend Schedule: Tuesday 22 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Legend schedule for Tuesday 22 September 2026, on Freeview 41.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Legend today

Virtuosity runs overnight from 1:05am, followed by the disaster thriller Edge of the World at 3:05am, before Legend goes off air just before 5am and returns with teleshopping at 5:30am. Walker, Texas Ranger opens breakfast at 8am, then The Dukes of Hazzard, Babylon 5 and the disaster film Collision Earth carry the morning through to early afternoon.

A Legend Lowdown round-up sits either side of the John Wayne western Angel and the Bad Man in the early afternoon, before a feature-length episode of The Virginian holds 3pm and a Star Trek: The Original Series repeat closes out the pre-primetime run 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, Tuesday 22 September 2026.

The Dukes of Hazzard — Legend, 6pm

Three con men try to pin a bank job on Boss Hogg, and the General Lee gets its usual workout sorting it out (series 2, episode 2).

Babylon 5 — Legend, 7pm

Sheridan and Garibaldi fall out badly this episode, while Franklin and Marcus run into trouble on a supply run to a Mars resistance outpost (series 4, episode 10).

Walker, Texas Ranger — Legend, 8pm

Walker and Trivette pull protection duty for a dignitary caught up in an Irish-British peace effort (series 4, episode 13).

Bad Company — Legend, 9pm

Jeff Bridges stars in this 1972 western about two young Civil War draft-dodgers who fall in with a gang of outlaws heading west. Quieter and more melancholy than the shoot-em-up title suggests.

Rise of the Footsoldier — Legend, 11:05pm

The British crime franchise built around Carlton Leach’s story returns to close the night, tracking a football-firm enforcer’s climb into organised crime.

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?

The Dukes of Hazzard opens the evening at 6pm, then Babylon 5 holds 7pm ahead of Walker, Texas Ranger at 8pm. The western Bad Company takes the film slot at 9pm, and Rise of the Footsoldier closes the night at 11:05pm.

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 is a fairly typical shape: The Dukes of Hazzard and Babylon 5 hold the early evening, Walker, Texas Ranger takes 8pm, then Legend switches genre entirely for a Jeff Bridges western at 9pm before the Rise of the Footsoldier crime franchise closes out the night at 11:05pm. Nobody is pretending this is a discovery channel. It knows exactly what it is.

Related: Film4 TV Guide | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV Tonight