5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British

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television channel owned by

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, a wholly-owned subsidiary of

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, which is grouped under

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division. It originally launched as the female-orientated Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was relaunched as Fiver on 28 April 2008 with a revised version of the same concept. The channel was later re-branded as 5* on 7 March 2011, and later, it was re-branded as its current name on 11 February 2016. The network focuses on documentaries, comedy and drama, with original content such as ''

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'' and ''Young, Dumb & Banged Up in the Sun'', along with some American and Australian imports.

History

2006-08: Five Life

Five Life was intended to be a female-oriented channel emphasising lifestyle programming. Channel 5 announced that programming on launch would include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Windfall'', ''

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'', and a weekday double-bill of the chat show ''

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''. On 16 October 2006, a day following the channel's launch, Australian soap opera ''

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'' began airing from episode 4212 (Season 19, Episode 112). New episodes were shown Monday to Friday in a 'First Look' screening with episodes following the Channel 5 airing. Repeats of popular female-skewing dramas, both nationally and internationally produced, were soon acquired. A time-shift version was launched following the channel's launch in summer 2007.

2008-11: Fiver

On 28 April 2008, Five Life was relaunched as Fiver, with a new branding strategy aimed at a younger audience. The rebranding introduced a "younger, faster, louder" concept to compete with Sky Living. The channel adopted a unique on-air presentation featuring a "cursor" motif, which typed out words related to programs and current events.

2011–16: 5Star

In 2011, the channel was re-launched as 5Star (stylized as 5★ or 5*, pronounced "Five Star"). The new brand focused on a "fun-loving" concept, with initial acquisitions including '' $#*! My Dad Says'', ''

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'' and '' Parenthood''. On 11 April 2011, 5Star reduced its broadcast hours to 13:00 to 00:00, replacing the hours withdrawn with more teleshopping. When some of these new programmes failed to impact the channel's ratings, several were dropped and replaced by new locally produced and acquired programming. These included the American series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012, in consort with C5's acquisition of the series, 5Star began airing the '' Big Brother'' companion show '' Big Brother: Live from the House'', which aired 60 minutes of live feed following every eviction show. In 2013, after ''Live from the House'' set ratings records for the channel, the programme was expanded to two hours nightly. However, ratings were at a share below that of the channel's average, with just 70,000 watching the first live feeds. Subsequently, the live feeds were shut down and the spin-off show last aired in June 2013. Also in 2013, ''

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'' moved to 5Star from

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. Continuing the channel's venture into reality based programming, ''

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'' was acquired from Ireland's TV3 and this was soon joined by ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in 2014. The 5Star schedule included a variety of programming, including the aforementioned reality series, as well as the first-run rights to ''

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'', the second-run rights to American series ''

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'', '' Under the Dome'' and '' The Walking Dead'', and Australian soap operas ''Home & Away'' and ''

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''. Popular documentary series shared with C5 air throughout the daytime and primetime hours, such as ''

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''. The time-shift version of the channel was shut down on 3 February 2014 to make way for Channel 5 +24. The channel returned later, launching on Freesat on 16 September 2014 and Sky in the UK and Ireland on 4 November 2014, replacing BET +1 on the platform. The addition of the channel in Ireland was an error, thus it was removed on 6 November 2014. On 11 February 2016, as part of an overall re-branding of Channel 5's networks following their acquisition by

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, the channel was re-branded as 5Star.

2016 to date: 5Star

5Star was initially positioned as a younger skewing channel (like E4). However, 5Star dropped many of its drama and comedy programs from the schedules and replaced them with blocks of

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programming in September 2021. These included medical shows such as ''Skin A&E'', ''999: Critical Condition'' and ''Don't Tell The Doctor'' and nights devoted to crime and cleaning showing on other days. The channel still had several drama shows listed in its schedules for 2021 with imports such as '' Departure'' and '' Wentworth: The Final Sentence'' broadcast after the watershed and its Australian soaps still broadcast in an hour block from 6 pm (though the 3 pm repeat has been replaced by episodes of ''

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'' from

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). 5Star also picked up the free-to-air television rights of streaming series '' The Act'' (from StarzPlay via Amazon) which increased its viewing figures on 5Star with each episode broadcast, and ''

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'' (also available on Netflix). Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' has episodes debuting on the channel before being repeated on Channel 5, with other channel premieres including episodes of ''Killer at the Crime Scene'' and ''The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door'', as well as several romcom films shown at lunchtime. 5Star usually schedules feature films each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night, with the whole Saturday daytime schedule traditionally given to family films. However, the quality of some of the movies broadcast by 5Star has been picked up by ''Kermode and Mayo's Film Review'' on BBC Radio 5 Live, who have nominated many titles due to be broadcast on the channel, for their 'TV Movie So Bad it's Bad' feature on the show. On 20 October 2021, their scheduled ''Love at Lunchtime'' TV movie premiere slot was discontinued and replaced by back-to-back repeats of various emergency services documentaries with episodes 6 and 7 of ''Traffic Cops'' replacing the already announced premiere of ''Love's Last Resort'' on that date. Programmes debuting new episodes on the channel in November 2021 included ''Filthy House SOS'' and ''Oxford Street 24/7'', while ''Nick Knowles' Better Homes'' is a new show from the presenter of Channel 5's ''Big House Clearout'' and ''Our Secret World'' was a new commission produced by Viacom Studios UK, featuring Babestation stars like Atlanta Moreno and Jess West enjoying their leisure time in a reality TV format. New-to-Freeview episodes of drama series '' The Act'' (from American streaming service

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), are debuting weekly on 5Star at 10pm on a Thursday night before being repeated late night on 5Select a few days later. From 8 November 2021, after Ofcom approved an hour-long ''5 News at 5'' on the main channel to fit in ''Eggheads'' at 6.30pm, the early evening repeat of ''Home and Away'' moved to 5Star, with the Australian soap now being broadcast in an hour-long slot from 6pm, with the repeat scheduled back-to-back with the 'first look' episode (though the soap went on its regular winter break on Monday 22 November, with the slot being used for repeats of ''Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law'' and family films, until a new episode of the soap was broadcast on New Year's Eve). From 4 December 2021 to 7 November 2022, 5Star began repeating season 11 of Judge Judy in the mornings, at the same time that season 17 was seen on CBS Reality and, due to a simulcast agreement, nine Local TV channels in the UK. A month later, on 4 January 2022, more retro programming from the archives of ViacomCBS appeared on the network, when ''

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'' (originally broadcast on the American

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channel in 1992 and then on Channel 5) started a repeat run in the United Kingdom on 5Star.

Availability

Cable

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: Channel 126 (SD) and Channel 326 (+1)

IPTV

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: Channel 128

Online

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Satellite

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: Channel 131 (SD) and Channel 141 (+1) *

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: Channel 128 (SD) and Channel 228 (+1)

Terrestrial

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: Channel 32

Ratings

The launch of Five Life was at the time ranked as the worst received multichannel launch for a terrestrial broadcaster, only managing to achieve a primetime share of 0.21%. Following the channel's relaunch as Fiver in 2008, the all-day share for the channel has been between 0.5 and 0.6%. The highest-rated series airing on the channel are Home & Away, Neighbours, and the weeknight primetime movie showings. The highest rating for the channel is held by '' Big Brother: Live from the House'', when it received just over one million viewers and an audience share of over five percent in 2013.

Current programming: 5Star

First–run

* ''The Act'' (2021) * ''Adults Only'' (2020–present) (also repeated on Channel 5 and MTV in 2021, and known under the title ''XXXmas'' over the festive period) * ''Ambulance: Code Red'' (2020–present) * ''Bargain Brits on Benefits'' (2022–present) * ''Cold Case Killers'' (2021–present) * ''Dirty John'' (2021) * ''Don't Tell The Doctor'' (2017–present) * ''Drag Kids'' (also known as ''Kids in Drag: We're Fabulous!'') (2019–present) * ''Entertainment News'' (2020–present) * ''Extreme Hair Wars'' (2018–present) * ''Filthy House SOS'' * ''Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink'' (2017–present) * ''Greatest Ever Movie Blunders'' (2018–present) (this series was re-edited as a new one-off show for broadcast on Channel 5 in November 2021) * ''Greatest Ever TV Blunders'' (2018–present) * ''

'' (16 October 2006 – present) (first look) * ''

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'' (2019–present) * ''Inside The Mind...'' (2021) (a celebrity documentary with Dr Bob Johnson) * ''It's Your Fault I'm Fat'' (2019–present) * ''Killer at the Crime Scene'' (2021–present) * ''Nick Knowles' Better Home'' (2021) * ''Old School For Lazy Kids'' (2019–present) * ''Our Secret World'' (2021) * ''Oxford Street 24/7'' (2021) (a previous series was broadcast first on Channel 5) * ''Plastic Surgery Knifemares'' (2019) * ''Prison Life'' (2018–present) * ''Rich Kids Go Homeless'' (2019–present) * ''

'' (2018–present) * ''Rich Kids, Skint Holiday'' (2019–present) * ''Secret Admirer'' (2018–present) * ''Sex Pod'' (2016–present) * ''The Shocking Truth About Food'' (2019–present) * ''Skin A&E'' (2021–present) * ''

'' (2014–present) * ''Tower Block Kids'' (2018–present) * ''Undercover Twins'' (2019) * ''When Kids Kill'' (2016–present) * ''When Teens Kill'' (2018–present) * ''World's Wildest Holidays'' (2018–present) * ''Young, Dumb & Banged Up in the Sun'' (2018–present)

Second–run

* '' 10 Years Younger in 10 Days'' (2021, Channel 5 series only) * ''Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun'' * ''Britain's Parking Hell'' (2018–present) * ''Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts'' * ''Fights, Camera, Action!'' (previously shown on Paramount Network) * ''

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'' (from 1 December 2025) * ''

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'' (2023–present) * ''Departure'' (2021) * ''Judge Judy'' (episodes from 2006 to 2007, that were previously shown on various CBS branded channels) * ''

'' * ''

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'' (episodes from 1992, that were previously shown on Channel 5) * '' Suits'' (season 8 in 2022) * ''Supermarket Wars'' * ''The Town the Gypsies Took Over: Appleby Horse Fair'' (repeated on 5Star on 3 January 2022)Radio Times 1–7 January 2022: 5Star listings for Bank Holiday Monday (3 January 2022),: page 71 * ''

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'' (2016–2021) (this drama debuted in the UK as a Channel 5 show before becoming an exclusive-to-5Star title during its fourth season) * ''The World's Most Expensive Hotels''

Former programming: 5Star

First–run

* ''100% Hotter'' (2016–) * ''

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'' (2011–2020) (replaced by ''Entertainment News'') * ''Airport 24/7: Thailand'' (2019–present) (moved to Paramount Network) * ''Baby Ballroom'' (2017–) * ''Baby Faced Mums'' (2016–) * ''Badass Brides'' (2017–) * ''Bad Teen to Ballroom Queen'' (2018–) * ''Britain's Naughtiest Nursery'' (2019–) * ''Celebrity Ghost Hunt'' (2017–) * ''Celeb Road Trip: Lost in Transylvania'' (2018–) * ''

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'' (2018–present) (moved to MTV) * ''Celebs on the Ranch'' (2019–) * '' Channel Zero'' (2016–) * ''

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'' (2019–) * ''Dirty Tricks'' (2019–) * ''Sing It On'' (2016–) * ''Strip Date'' (2016–)

Second–run

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'' (2019–present) * ''

'' (2011, 2017–present) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * '' Catfish: The TV Show'' (2015–present) * ''

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'' (2017) (first look episode on Saturdays) * ''

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'' (2016–present) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017–present) * ''

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'' (2017–present) * ''

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'' (2017–2019) * ''

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'' (2017–present) * ''

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'' (2013–present) * '' Heroes Reborn'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2020) * '' Last Man Standing'' (2018–2020) * '' The Magicians'' (2016–2018) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * ''

'' (2008–2022) * '' Riverdale'' (2018–present) * ''

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'' (2016–2017) * ''

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'' (2019–present) * ''

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'' (2017–2018) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * ''

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'' (2015–present) * ''

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'' (2018–present) (Seasons 1–8 only) * '' Under the Dome'' (2013–present) * ''

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'' (2018–present) * ''

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'' (2016–present)

Former programming: Fiver and 5*

* '' $#*! My Dad Says'' (2010–2011) * ''

'' (2011) * '' Almost Live from Studio Five'' (2009) * ''

'' (2011–2012) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2010–2014) * '' Bad Girls'' (2007–2009) * ''

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) * ''

'' (2014–2015) (moved to

) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Big Brother: Live from the House'' (2013, 2015) * ''

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Big Love ''Big Love'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer that aired on HBO from 2006 to 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a Mormon fundamentalism, fundamentalist Mor ...

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Californication Californication may refer to: *Californication (word), an expression that refers to the influx of Californians into various western states in the U.S. *Californication (album), ''Californication'' (album), a 1999 album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

'' (2008–2012) * '' Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House'' (2013, 2015) * ''

Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side This is a complete list of shows about and relating to ''Big Brother UK'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The civilian edition originally ran from 2000 to 2018, and again since 2023. The celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018, and again since 20 ...

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Chuck Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...

'' (2011–2012) * '' Colin and Justin's How Not to Decorate'' (2007) * ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college. It aired from January 20, 19 ...

'' (2006–2009) * ''

Dirt Dirt is any matter considered unclean, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty. Common types of dirt include: * Debris: scattered pieces of waste or remains * Du ...

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'' (2006–2007, 2008) * '' Eye Candy'' (2015) * ''

Farmer Wants a Wife ''Farmer Wants a Wife'' is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The basic structure of the programme is that a number of farmers are presented with women from the city, from whom they choose one to be their spouse. The fi ...

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Fifth Gear ''Fifth Gear'' is a British motoring television magazine series which has been broadcast since 2002. Originally shown on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011 (and branded as ''5th Gear'' until 2005), it began as a continuation of the original version ...

'' (2007–2010) * ''

Floogals ''Floogals'' is a British live-action/animated television series aimed at preschoolers, produced by Nevision Studios, Jellyfish Pictures and Zodiak Kids, with concepts from Absolutely Cuckoo. Sprout, a children's TV channel in the United Sta ...

'' (2017) * ''

Footballers' Wives ''Footballers' Wives'' is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players and their wives. It was broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different coupl ...

'' (2007–2010) * '' Gay, Straight or Taken?'' (2008) * ''

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Joey Joey may refer to: People *Joey (name) Animals * Joey (marsupial), an infant marsupial * Joey, a blue-fronted Amazon parrot who was one of the Blue Peter pets Film and television * ''Joey'' (1977 film), an American film directed by Horace ...

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Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting of 151 episodes. The ...

'' (2011–2013) (now on

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) * '' Make Me a Supermodel Extra'' (2007–2008) * ''

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My Name Is Earl ''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia (producer), Greg Garcia for NBC. It aired for four seasons from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, with a total of List of My Name Is Earl episodes, 96 episodes. It wa ...

'' (2013–2015) (moved to

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) * ''Nice House, Shame About the Garden!'' (2008–2010) * ''Ocean Force'' (2008–2010) * '' Out of the Blue'' (2009–2010) * '' Parenthood'' (2010–2011) * ''

Pingu ''Pingu'' is a stop motion animated children's television series originally produced in Switzerland. It was co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It centres on the titular anthropomorphic emperor penguin and his family, who live i ...

'' (2017–2018) * '' Rich Bride, Poor Bride'' (2009) * '' Ridiculousness'' (2015–2017) * ''

Scrubs Scrub(s) may refer to: * Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland * Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff * ''Scrubs'' (TV series), an American television program * Scrubs (occupation), also called "scrub tech," "scrub nurse," ...

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Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

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Sofia's Diary ''Sofia's Diary'' is a drama that is shown online through the social networking site Bebo, which is the same site that hosts ''KateModern''. A version of ''Sofia's Diary'' originally came out in 2003 in Portugal. This means it actually predates th ...

'' (2008–2009) * ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'' (2017) * ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...

'' (2017) * ''

Step It Up and Dance ''Step It Up and Dance'' is an American reality television competition series where contestants are supposed to "learn what it takes to make it big in the cutthroat dance industry". Actress and dancer Elizabeth Berkley serves as host, and directo ...

'' (2007) * ''

Stylista ''Stylista'' is an American fashion reality competition series that premiered on The CW in the United States, and Citytv in Canada on October 22, 2008 and ran for one season. The series was produced by Warner Horizon Television and Tyra Banks th ...

'' (2007–2008) * ''

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The Trisha Goddard Show ''The Trisha Goddard Show'' (also stylized as ''Trisha'') is an American syndicated tabloid talk show hosted by Trisha Goddard. It was a spin-off of '' Maury'' and was based on Goddard's British show. The show premiered on September 17, 2012 ...

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Trust Me – I'm a Beauty Therapist ''Trust Me – I'm a Beauty Therapist'' is a reality television show broadcast on Five (TV channel), Five in which eight British celebrities trained to become beauticians in a South Wales beauty salon. They had to perform such tasks as, cutting h ...

'' (2006) * ''Vets in Action'' (2009–2011) * '' The Walking Dead'' (2012–2014) (moved to

) * '' Windfall'' (2006) * ''

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The Wright Stuff ''The Wright Stuff'' is a British television chat show which was hosted by former tabloid journalist Matthew Wright from 2000 until 2018. It aired on Channel 5 on weekday mornings from 9:15 to 11:15am. The series characterised itself as "Br ...

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Notes

* Several documentary series shared with Channel 5 air on 5Star. However, the titles that come to 5Star change too sporadically to pinpoint what specifically airs first-run or second-run to the channel.

Former logos

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References

External links

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