5STAR (formerly stylised with an asterisk as 5*) is a British digital television channel owned by Viacom International Media Networks Europe. It is a sister channel of Channel 5, My5, 5Spike and 5USA. It originally launched as the female-oriented Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was rebranded as Fiver on 28 April 2008 with a revised version of the same concept. The channel later re-branded as 5* on 7 March 2011, and later to its current name on 11 February 2016.
The channel is available on digital television via Freesat, Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media, and broadcasts between 08:00 and 04:00.
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History
2006-08: Five Life
The channel was intended to be a female-oriented channel with an emphasis on lifestyle programming. Channel 5 announced that programming on launch would include The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Love My Way, Windfall, Angela's Eyes, and a weekday double-bill of the chat show Trisha Goddard. On 16 October 2006, a day following the channel's launch, Australian soap opera Home and Away began airing from episode 4212 (Series 19). New episodes are 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. Following the channel's launch, a time-shift version of the channel was launched in summer 2007.
2008-11: Fiver
Five Life relaunched as Fiver in 2008 while still targeting female audiences, the channel was re-positioned with a "younger, faster, louder" concept, meant to compete with Sky Living. On-air presentation reflected this shift with a "cursor" motif, typing out words reflecting programs and current events.
2011-16: 5*
In 2011, the channel was re-launched again, as 5* (pronounced "Five Star"). The new brand focused on a "fun-loving" concept, with initial acquisitions including $h*! My Dad Says, Better with You and Parenthood. On 11 April 2011, 5* reduced its broadcast hours to 13:00 to 00:00, replacing the hours withdrawn with more teleshopping. When some of these new programs failed to make much of an impact in the channel's ratings, several were dropped and replaced by new locally produced and acquired programming. These included the American series 8 Simple Rules, 10 Things I Hate About You, Alphas and The Lying Game.
In 2012, in consort with Channel 5's acquisition of the series, 5* 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, American Idol moved to 5* from ITV2. Continuing the channel's venture into reality based programming, Tallafornia was acquired from Ireland's TV3 and this was soon joined by Bar Rescue, World's Worst Tenants and Top 20 Funniest in 2014.
The current schedule includes a variety of programming, including the aforementioned reality series, as well as the first-run rights to Helix, the second-run rights to American series Falling Skies, Under the Dome and The Walking Dead, and Australian soap operas Home & Away and Neighbours. Popular documentary series shared with Channel 5 air throughout the daytime and primetime hours, such as The Gadget Show.
The time-shift version of the channel was shut down on 3 February 2014 and replaced by Channel 5+24. The channel returned later, launching on Sky on 4 November 2014.
On 11 February 2016, as part of an overall re-branding of Channel 5's networks following their acquisition by Viacom, the channel was re-branded as 5Star.
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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 0.5-0.6%. The highest rated series airing on the channel are Home & Away, Neighbours and the weeknight showings of primetime movies. 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
First-run
- 100% Hotter (2016-present)
- Access (2011-present)
- Aftermath (2016-present)
- Baby Ballroom (2017-present)
- Baby Faced Mums (2016-present)
- Badass Brides (2017-present)
- Big Brother: Live from the House (2013, 2015-present)
- Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2013, 2015-present)
- Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House (2013, 2015-present)
- Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2013, 2015-present)
- Celebrity Big Brother (2017-present) (First look episode on Saturdays)
- Celebrity Ghost Hunt Live (2017-present)
- Channel Zero (2016-present)
- Don't Tell The Doctor (2017-present)
- Emerald City (2017-present)
- Empire (2017-present) (moved from E4)
- Fresh Off the Boat (2017-present)
- Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink (2017-present) (moved from Channel 5)
- Heroes Reborn (2016-present)
- Home and Away (16 October 2006-present) (first look)
- The Magicians (2016-present)
- Sex Pod (2016-present)
- The Shannara Chronicles (2016-present)
- Sing It On (2016-present)
- Star (2017-present)
- Strip Date (2016-present)
- Top 20 Funniest (2014-present)
- Wentworth (2016-present) (moved from Channel 5)
- When Kids Kill (2016-present)
- You're the Worst (2016-present)
- Milkshake! (2007-2011, 2017-present)
Second-run
- Will & Grace (2018-present) (moved from Channel 4) (first on Channel 5)
- Neighbours (2008-present)
- Gilmore Girls (2013-present) (moved from E4)
- Falling Skies (2013-present) (first on Fox)
- Under the Dome (2013-present)
- 16 & Pregnant (2015-present) (first on MTV)
- Catfish: The TV Show (2015-present) (first on MTV)
- Teen Mom (2015-present) (first on MTV)
- American Horror Story (2015-present) (first on Fox)
- My Wife and Kids (2015-present) (moved from Viva)
- That '70s Show (2015-present) (moved from Viva)
- Ridiculousness (2015-present) (moved from MTV)
- Scrubs (2015-2016) (moved from Viva)
- Dance Moms (2016-present) (first on Lifetime)
- Teen Wolf (2015-present) (first on Sky Living)
- South Park (2017-present) (moved from Viva)
- Finding Carter (2017-present) (first on MTV)
- Dance Squad (2017-present) (first on E!)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2017-present) (moved from Viva; first on Nickelodeon)
- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (2017-present) (moved from Viva).
- Thomas and Friends (2017-present) (also on Channel 5)
- Pingu (2017-present) (moved from CBeebies)
- Bob the Builder (CGI series) (2017-present)
- According to Jim (2017-present) (moved from Channel 4)
- Last Man Standing (2018-present) (moved from E4)
Former programming
- Angela's Eyes (2006)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2006-2007)
- Love My Way (2006-2007)
- Sofia's Diary (2006)
- The Trisha Goddard Show (2006-2010)
- Windfall (2006)
- Trust Me - I'm a Beauty Therapist (2006)
- Dawson's Creek (2006-2009)
- Bad Girls (2007-2009)
- Footballers' Wives (2007-2008)
- Step It Up and Dance (2007)
- Chuck (2007-2009) (moved to Sky Living after 3 series)
- Fifth Gear (2007-2010)
- Stylista (2007-2008)
- Make Me a Supermodel Extra (2007-2008)
- Colin and Justin's How Not to Decorate (2007)
- My Name Is Earl (2013-2015) (moved to 5USA)
- Gay, Straight or Taken? (2008)
- Nice House, Shame About the Garden! (2008-2010)
- Ocean Force (2008-2010)
- Celebrity Rehab (2009)
- Joey (2009)
- Big Love (2009)
- Farmer Wants a Wife (2009-2010)
- Minder (2009)
- Dirt (2009-2011)
- Sex and the City (2009-2013)
- Almost Live from Studio Five (2009)
- Out of the Blue (2009-2010)
- Rich Bride, Poor Bride (2009)
- Vets in Action (2009-2011)
- The Wright Stuff (2009-2011)
- Better with You (2010)
- Parenthood (2010-2011)
- $#*! My Dad Says (2010-2011)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2011-2013) (now on Comedy Central)
- 8 Simple Rules (2011)
- Archer (2011-2014)
- 10 Things I Hate About You (2011)
- Alphas (2011-2012)
- Californication (2011-2012)
- The Lying Game (2012-2013)
- The Walking Dead (2012-2014) (second run now on Spike)
- Tallafornia (2014)
- BAMMA (2013-2015)
- Bar Rescue (2014-2015)
- World's Worst Tenants (2014-2015)
- Eye Candy (2015)
- Helix (2014)
Notes
- ^1 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.
Logos
References
External links
- 5Star at Channel5.com
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