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5USA is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. It was launched on 16 October 2006 as Five US and was the second digital terrestrial television channel in the UK to be launched by RTL Group (the owner at the time) as part of their multi-channel strategy, the first being Five Life (now 5Star). 5USA concentrates on showing imported movies and programmes from the United States.




History


The channel's original broadcast hours were from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., however it extended its hours starting at 12:00 p.m. in June 2007. On 1 November 2015, the channel began broadcasting from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 a.m. The channel changes its programme slots and shows from time to time.
British comedian Russell Kane was the 'face of the channel', presenting short clips between some programmes which acted as space fillers to comply with advertising regulations in the UK (UK regulations allows fewer minutes of advertising than in the US) until 16 February 2009. The music used during the idents until February 2009 were "The Dress Looks Nice on You", "Chicago", "Jacksonville" and "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts", all performed by Sufjan Stevens.
On 28 August 2007, Five US launched a timeshift channel – Five US +1 – available only on Sky. On 22 January 2009, it was announced that Five US would be rebranded Five USA on 16 February. It became 5USA in March 2011 as part of a corporate rebranding.




Programming






= Current Programming

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Criminal Minds (series 1-16, previously shown on Sky Witness, also on Disney+ and Paramount+)
NCIS
NCIS: Hawaii
Blue Bloods (also shown on Sky Witness)
Blindspot (previously shown on Sky Witness)
Law & Order (previously shown on Universal TV)
Law & Order: SVU (also shown on Sky Witness)
The Blacklist (previously shown on
Sky Living, Sky One and Sky Max)




= Former Programming

=
Person Of Interest
Castle
Columbo (now on 5Select)
CSI (now on Paramount+)
CSI:NY (now on Pluto TV)
CSI: Miami (now on Pluto TV)
Chicago PD (now on Sky Witness)
Hannibal (previously shown on Sky Living)
Justified (now on Disney+)
Lucifer (seasons 1 and 2 only)
La Brea (season 1 only , available on Paramount+)
Longmire
Murder In The First
The Enemy Within
The Mysteries of Laura
War of the Worlds (on Disney+)
Yellowstone (season 1 and 2 only , moved to Paramount+)




Ratings


The channel's highest ratings to date were on 12 February 2008 for the second part of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Without a Trace crossover. The show averaged 2.58 million viewers between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. equating to a multichannel share of 13.9%. Those numbers made the show the most-watched multichannel programme in its slot – beating every other channel (digital and analogue) aside from BBC One, and is currently one of the highest ratings for a multichannel in the United Kingdom.




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Notes


^1 Seasons nine through fourteen were aired first-run on Channel 5. From the eighteenth season, 5USA obtained the first-run rights to the series.
^2 Seasons one through three and the first two episodes of the fourth season were aired first-run on 5Star. From the third episode of season four, 5USA obtained the first-run rights to the series.
^3 Universal Channel has first-run rights to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the United Kingdom, as of 2014. Universal Channel is currently airing the sixteenth season. Channel 5 had second-run rights to all seasons, up until the twelfth season. From the thirteenth season, aired in 2015, 5USA has second-run rights to the series. Universal Channel UK closed down on 27 January 2020 and their programming was moved to Sky Witness.
^4 5USA has finished airing episodes to this first-run or second-run series and is currently rerunning episodes in their schedules, as of 2015.




References






External links


5USA on Channel 5

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