Karaoke Show Tops C5 Primetime Schedule
Channel 5’s Saturday night primetime slot will be filled with “Saturday Night Fever”, a celebrity karaoke gameshow, which will then be followed by a movie premiere and an uncut adult movie. The draft schedule, leaked to Broadcast, also includes US repeats such as The Incredible Hulk and Knightrider, with a movie at 9pm and a 7.30pm wildlife programme on weekdays.
Weekday daytime slots are filled with talkshows, a consumer programme, gameshows, a matinee film and an American soap opera. As well as the wildlife and movie slots in primetime there will also be news at 8pm, leisure/lifestyle programming and a late-night comedy show. Saturdays follow the predictable schedule of kids shows in the morning, a matinee in the afternoon and acquired American series from 6pm till 8pm. Sundays contain more light entertainment shows, with a “gossip” slot at 11.30 followed by news and sport and then a two-hour plus magazine programme for teenagers and young adults. There will also be a music show at 5.15pm and new drama at 8pm.
| Time | Monday-Friday |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | Breakfast First on 5 (News based, semi-serious) |
| 7.30 | Kids programming for 4-9 year olds |
| 8.00 | Acquired drama (Bush Patrol – Australian kids drama for 7-12 year olds) |
| 8.30 | Wide World (educational programme for adults) |
| 9.00 | Acquired talkshow (eg Jerry Springer) |
| 10.00 | Consumer daily programme (eg Houseparty for Housewives) |
| 11.00 | Sunset Beach (Aaron Spelling) |
| 12.00 | Bold & The Beautiful (US soap opera) |
| 12.30 | Repeat of Family Affairs |
| 13.00 | Repeat of Exclusive |
| 13.30 | Repeat of leisure/lifestyle |
| 14.00 | Friends (upbeat and provocative) |
| 14.30 | Matinee films (classic/black and white) |
| 17.30 | Gameshows (2×30 mins) |
| 18.30 | Family Affairs (new soap) |
| 19.00 | Exclusive (gossip column with Mary Nightingale) |
| 19.30 | Five Going Wild (wildlife programme) |
| 20.00 | News |
| 20.30 | Leisure/lifestyle programming |
| 21.00 | Movies |
| 23.00 | Jack Docherty Show |
| 23.40 | Five Late Comedy (stand-up and alternative shows) |
| 24.10 | Live&Dangerous |
| Fridays: uncut adult movies | |
| Time | Saturdays |
| 7.00 | First on 5 – News |
| 7.30 | Harakaroo |
| 8.00 | Knightrider |
| 9.00 | Incredible Hulk |
| 10.00 | Kung-Fu/Dukes of Hazard |
| 11.00 | Turnstile 5 (Sky Review/Preview) |
| 13.00 | The Mag for 10-15-years old |
| 15.15 | Matinee |
| 17.15 | Gameshow (Name that Tune) |
| 17.45 | News & Sport |
| 18.00 | Acquired Series (Xena/Hercules) |
| 19.00 | Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 20.00 | Saturday Night Fever (celebrity karaoke) |
| 21.00 | Movie premiere |
| 23.00 | Uncut adult movies |
| 24.00 | Prisoner Cell Block H |
| Time | Sundays |
| 6.00 | Repeats |
| 7.00 | Religious programmes (Holy Cow with Simon Mayo) |
| 8.00 | Children’s programming |
| 11.00 | Arts programme |
| 11.30 | Exclusive (review of week’s gossip) |
| 12.30 | News & Sport |
| 13.00 | The Mag (adults/teenagers) |
| 15.15 | Soap Omnibus |
| 17.15 | WowFabGroovy (music show with Russ Williams) |
| 18.00 | 5 Gone Wild |
| 19.00 | Money matters/Current affairs |
| 19.30 | News review |
| 20.00 | Drama |
| 22.00 | Melrose Place/Hercules |
| 23.00 | Turnstile 5 Review |
| 24.00 | Live & Dangerous |
A Channel 5 spokeswoman told Newsline that while the leaked schedules were generally correct, the amount of acquired material, especially US shows, had been “distorted”. She said that there would be around 70% originally produced material.
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