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The channel used to be notorious for its pornographic content after the [[Watershed]], a reputation exacerbated by an [[Executive Meddling|exec]] who supposedly declared that the channel was about "the three F's -- films, [[The Beautiful Game|football]], and f{{spoiler|ornicat}}ing". She actually said that the channel was about "''more than'' the three F's", but was misquoted. Whether the misquote was [[Manipulative Editing|intentional]], however...
Although some relics of this sordid past crop up every once in a while (the late night schedules are now mostly devoted to sport and ''Super Casino''), Channel 5 is now best known as the British home of a number of U.S. crime dramas, including all three of the [[CSI Verse]] shows (with which it has a severe case of [[Adored
It has two digital offshoot channels, "5USA" and "5*" (Five-star). The former shows a lot of U.S. imports, while the latter depends largely on ''[[Home and Away]]'' and ''[[Neighbours]]'' (although this also airs several American series, such as ''[[Archer]]'' and ''[[The Lying Game]]'').
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