Channel 5 (UK) programming series such as "Your Sport" focusing on sport in local communities. Upon launch, Channel 5's programming followed a strict schedule with the intention that viewers could tune in and always know what to expect. Major features of the Channel 5's early scheduling structure included daily soap opera "Family Affairs" at 6.30pm, a nightly news broadcast at 8.30pm, presented by Kirsty Young. That was followed by a film at 9pm every night and "The Jack Docherty Show", a comedy chat show. Daytime programmes included "Sunset Beach", the American soap opera, Leeza Gibbons' chat show, "Leeza" and "5 News Early". Weekend programming
Channel 5 (UK) programming H" had also been previously shown on ITV in the 80's and early 90's) running the entire series between March 1998 and 6 November 2005. In addition, the channel showed two popular American soap operas "Sunset Beach" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" every weekday morning. After the end of "Sunset Beach" in 1999, the remaining episodes were screened until early 2000. The channel replaced it with another soap opera popular in America "Days of Our Lives", though after poor ratings it removed both soaps from weekday morning schedules in 2002. The entire run of futuristic New Zealand teenage drama