W5 (TV series)

W5
Intertitle as of October 24, 2009
Presented by	Kevin Newman (2016-present)
Country of origin	Canada
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	CTV
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	1966 – present

W5 is a Canadian news magazine television series produced by CTV News. The program is broadcast Saturday nights at 7 p.m. on CTV, with repeat broadcasts at later times on CTV as well as co-owned channels CTV Two, and Investigation Discovery. The program is also simulcast on CFRB in Toronto.

The title refers to the Five Ws of journalism: Who, What, Where, When and Why? It is the longest-running newsmagazine/documentary program in North America and the most-watched program of its type in Canada.

W5 is the longest-running current affairs/newsmagazine program in North America and the third longest-running Canadian television program.

It was launched as W5 in 1966 just after the demise of CBC Television's This Hour Has Seven Days, at a time when the CTV network was on the brink of bankruptcy. The program's magazine format is considered an inspiration for a number of similar programs, including the American series 60 Minutes which premiered two years later.

The program's first executive producer and host was Peter Reilly. He quit only a few weeks into the first season of W5, in a dispute with John Bassett, who owned the CTV network's biggest station, CFTO in Toronto. Reilly went on to become first host of the CBC's later current affairs offering, The Fifth Estate. Peter Rehak was executive producer through the 1980s and 1990s.

Robert Hurst oversaw a revamping of the program look in the fall of 1995. He was succeeded by Malcolm Fox, who was the program's executive producer from September 2000 until September 2009. Anton Koschany is the current executive producer, who moved the program into HD and expanded the number of episodes per season.