Canal 5 is a television network

Television network

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 owned by Televisa

Televisa

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, broadcasting from Mexico City

Mexico City

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 and originating from its flagship station, XHGC-TV

XHGC-TV

XHGC-TV is a TV station owned by Televisa, broadcasting from Mexico City, and is the flagship of the Canal 5 network.-History:XHGC signed on May 10, 1952, broadcasting a Mother's Day event organized by the Excélsior newspaper; but the regular programming began at August 18, 1952.The station was...

. Most programming on this station is intended for children and young people, while at night usually features foreign drama and action series, as well a movies. Sporting events like the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 and FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 matches are also broadcast on Canal 5.

Children's programming

• El Chavo del ocho
  El Chavo (TV series)
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  , a Sitcom from the 1970s (Also airs on Univision
  Univision
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  's TeleFutura
  TeleFutura
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  )
• El Chavo Animado
• Bob Esponja
  SpongeBob SquarePants
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  (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Los Padrinos Mágicos (Farily Odd Parents)
• Los Supersónicos
  The Jetsons
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  (The Jetsons)
• Danny Phantom
  Danny Phantom
  Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret...
  
  
• Ben 10
  Ben 10
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• Hot Wheels
  Hot Wheels
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• Jimmy Neutron

Prime-time programming

• Dr. House
• Mujeres Asesinas
  Mujeres Asesinas
  Mujeres Asesinas is a Mexican drama and psychological thriller type television series produced by Pedro Torres. The series is an adaptation of the Argentine series with the same name, produced by Pol-ka from 2005–2008.-Plot:...
  
  
• El Mentalista
  The Mentalist
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  (The Mentalist)
• Big Time Rush
  Big Time Rush
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• La Ley y el Orden
  Law and Order
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  (Law and Order)
• CSI: Las Vegas
• Smallville
  Smallville
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Affiliates

The following is a list of all full-time Canal 5 affiliates:

CH Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...	Callsign	City of License	Power Electric power Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...	DT Digital television Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...	DT Power Digital television Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...	Owner / Operator
13	XHAG	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1880 meters above sea level, at...	20 kW	35.1		Televimex
17	XHENJ	Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific...	79 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
32	XHMEX XHMEX-TV XHMEX-TV channel 32 is a Televisa-owned and operated station that is affiliated to Canal 5. It is located in Mexicali, Baja California....	Mexicali, Baja California	2,000 kW			Televimex
4	XHSFE	San Felipe, Baja California San Felipe, Baja California San Felipe is a town on the Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Baja California, 190 km south of the United States border and within the municipality of Mexicali. It also serves as a borough seat of its surrouding area....	.35 kW			Patronato Pro-TV
45	XHBJ XHBJ-TV XHBJ channel 45 is a television station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, affiliated with the Canal 5 network. Owned by Cadena Baja California, the station rebroadcasts Canal 5, with a 2-hour delay and local ads....	Tijuana, Baja California	1,250 kW	44.1		Individual
4	XHLPB	La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...	52 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
12	XHAN	Campeche, Campeche Campeche, Campeche San Francisco de Campeche is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at,...	68 kW			Televimex
5	XHCMZ	Comitan de Dominguez, Chiapas	20 kW			Radiotelevisa de Mexico Norte
11	XHSNC	San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas	48 kW			Radiotelevisa de Mexico Norte
7	XHAA	Tapachula, Chiapas	115 kW			Televimex
8	XHTX	Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas	43 kW			Individual
13	XHCDE XHCDE-TV XHCDE is the television call sign for the Televisa owned-and-operated television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico. The station is an affiliate of the Canal 5 network. It also broadcasts local programming and news, and is the default Canal 5-affiliate in Camargo,...	Delicias, Chihuahua Delicias, Chihuahua Delicias is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and serves as the seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located southeast of the state capital, Chihuahua. Delicias was declared an official municipality of the state of Chihuahua on January 7, 1935...	14 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
56	XHJUB XHJUB-TV XHJUB-TV Channel 56 is the Ciudad Juárez television station that is owned and operated by Televisa. The station is an affiliate of the Canal 5 network.-Digital Transition:...	Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua	2,000 kW	33.1	300 kW	Televisora de Occidente
5	XHFI XHFI-TV XHFI is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 5 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. The station is affiliated to the Canal 5 Televisa network.-External links:*...	Chihuahua, Chihuahua Chihuahua, Chihuahua The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...	88 kW			Canales de Television Populares
64	XHCHW XHCHW-TV XHCHW is the television call sign for the Televisa owned television station channel 22 in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico. It is affiliated to the Televisa Canal 5 network and also broadcasts local programming and news....	Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila	105 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
29	XHNOH XHNOH-TV XHNOH is the television call sign for the Televisa owned television station channel 29 in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico. It is affiliated to the Televisa Canal 5 network and also broadcasts local programming and news....	Nueva Rosita, Coahuila	116 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
29	XHMLC XHMLC-TV XHMLC is the television call sign for the Televisa owned television station channel 29 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico. It is affiliated to the Televisa Canal 5 network and also broadcasts local programming and news....	Monclova, Coahuila	77 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
52	XHPNH XHPNH-TV XHPNH is the television call sign for the Televisa owned television station channel 52 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. It is affiliated to the Televisa Canal 5 network and also broadcasts local programming and news.-External links:*...	Piedras Negras, Coahuila Piedras Negras, Coahuila -Natural Resources:This region generates a large amount of the national production of coal, one of the most economically important non-metallic minerals in the state.-Tourism:Piedras Negras' main tourist attractions are:...	97 kW			Televimex
25	XHSTC	Saltillo, Coahuila	176.5 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico norte
40	XHTOB	Torreon, Coahuila	698.5 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico norte
5	XHCC	Colima, Colima Colima, Colima Colima is capital of the state of the same name, a city and municipality located in the center west of Mexico. It is located near the Colima Volcano, which divides the small state from that of Jalisco. Despite being the capital, the city is not the state’s main tourist attraction, eclipsed by...	14 kW			XHCC Television
5	XHGC XHGC-TV XHGC-TV is a TV station owned by Televisa, broadcasting from Mexico City, and is the flagship of the Canal 5 network.-History:XHGC signed on May 10, 1952, broadcasting a Mother's Day event organized by the Excélsior newspaper; but the regular programming began at August 18, 1952.The station was...	Mexico, Distrito Federal	64 kW	50.1		Televimex
25	XHLE	León, Guanajuato León, Guanajuato The city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León...	1,558 kW	24.1		Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XHAL	Acapulco, Guerrero	100 kW	23.1		Televimex
2	XHCHN	Chilpancingo, Guerrero	13 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
11	XHIGN	Iguala, Guerrero	41 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
2	XHIXG	Zihuatanejo, Guerrero	33 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
5	XHATU	Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco	14 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
5	XHAUM	Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco	22 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
21	XHGUE	Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...	2,371 kW	22.1		Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XHPVE	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco	34 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XEX	Altzomoni, Mexico Amecameca Amecameca is a town and municipality located in the eastern panhandle of Mexico State between Mexico City and the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl volcanos of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is located on federal highway 115 which leads to Cuautla, which is called the Volcano Route...	325 kW	42.1		Televimex
31	XHTOK	Toluca, México	2,438 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
47	XHAPN	Apatzingan, Michoacán	89 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
11	XHLAC	Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacán Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán Lázaro Cárdenas is a port city that with its surrounding municipality is located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was formerly known as Los Llanitos, but changed its name as a tribute to Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, a Michoacán-born politician who was president of Mexico from...	15 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
21	XHMOW	Morelia, Michoacán	3,829 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
28	XHZAM	Zamora, Michoacán Zamora, Michoacán Zamora de Hidalgo, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, which has an area of 330.97 km² and includes many other smaller communities, the largest of...	184 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
5	XHTFL	Tepic, Nayarit	14 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
6	XET XET-TV XET-TV is a Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico television station that is owned and operated by Televisa. The station is affiliated to the Canal 5 Televisa network....	Monterrey, Nuevo León	75 kW	31.1	200 kW	Televimex
2	XHHHN	Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca	36 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
5	XHOXO XHOXO-TV XHOXO-TV is the television call sign for the Televisa television station in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. The station is affiliated to the Canal 5 televisa network....	Oaxaca, Oaxaca Oaxaca, Oaxaca The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...	100 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
9	XHPAO	Palma Sola, Oaxaca	200 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XHPIX	Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca	12 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
3	XEZ	Querétaro, Querétaro	50 kW	29.1		Televimex
4	XHCCN	Cancún, Quintana Roo	100 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
6	XHCHF	Chetumal, Quintana Roo	51 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
5	XHCDV	Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi	12 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
2	XHSLT	San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, commonly called SLP or simply San Luis, is the capital of, and most populous city in the Mexican state of the same name. The city lies at an elevation of 1,850 meters...	100 kW			Televimex
22	XHCUI	Culiacan, Sinaloa	2,581 kW	24.1		Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
28	XHLMI	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	2,589 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XHMAF	Mazatlan, Sinaloa	100 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
63	XHCBO	Caborca, Sonora	39 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
36	XHCDO	Ciudad Obregón, Sonora	1,500 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
28	XHGUY	Guaymas, Sonora	35 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
29	XHHMS	Hermosillo, Sonora	184 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
38	XHNON XHNON-TV XHNON-TV is the Nogales, Sonora television station that is owned and operated by Televisa. The station is an affiliate of the Canal 5 Televisa network....	Nogales, Sonora Nogales, Sonora Heroica Nogales , more commonly known as Nogales, is a city and its surrounding municipality on the northern border of the Mexican State of Sonora. The municipality covers an area of 1,675 km², and borders to the north the city of Nogales, Arizona, United States, across the U.S.-Mexico border...	103 kW			Televimex
13	XHLL	Villahermosa, Tabasco	77 kW			Television de Tabasco
22	XHCMU XHCMU XHCMU is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 22 in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is affiliated to the Canal 5 Televisa network as well as local programming and news....	Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas	110 kW			Televimex
13	XHUT XHUT XHUT is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 13 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It it affiliated to the Canal 5 Televisa network and also broadcasts local programming and news....	Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas	160 kW			Televimex
4	XHD XHD-TV XHD is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 4 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It broadcasts programs from the Canal 5 Televisa network as well as local programming and news....	Tampico	100 kW			Televimex
4	XHCOV	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz	93 kW	27.1		Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
9	XHAI	Las Lajas, Veracruz	316 kW	41.1		Televimex
4	XHMEN	Merida, Yucatán Mérida, Yucatán Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...	69 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte
4	XHSMZ	Sombrerete, Zacatecas Sombrerete, Zacatecas Sombrerete is a colonial city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in western part of the Mexican state of Zacatecas.Known for being a picturesque city and for its large deposits of mineral ores, discovered in the sixteenth century...	16 kW			Radiotelevisora de Mexico Norte