Full 5USA listings for Friday 30 October 2026, with times in London local time.

NCIS owns the early evening, and a fantasy double bill follows

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5USA has decided that Friday night belongs to NCIS, and it has put three hours of it in a row on the screen. Devil’s Triangle runs at 18:00, then the two-part Engaged takes over at 19:00 and 20:00. If you want a procedural to sit through while the week winds down, this is the easiest evening on the channel to settle into.

The two-parter is the draw. Engaged, Part 1 is series 9, episode 8, and Engaged follows at 20:00 as episode 9, so the 19:00 and 20:00 slots are billed as a pair. NCIS is a programme with 24 series and 507 episodes behind it, so a two-parter from series 9 is a reminder of how deep the library runs. It airs twice today and on every day of the ten-day window, which tells you how much of 5USA’s identity rests on it.

Competition for the 19:00 slot is plain enough: The One Show on BBC One, Grand Designs on 4seven and Police Interceptors on 5action. At 20:00, The Celebrity Traitors is on BBC One, and that is the real test of whether 5USA’s viewers stay put. If you are following the Traitors, this will not hold you.

Beauty and the Beast takes over at 21:00 with The Beast of Wall Street, flagged as the first episode of series 3, and Primal Fear follows at 22:00. It also airs twice today, and it is the evening’s only change of pace. It is a drama with a fantasy tilt, and I am not going to pretend a double bill of it is a destination, but it is a decent landing place if the two-parter has you hooked and you do not want to switch off. Opposite it at 21:00 sit M3GAN on E4, Memory on Film4 and Harrods: The Rise & Fall of a British Institution on Channel 5, which is a lot of strong alternatives.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit closes the night at 23:00 with Stocks & Bondage, series 1, episode 9, and the Law & Order strand fills the afternoon. The overnight hours are full of NCIS: Los Angeles and further episodes of Special Victims Unit.

Pick of the night: the 19:00 NCIS, and keep going into the 20:00. Two hours, no decisions needed.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
  • BBC Two: Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
  • ITV1: Beat the Chasers
  • Channel 4: New: Gogglebox
  • Channel 5: Harrods: The Rise & Fall of a British Institution
  • BBC Four: Top of the Pops (from 8.30pm)
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Doc Martin
  • ITV4: Live: ITV Racing Live (from 6.30pm)
  • E4: M3GAN

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on 5USA tonight?

On Friday 30 October 2026, 5USA shows NCIS at 7pm, NCIS at 8pm, Beauty and the Beast at 9pm and Beauty and the Beast at 10pm.

Is there a film on 5USA tonight?

No. 5USA has no films in its evening schedule on Friday 30 October 2026.

What’s on 5USA late tonight?

After 11pm, 5USA has Law & Order: Special Victims Unit at 11pm.

What time does 5USA’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with NCIS at 6pm.