5Action features a range of programming from the Channel 5 stable as well as other content from the UK and US, focusing on action and crime, aiming towards a male audience.

It primarily aired entertainment programmes, including action and drama series, police documentaries, and programming from its U.S. counterpart, as well as mixed martial arts.

[19][20] It ceased to be available via satellite in Ireland on 13 July 2018 having supposedly been made available by mistake,[21] even though the channel had been promoted to Irish viewers before launch[22] (however, the channel could still be accessed via manual tuning on Sky in Ireland).

The original British version of Paramount Network was as a general entertainment channel showing American movies and series such as Suits and Lip Sync Battle.

This second version of Paramount Network had a schedule very much in keeping with that of 5Spike, with action movies at night, westerns at lunch and programmes such as Police Interceptors and Traffic Cops running episodes back-to-back early evening.