The Best TV Shows on Yle Fem

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

The humour group KAJ delivers Christmas cosiness! The series consists of short sketches and songs written and performed by the three members of the comedy group KAJ. The script and direction are by Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman and Jakob Norrgård.

Bettina S. is a Finnish talk show, hosted by Bettina Sågbom and produced by Yle Fem. The show is also broadcast on Yle TV2. However, the show is ten minutes longer on Yle Fem. The show premiered in 2003 and in the same year won the Venla prize for Best Entertainment Show of 2003.