The fifth season of the American reality series Bar Rescue aired on Spike on August 7, 2016 and ended on September 17, 2017 with a total of 31 episodes. The first three episodes aired at 9/8c before moving to 10/9c for the remainder of the season. Like the many season, season five was also split into multiple parts.
In May 2015, Taffer confirmed on his Facebook that a fifth season was in the works. On July 27, 2016, Spike greenlit the fifth season along with a late-night talk show pilot from Taffer. Season 5 also featured ten new Back to the Bar episodes with never-before-seen footage of the experts visiting the previously rescued bars in addition to Taffer revisiting past confrontations with the memorable owners he faced during his visit.
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