ION Television May 2010 -- Schedule Change and Memorial Day Weekend Marathons

[Pavan]

ION Television May 2010 --

Blog Story:


Regular schedule changes listed ONLY:

Effective Saturday, May 1, 2010
Saturdays
11:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces My Name is Earl 2x)

Effective Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sundays
11:00pm Movie cont./My Name is Earl (replaces Ghost Whisperer)

Effective Monday, May 3, 2010
Mon-Thurs
7:00pm Criminal Minds except Wed (replaces Ghost Whisperer)
8:00pm Criminal Minds except Wed (replaces Ghost Whisperer)
[Criminal Minds airs Mon-Tues 7pm-12am and Thurs 7-9pm & 11pm]

Effective Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Wednesdays
10:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces Criminal Minds)
11:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces Criminal Minds)
[Ghost Whisperer now airs on Wednesdays from 7pm-12am]

Effective Friday, May 7, 2010
Fridays
7:00pm Criminal Minds replaces Movie)
8:00pm Criminal Minds replaces Movie)
9:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces Criminal Minds)
10:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces Criminal Minds)
11:00pm Ghost Whisperer (replaces Criminal Minds)




Here is the FULL regular schedule for May:
Mon-Thurs
3:00PM qubo on ION (Wed-Thurs)
4:00PM M*A*S*H
4:30PM M*A*S*H
5:00PM Family Feud
5:30PM Family Feud
6:00PM Family Feud
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues, Thurs); Ghost Whisperer (Wed)
8:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues, Thurs); Ghost Whisperer (Wed)
9:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues); Ghost Whisperer (Wed); NCIS (Thurs)
10:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues); Ghost Whisperer (Wed); NCIS (Thurs)
11:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues, Thurs); Ghost Whisperer (Wed)

Friday
3:00PM qubo on ION
4:00PM M*A*S*H
4:30PM M*A*S*H
5:00PM Family Feud
5:30PM Family Feud
6:00PM Family Feud
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM Criminal Minds
8:00PM Criminal Minds
9:00PM Ghost Whisperer
10:00PM Ghost Whisperer
11:00PM Ghost Whisperer

Saturday
3:00PM M*A*S*H/Movies
5:00PM Movie
7:00PM Movie
9:00PM The Guard
10:00PM The Guard
11:00PM Ghost Whisperer

Sunday
3:00PM-7:00PM Filler/Movies
7:00PM The Emeril Lagasse Show encore
8:00PM The Emeril Lagasse Show
9:00PM Primetime Movie
11:30PM My Name is Earl





Movies, Stunts, Marathons




- Movie Schedule
Ever Weekend

Saturday, May 1, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm)
4:30pm-6:30pm Dave (1993)
6:30pm-9pm You've Got Mail (1998)

Sunday, May 2, 2010 (My Name is Earl at 11:30pm)
3pm-5pm & 5pm-7pm Cheaper by The Dozen 2 (2005)
9pm-11:30pm Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1993)

Saturday, May 7, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm)
4:30pm-7pm Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1993)
7pm-9pm Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

Sunday, May 8, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm; My Name is Earl at 11:30pm)
4:30pm-7pm Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
9pm-11:30pm Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Saturday, May 14, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-5pm)
5pm-9pm The Godfather Part III (1990)

Sunday, May 15, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm; My Name is Earl at 11:30pm)
4:30pm-7pm Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
9pm-11:30pm Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Saturday, May 21, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm)
5pm-9pm The Godfather Part II (1974)

Sunday, May 22, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs 3-4:30pm; My Name is Earl at 11:30pm)
4:30pm-7pm Rudy (1993)
9pm-11:30pm Rudy (1993)

Saturday, May 28, 2010 (Ghost Whisperer at 11pm)
3pm-7pm The Godfather Part II (1974)
7pm-11pm The Godfather Part III (1990)

Sunday, May 29, 2010
preempted





-The Emeril Lagasse Show
Premiered Sunday, April 18, 2010
Sundays at 8:00pm
Encores Sundays at 7pm
"The Emeril Lagasse Show," a new weekly, entertainment television show featuring celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. The original, primetime series will be recorded before a live studio audience and will capture Emeril's passion for people, entertainment, music, food and celebration. The hour long program will air on Sundays at 8pm beginning April 18.
"The Emeril Lagasse Show" will feature one of America's most popular chefs as he has never been seen before. Each week, Emeril will welcome celebrity guests, musicians and entertainers to break news and break bread as Emeril shares his world, his friends and his passions with the studio audience and viewers at home. A house band will be on set, playing live music and interacting with Emeril, guests and audience. The show also will include entertaining and surprising field pieces that will be shot in and around New York City where the show will be taped. TV veteran Karen Katz and After Five Productions, which executive produced Lagasse's long-running Food Network series, "Emeril Live," will be executive producer of "The Emeril Lagasse Show."




- Memorial Day Weekend Marathons
Friday, May 28 through Monday, May 31, 2010
It's going to be a marathon-filled Memorial Day weekend on ION Television with marathons and movies!

Friday, May 28: 4pm-12am Ghost Whisperer
Saturday, May 29: 4pm-11pm The Godfather Part II and Part III
Sunday, May 30: 4pm-11pm Shark
Monday, May 31: 4pm-12am Criminal Minds


Read the blog before you post. It will give much more insight than just the schedule, so please link this if you're posting elsewhere:

[Du Mont]

The changes that Pavan outlined in the ION sked (dropping 'Shark', more 'Criminal Minds') may have been influenced by the mininet falling back to levels not seen since Week 3 of the 2009-10 season. For Week 28:

Week 28 (Mar.29-Apr.4, 2010)
ION 0.6HH/1%, 0.2 A18-49 (320,000), 860,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-28 (Sep.21-Apr.4, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

In the coming weeks, ION will be getting their first ratings data for 'The Emeril Lagasse Show' on Sunday nights (original at 8 pm, encore at 7 pm). If Mr. Lagasse's show takes off, it should give ION the Nielsen juice it needs to get some record-breaking numbers in the upcoming May Sweep.

[Jude The Obscure]

And hopefully the juice to try more variety/entertainment original programming. It seems ION relies too much on certain shows....

[Du Mont]

Perhaps it was not competing against CBS's 'NCAA March Madness College Basketball' playoffs, but ION rebounded nicely in Week 29, with a week-long average that perfectly mirrored its season-to-date averages.:

Week 29 (Apr.5-Apr.10, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (390,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-29 (Sep.21-Apr.10, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

Very soon, ION will be getting their first ratings data for 'The Emeril Lagasse Show' on Sunday nights (original at 8 pm, encore at 7 pm), and it will be most interesting to see the ratings for broadcast televisions one and only primetime variety show.

[Rezny@gmail.com]

You remember that about 4 or 5 years ago,in the morning,ION had a comedy block of "My Little Margie","I Married Joan","The Beverly Hillbillies" and "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"?(I know,all they have on in the morning now is informercials)It would be nice if they could air OTHER 1950's and 1960's shows,ALL of the episodes of "The Addams Family","Green Acres","My Three Sons",(the black and white ABC AND CBS color),"The Donna Reed Show","Father Knows Best",etc,in a morning-mid-afternoon comedy block,in addition to what they air now.

[robyrob]

wow that is a boring schedule - 90% of it is just three shows. (not counting all the infomercials of course)

[Jude The Obscure]

You remember that about 4 or 5 years ago,in the morning,ION had a comedy block of "My Little Margie","I Married Joan","The Beverly Hillbillies" and "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"?(I know,all they have on in the morning now is informercials)It would be nice if they could air OTHER 1950's and 1960's shows,ALL of the episodes of "The Addams Family","Green Acres","My Three Sons",(the black and white ABC AND CBS color),"The Donna Reed Show","Father Knows Best",etc,in a morning-mid-afternoon comedy block,in addition to what they air now.


That wasn't a national Ion thing.....only select areas and services like DirecTV. Most Ion viewers always had informercials.

And yes, Robyrob--agreed, they rely too much on the same shows!

[hippiechick60]

yes i want the monkees!!!

[Du Mont]

Unfortunately, 'The Emeril Legasse Show' opened rather out of gas with an 0.3HH/1% on Sunday night, the lowest number on the night for ION. Critical reviews were not kind for this ION original, and a cooking-reality-variety concept may be just a touch non-aligned to ION's nightly staples of theatricals and 'Criminal Minds' encores.

In Week 30, ION got a week-long average that was in the range of its season-to-date averages.:

Week 30 (Apr.12-Apr.18, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (390,000), 990,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-30 (Sep.21-Apr.18, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

As ION's ratings record-breaking 2009-10 season comes to a close with the upcoming May Sweep, the ION schedulers need to think carefully about next steps to take the network up a few notches into the Nielsen territory of MyNetworkTV (averaging 0.7 A18-49 and 2,140,000 P2+) and The CW (0.9 A18-49 and 1,996,000 P2+). ION needs to continue to add brand-defining original programming on a selective basis, and it needs to get to work on expanding and upgrading its affiliate mix now that it has some good numbers to tout.

[Jude The Obscure]

Well let's give it a few more weeks......I'm sure the kinks are being worked out and I'm sure word will spread that Emeril is back with a new show.

[Tubehead]

i stoped waching this station cents they stoped showing mammas family and hanging mr cooper. they show too much of family fude. only one i like whenRichard karn who playeed al on home inmprovment hosted the show. they show too much ghost wishiper. it comes on like four channels like scfif and the new one on cbs.

[yankeesrj12]

The Guard was doing AWFUL for ION...

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ION has tabled its run of the Canadian drama "The Guard."

"[The series] did not find a broad enough audience on the network. So at this time, it is on hiatus," a network spokesperson told the site this morning.

"The Guard" has been absent from ION's Saturday lineup for the past two weeks. Various repeats will continue to fill the Saturday, 9:00/8:00c and 10:00/9:00c hours for the foreseeable future.

LINK: http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/04/26/ion-confirms-guard-hiatus/8640/

[Du Mont]

'The Emeril Legasse Show' fell in its second week to a barely visible 0.2HH rating, and pay see a timeslot switch or hiatus coming as it is pulling only 33% of the ION weekly average in households.

In Week 31, ION got a week-long average that was just below its season-to-date averages.:

Week 31 (Apr.19-Apr.25, 2010)
ION 0.6HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (350,000), 920,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-31 (Sep.21-Apr.25, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

I'm not sure what summer season plans ION has upcoming, but the network might want to look at some summer launches of new series on nights when there is diminished network competition. Had it launched 'The Emeril Legasse Show' in the summertime, ION might have gotten a wider initial sampling for the novel reality-variety series.

[Jude The Obscure]

This channel ranks somewhat behind Hallmark in scheduling....While I understand the need to improve ratings, they have to know that they are not CBS, Fox, ABC, etc and cannot expect instant turnaround. And what is their solution? More Ghost Whisperer and more Criminal Minds...this reminds me of when they reran Mama's Family into the ground. They are going to kill these shows with the over exposure.

[catsrule]

Actually I don't think Mama's Family was overexposed, it never got more than an hour a day.

[Jude The Obscure]

By overexposed i mean, it ran through several cycles without a rest. The same is happening to Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds. We all know what happens when shows are relied on too heavily for any schedule.

[Du Mont]

In Week 32, ION bumped up a bit from the week before, and averaged in teh range of its season-to-date averages.:

Week 32 (Apr.26-May.02, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (390,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-32 (Sep.21-May.02, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

Still waiting to see the ION summer season plans...I'm sure Pawan will have them up on the boards as soon as they are announced. It would be nice to see some fresh series, and specifically some sitcoms back in the line-up.

[Jude The Obscure]

Is Emeril still underperfoming?

[robyrob]

i am still pissed that they took Shark off - this is the only time these episodes have been re-aired, and the only chance to see episodes that were preempted or missed on CBS

Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds have already been replayed to death on other channels, who CARES about them now?

[Jude The Obscure]

^and had they bothered to do some promos for it..people might have known it was on.

[clj2]

I can't believe anyone even here even watches Ion :lol: I can't believe after 13 years this channel is still even on. How boring.

[Du Mont]

Is Emeril still underperfoming?
I'm not sure what the reatings were for last Sunday as the series was aired out of primetime.

Effective with the Sunday May 2, 2010 episode #1.3, ION has moved 'The Emeril Legasse Show' out of primetime to 5:00 pm, with an encore of the previous weeks episode at 4:00 pm. I'm not sure how long the run is, but I seem to remember reading 8 episodes somewhere (Pavan may be able to clarify).

[Jude The Obscure]

Well I guess out of primetime means the expectations will not be as high.

[Du Mont]

In Week 34, ION fell a bit below its season-to-date averages, but is still on track for a record-setting May Sweep number:

Week 34 (May.10-May.16, 2010)
ION 0.6HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (350,000), 930,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-34 (Sep.21-May.16, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (400,000), 1,020,000 P2+ viewers

I'm sure once Pavan is finished with his extensive upfront reporting, we'll hear from him about the ION summer season plans...now that comedy is king, it would be nice to see some sitcoms put back in the mix (even another summer run of M*A*S*H would be nice), and a little less of the crimetime programming.

[Jude The Obscure]

Is Ion even having an upfront for this fall?

[VisualSensation]

Why Emeril decided to do a show on Ion over ANY cable network is beyond comprehension. In today's world there is no place for a broadcast network like Ion and their current schedule of programming. The ratings demonstrate this on a weekly basis.

[Du Mont]

In Week 35, ION had a week that was a notch below its season-to-date averages, but is still on track for a record-setting May Sweep number and its very first million viewer regular season:

Week 35 (May.17-May.23, 2010)
ION 0.6HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (360,000), 900,000 P2+ viewers

Season-to-Date, Weeks 1-34 (Sep.21-May.16, 2010)
ION 0.7HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49 (390,000), 1,010,000 P2+ viewers

Still no word from Pavan on ION summer season plans...hoping for comedy which is king, but probably getting more of those highly-rated 'Criminal Minds' hours.

[VisualSensation]

I noticed that the Ion Life channel is now showing movies during prime time. Tonight they are airing Godfather part 3. Maybe there is hope that someday they get enough sense to at least start showing classic sitcoms on that channel as well.

[Jude The Obscure]

^Wow, didn't know the subchannels were still on the air......i don't have satellite.

[clj2]

Ion doesn't even have any classic shows. I highly doubt they would spend any money on shows for a subchannel.

Agree with the above poster that there isn't really much of a place for Ion in today's TV world.

[catsrule]

Ion doesn't even have any classic shows.They do have M*A*S*H, that's definitely a classic.