ION Television June 2008 -- ER and The Dead Zone Join

[Pavan]

ION Television June 2008 --

Blog Story:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...-schedule.html


Regular schedule changes:

Effective Monday, June 16
(ER Marathon Week of June 9, Mon-Thurs 8-11p)

What's new: ER and The Dead Zone
What's gone: Mama's Family and Drew Carey

Mon-Wed
8:00pm Quantum Leap (replaces Mama's Family 2x)
9:00pm The Dead Zone (replaces Quantum Leap)
10:00pm ER (replaces Drew Carey Show 2x)




Here is full the regular schedule for June:
Mon-Thurs
5:00PM The Wayans Bros.
5:30PM The Wayans Bros.
6:00PM The Steve Harvey Show
6:30PM The Steve Harvey Show
7:00PM Family Feud
7:30PM Family Feud
8:00PM Quantum Leap (Mon-Wed); Total Theatre Thursday (Thurs)
9:00PM The Dead Zone (Mon-Wed); Total Theatre Thursday cont. (Thurs)
10:00PM ER (Mon-Wed); 48 Hours (Thurs)


Fri-Sun
2:00PM-5:00PM qubo on ION (Fri)
4:30PM Inside Drag Racing (Sat)
5:00PM The Wayans Bros. (Fri)
5:30PM The Wayans Bros. (Fri)
6:00PM The Steve Harvey Show (Fri); Baywatch (Sat); 48 Hours (Sun)
6:30PM The Steve Harvey Show (Fri); Baywatch cont. (Sat); 48 Hours cont. (Sun)
7:00PM RHI Entertainment
9:00PM RHI Entertainment




Movies, Stunts, Marathons



-ER Launch Marathon
Monday, June 9 through Thursday, June 12, 2008
8:00pm-11:00pm ET/PT each night
ER joins the ION Television line-up with an eleven episode marathon. The last marathon airing on Thursday, June 12 at 9pm will lead into a sneak peek of the ION premiere of The Dead Zone, which joins the ION June line-up Mon-Wed at 9pm the following week (June 16). ER joins the line-up the following week also Mon-Wed at 10pm.
(Episodes TBD)





- Total Theatre Thursday
Thursdays at 8:00PM

June 5 - 8-10p Point of No Return (1993), Bridget Fonda
June 12 - preempted (ER marathon)
June 19 - 8-10p Dirty Harry (1971), Clint Eastwood
June 26 - 8-10p Chisum (1970), John Wayne





- RHI on ION

June Programming:

Sunday, June 1
7:00PM-11:00PM The Ten Commandments (2006)

Friday, June 6
7:00PM-9:00PM Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde (2007)
9:00PM-11:00PM Triplecross (1995)

Saturday, June 7
7:00PM-9:00PM Bridge of Time (1997)
9:00PM-11:00PM Aces N' Eights (2007)

Sunday, June 8
7:00PM-11:00PM Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)

Friday, June 13
7:00PM-9:00PM LaVyrle Spencer’s Home Song (1996)
9:00PM-11:00PM Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Saturday, June 14
7:00PM-11:00PM Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)

Sunday, June 15
7:00PM-11:00PM Summit, The (2008) WORLD PREMIERE!

Friday, June 20
7:00PM-11:00PM Summit, The (2008)

Saturday, June 21
7:00PM-11:00PM Summit, The (2008)

Sunday, June 22
7:00PM-11:00PM Arabian Nights (2000)

Friday, June 27
7:00PM-9:00PM The Long Way Home (1998)
9:00PM-11:00PM Neil Simon's Jake's Women (1996)

Saturday, June 28
7:00PM-9:00PM 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1997)
9:00PM-11:00PM Crash Dive (1997)

Sunday, June 29
7:00PM-11:00PM Jim Henson's Jack & the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)







Read the blog before you post:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...-schedule.html

[JT]

Glad to see "Quantum Leap" and "Baywatch" stay put.

[TVFactFan]

FInally, Mama's family is gone-lol I wonder what happened since it was always their top rated show

[RocktheBeat81]

What the hell's going on with ION? They used to air hits from the 70's and 80's. Now all they're airing are either early 90's and 2000's series. Crap. Straight crap. I guess I am no longer an ION viewer since they are apparently getting rid of my demographic of people (people interested in "The Wonder Years," "Silverspoons," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Different World," "Out of this World" and "Small Wonder" - to name a few).

[clarkkent]

I think I feel the same way as most people do about ION's choices of shows. Where are the shows from the 70's and 80's that I thought were supposed to air on this network? I don't care to watch ER, Dead Zone, Quantum Leap, Drew Carey, Boston Legal, Ghost Whisper, etc. I was really hoping they would air all those good sitcoms that I grew up watching in the 80's especially since most of them don't air on cable and they don't have them on DVD either ( Well, some shows have been released, but you get stuck watching the same season one dvd over and over because the studios don't release the rest of the seasons which I can't stand, like Silver Spoons, Benson, Gimme A Break! to name a few.) I guess ION has lost me as a viewer. I'll be back if they decide to air THE GOOD CLASSIC STUFF and NOT CRAP!!!

[JulieSomoski]

ION has now officially completely lost my interest. Not one show on the lineup interests me. They now seem to be going for more current dramas, which means by the end of the year, sitcoms will probably be gone entirely-LOL. The only sitcoms on the network in June are black sitcoms, which aren't even good black sitcoms. Where are the classics? Where's the afternoon sitcom block?

[Brieannas21]

Now this channel finally sucks, Mama's Family was the only thing that I had to look forward to at 7pm. ION is turning back into PAX the old folks station.

[nickandmore]

I LOVE that The Dead Zone will be starting in June. And Mondays-Wednesdays at 9PM, too!

That will be my only reason for watching this network.

(I might also check out some old ER).

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

Now this channel finally sucks, Mama's Family was the only thing that I had to look forward to at 7pm. ION is turning back into PAX the old folks station.

You are now in the "ION IS NOT ON MY WATCH LIST" Club-lol

[mgsports]

Could have kept Mama's Family and Drew Carew and had them on before the Waynes Bros.
Good to see ER is coming next month.

[Tubehead]

only show i'm looking forward to is haning with mr cooper. i hadn't seen it in ages. i wish they would get the odd couple wlecome back ,kottoer , get smart, the incadabile hulk or family ties. does any one know if wonder years is coming back on? I would love to see it back on tv. I wish they would have a afte rnoon sitcomes. that way they could show more shows.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by mgsports

Could have kept Mama's Family and Drew Carew and had them on before the Waynes Bros.
Good to see ER is coming next month.

They should have gotten rid of Wayans and Harvey altogether, and brought in more of the classic sitcoms, or Drew Carey.

[Jude The Obscure]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

Now this channel finally sucks, Mama's Family was the only thing that I had to look forward to at 7pm. ION is turning back into PAX the old folks station.

Oh, now if it were turning back into PAX, we would have reruns of "Diagnosis Murder","Doc", That F.B. Eye show and "Miracle Pets" all back on the schedule

[clj2]

?????????????

The staff at ION needs a thorough psychiatric evaluation. This schedule is horrid. While I understand they want to distance themselves from it and it HAS been overplayed, they junk Mama's Family, and replace it with Quantum Leap? Excuse me? Now is Quantum Leap really doing as well as Mama's Family? I doubt. And they're adding some USA original too.

Evenings are a joke. Why are they so dead set on airing Steve Harvey and Wayans Bros? They could have moved Mama and Drew Carey to those timeslots.

What a disappointing network. Oh, for the quality programming we were getting last year at this time...I'd take anything that was pre-1990s. I guess they don't want the older shows anymore.

[VisualSensation]

Their treatment of Drew Carey is a real slap in the face. When they rearranged the schedule a few months ago, for whatever reason, they reset DC back to the first episode. Now I don't think they will even make it back to where they were in the schedule before it goes off June 9th. And I'm guessing when it starts back up in the Fall they will reset it back to the beginning yet again. Pathetic scheduling!