ION Television February 2009 --

[Pavan]

ION Television February 2009 --

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


Regular schedule changes listed ONLY:

Only changes are Wednesday movies now in early evening starting at 6:30 and in primetime. Thursday movie encores remain in early evening leading into primetime movie. So two nights of primetime movies. Friday movie encores are removed, and regular schedule is inserted back, but with M*A*S*H on Fridays 6-7pm. One other change:

Mondays, effective February 9:
8:00PM ER (replaces NCIS)

Effective Monday, Feb. 23
Mon-Thurs
6:00PM The Steve Harvey Show
6:30PM Family Feud (replaces Steve Harvey)

Mon-Wed
7:00PM ER (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues-Wed) (all replaces Family Feud 2x)


Here is the FULL regular schedule for February:
Mon-Thurs
3:00PM qubo on ION (Wed-Thurs)
4:00PM The Drew Carey Show
4:30PM The Drew Carey Show
5:00PM Quantum Leap
6:00PM The Steve Harvey Show
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM ER (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues-Wed); Movie (Thurs)
8:00PM ER (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues-Wed); Movie (Thurs)
9:00PM NCIS (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues-Wed); Movie (Thurs)
10:00PM NCIS (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues-Wed); Movie (Thurs)

Fri-Sun
3:00PM qubo on ION (Fri)
4:00PM The Drew Carey Show (Fri)
4:30PM The Drew Carey Show (Fri)
5:00PM Quantum Leap (Fri)
6:00PM M*A*S*H (Fri-Sun)
6:30PM M*A*S*H (Fri-Sun)
7:00PM-11:00PM RHI Entertainment




Movies, Stunts, Marathons




- Total Theatre Thursday
Thursdays in Primetime

February 5 - 5-8pm Heat (1995) and 8-11pm Sphere (1997)
February 12 - 5:30-8pm Murder In The First Degree (1995) and 8-11p Heat (1995)
February 19 - 7-9pm and 9-11p National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
February 26 - 7-9pm and 9-11p Analyze This (1999)

Other Movies Airings:
Wednesday, February 4 - 5-8pm Sphere (1997) and 8-11pm Heat (1995)
Friday, February 13 - 7-9pm Soldier (1998) and 9-11pm Soldier (1998)
Friday, February 20 - 6-8:30pm and 8:30-11pm Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Saturday, February 21 - 6-8:30pm and 8:30-11pm Pale Rider (1985)
Friday, February 27 - 6:30-8:30pm National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and 8:30-11pm Pale Rider (1985)



- RHI on ION
Sun-Fri 7-11pm
February Programming:

Sunday, February 1
7:00PM-9:00PM Thicker Than Water (2005)
9:00PM-11:00PM Love's Abiding Joy (2006)

Friday, February 6
7:00PM-11:00PM Temptations, The (1998)

Saturday, February 7
7:00PM-11:00PM The Last Templar (2009)

Sunday, February 8
7:00PM-11:00PM preempted for a MASH marathon

Friday, February 13
preempted for Soldier (1998) double feature from 7-11pm

Saturday, February 14
7:00PM-9:00PM Fatal Error (1999)
9:00PM-11:00PM Out of Time (2000)

Sunday, February 15
7:00PM-11:00PM The Last Templar (2009)

Friday, February 20
preempted for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) double feature

Saturday, February 21
preempted for Pale Rider (1985) double feature

Sunday, February 22
7:00PM-9:00PM Fatal Error (1999)
preempted for M*A*S*H marathon

Friday, February 27
preempted for National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and Pale Rider (1985)

Saturday, February 28
7:00PM-11:00PM Temptations; The (1998)




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: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...ighlights.html

[catsrule]

This is the network that used to air The Wonder Years, Who's the Boss, and Growing Pains. Now they air movies in primetime five nights out of seven.

[JulieSomoski]

After a good January schedule, Febraury is terrible. WAYYYYYYYY too many movies, where it's getting to the point of absurd. First they added Friday movies, then it was Total Theater Thursday. Next, they added Friday afternoon movie repeats. Then they added a second movie repeat to Fridays. Then we had Thursday afternoon movies. Now, they've added a movie to Wednesday primetime.

IT'S CRAZY! I've never been a fan of all these movies, but they're airing them 5 days of the week.

On a positive note, nice to see Drew Carey getting the spotlight in afternoons - 10 airings a week is fantastic.

[Jude The Obscure]

I'm thinking we should no longer be shocked at what ION does with its schedule.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

I'm thinking we should no longer be shocked at what ION does with its schedule.

That's true - it's too bad that after a good first month of the year, things are already declining.

When are they going to add more hours? They really need to add that 11pm hour to the schedule. I wouldn't mind seeing 3pm added as well.

[mgsports]

6am to Midnight would be good.

[Du Mont]

Maybe it was the boost from James Bond on Thursdays, but ION posted some good numbers last week:

0.5HH/1%
730,000 P2+ viewers
250,000 A18-49 viewers
330,000 A25-54 viewers

The only weeks that did better or equal numbers were Weeks 10 and 11.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by DuMont Demo

Maybe it was the boost from James Bond on Thursdays, but ION posted some good numbers last week:

0.5HH/1%
730,000 P2+ viewers
250,000 A18-49 viewers
330,000 A25-54 viewers

The only weeks that did better or equal numbers were Weeks 10 and 11.

That is pretty good. The Thursday primetime movie probably did well. I wonder how all the movie repeats do, though.

[Goldilocks]

Just so ION continues to air "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", I'm not complaining.

[Pavan]

ION Television will launch in high definition (HD) providing a fully enhanced HD simulcast of the newly rebranded “Positively Entertaining” network, beginning February 16th. ION Television HD will initially roll out to 20 markets within ION’s 55 market footprint – including top DMA’s like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – with additional roll-outs to occur throughout the year. The first phase of the ION TV HD launch will reach over 46 million households. ION Media Networks’ digital TV brands, Qubo and ION Life, will also be launched across digital platforms in high definition later in 2009.





ION Television to Launch in HD on February 16

Initial Roll-Out Will Reach Over 46 Million Households


(West Palm Beach, Fla. – January 27, 2009) – ION Television will launch in high definition (HD) providing a fully enhanced HD simulcast of the newly rebranded “Positively Entertaining” network, beginning February 16, 2009. The announcement was made today by Joseph Koker, President, Television Station Group, ION Media Networks.

ION Television HD will initially roll out to 20 markets within ION’s 55 market footprint – including top DMA’s like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – with additional roll-outs to occur throughout the year. The first phase of the ION TV HD launch will reach over 46 million households. ION Media Networks’ digital TV brands, Qubo, a multilingual kids network that champions literacy and positive values, and ION Life, a digital network dedicated to active lifestyles and personal growth, will also be launched across digital platforms in high definition later in 2009.

“Ahead of the scheduled transition from analog to digital broadcasting, we at ION have made significant investments in upgrading our system as well as content. These investments will bring heightened picture quality and a robust inventory of programming to our viewers,” said Koker. “The viewers we serve will now enjoy the full benefits of DTV technology. We’re also excited to further extend this opportunity to our distribution partners and advertisers.”

Viewers can look forward to a mix of compelling television series, theatrical and made-for-television movies and specials on ION Television HD. The ION Television network features hit programs from CBS Television, NBC Universal, RHI Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Twentieth Television and Warner Bros., among others.

ION Television in HD will be launched from its newly designed, state-of-the-art transmission platform via expanded satellite transponder capacity. That national distribution will then be delivered over-the-air via DTV broadcast, cable, telco-TV and satellite. The network will feature native and up-converted HD programming, and will be carried on all 60 of ION Media Network’s television stations around the country.



Initial roll-out markets to include:

- Atlanta
- Birmingham
- Boston
- Chicago
- Dallas-Ft. Worth
- Detroit
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- New Orleans
- New York
- Norfolk
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Portland, OR
- San Francisco
- Tampa
- Washington D.C.


The following markets will roll out ION TV in HD later in 2009:

- Albany
- Buffalo
- Cedar Rapids
- Charleston
- Cleveland
- Denver
- Des Moines
- Grand Rapids
- Greensboro
- Greenville
- Hartford
- Honolulu
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Jacksonville
- Kansas City
- Knoxville
- Lexington
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Nashville
- Oklahoma City
- Providence
- Raleigh
- Roanoke
- Sacramento
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Syracuse
- Tulsa
- Wausau
- West Palm Beach
- Wilkes-Barre

[TeeVeeCloset]

I guess nothing really changes though? No word of programming expansion or properly utilizing the WB/Sony deals?? At least I can see the Sham-wow guy and infomercials in HD......lol....but I guess I'll never see Ann Jillian (It's A Living" or other shows available to them in HD or anyother form.

[Jude The Obscure]

HD doesn't mean squat if you don't have the programming to back it up. Informercials all day in HD really won't impress anyone.

[Du Mont]

ION posted numbers above its season-to-date average last week:

Week 18:
0.5HH/1%
690,000 P2+ viewers
0.2 A18-49
210,000 A18-49 viewers

2008-9 Season-to-Date:
0.4HH/1%
620,000 P2+ viewers
0.1 A18-49
200,000 A18-49 viewers

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

HD doesn't mean squat if you don't have the programming to back it up. Informercials all day in HD really won't impress anyone.

LOL - I thought the same thing. Ooh - infomercials in HD