ION Television February 2007 -- Valentine's Week

[Pavan]

i Network February 2007--

Write-up: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2007/01/tca-winter-press-tour-cbs-nbc-note-i.html I urge you to read this!

Regular schedule changes:

None


Here is the regular schedule for February:
Mon-Fri
6:00PM Green Acres Mon-Thu; ION Life Fri
6:30PM Green Acres Mon-Thu; ION Life Fri
7:00PM Growing Pains
7:30PM Growing Pains
8:00PM Mama's Family
8:30PM Mama's Family
9:00PM Diagnosis Murder
10:00PM Charlie's Angels

Saturdays
7:00PM Movie
9:00PM Movie

Sundays
6:00PM Bonanza
7:00PM Kung Fu
8:00PM Movie
10:00PM Kojak





Movies, Stunts, Marathons

- i Movie Night:
Saturday, February 3: 7PM Electric Horseman 1980 and 9PM The Super 1991
Sunday, February 4: 8PM Hackers 1995
Saturday, February 10: 7PM Leaving Normal 1992 and 9PM The Mighty Quinn 1989
Sunday, February 11: 8PM Other People's Money 1991
Saturday, February 17: 7PM TBD 1978 and 9PM Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai 1984
Sunday, February 18: 8PM Stargate 1994
Saturday, February 24: 7PM Chisum 1970 and 9PM After Hours 1985
Sunday, February 25: 8PM Thief 1981


-Valentine's Week:
Monday, Feb 12 to Friday, Feb. 16
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
See your favorite i network sitcom stars in love, from Eb, Oliver, Mike, Carol, Mama, Ellen, Bubba, they all find some love in this special week.

Monday, Feb. 12
6:00pm GREEN ACRES THE VULGAR RING STORY
6:30pm GREEN ACRES OLIVER'S SCHOOLGIRL CRUSH
7:00pm GROWING PAINS MIKE'S MADONNA STORY
7:30pm GROWING PAINS CAROL'S CRUSH
8:00pm MAMA'S FAMILY MAMA'S BOYFRIEND
8:30pm MAMA'S FAMILY ELLEN'S BOYFRIEND

Tuesday, Feb. 13
6:00pm GREEN ACRES EB'S ROMANCE
6:30pm GREEN ACRES EB ELOPES
7:00pm GROWING PAINS WHO'S ZOOMING WHO?
7:30pm GROWING PAINS A STAR IS BORN
8:00pm MAMA'S FAMILY DESPERATELY SEEKING ANYONE
8:30pm MAMA'S FAMILY IT TAKES TWO TO WATUSI

Wednesday, Feb. 14
6:00pm GREEN ACRES LOVE COMES TO ARNOLD ZIFFEL
6:30pm GREEN ACRES EB DISCOVERS THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
7:00pm GROWING PAINS THE MARRYING KIND
7:30pm GROWING PAINS MIKE, KATE AND JULIE
8:00pm MAMA'S FAMILY MY PHONY VALENTINE
8:30pm MAMA'S FAMILY MR. WRONG

Thursday, Feb. 15
6:00pm GREEN ACRES THE UGLY DUCKLING
6:30pm GREEN ACRES RALPH'S NUPTIALS
7:00pm GROWING PAINS BEN'S FIRST KISS
7:30pm GROWING PAINS BEN'S SURE THING
8:00pm MAMA'S FAMILY THE WEDDING PART 1
8:30pm MAMA'S FAMILY THE WEDDING PART 2

Friday, Feb. 16
7:00pm GROWING PAINS DREAM LOVER
7:30pm i Network Special: THE MAKING OF AMAZING GRACE
8:00pm MAMA'S FAMILY TEACHER'S PET
8:30pm MAMA'S FAMILY BUBBA'S DOUBLE DATE




- i Network Special: THE MAKING OF AMAZING GRACE
Half-Hour Special Airs Friday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and again Thursday, Feb. 22 at 10 p.m.*

* An episode of Amen ("Sermon from the Cell") follows at 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 22

[catsrule]

Three movies a week is too much with the limited hours they have. I network should cut out one of the Saturday movies and air Adam-12 at 9:00 and Dragnet at 10:00.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I love The Valentine's week Programming

[Jude The Obscure]

So in other words, "i" has no plans to eliminate anymore of the informercials? This is just stupid. You can't build a network back up when you don't program for people to watch.

[Pavan]

They plan on cutting the Paid Programming, but I'm not sure when they will. I think for sure later this year though.

[Jude The Obscure]

Let's hope so. Makes no sense to buy packages from Sony, Warner and others and then not make use of the shows. "i" could really be a strong counterpart to TV Land, since it is already available on many cable and satellite services. Way more than AmericanLife TV, which sadly I don't see expanding.

[Scoobiedoo30]

Hey I was wondering does The I Network air a Show called Shepherd's Chapel that airs at 9:00 am Central Time or is just WPXL 49 that airs
Shepherd's Chapel at 9:00 am Central Time

[thebloodyscot]

Yeah, they really need to expand. They need to show a lot more of the shows they have the rights to. Hopefully they will soon, the news item today looks promising for expansion of the schedule.

[Scoobiedoo30]

besides Alice The Wonder Year's Silver Spoons Perfect Stangers what other show's would you like to see on The I Network

[eng51squad51]

Hey I was wondering does The I Network air a Show called Shepherd's Chapel that airs at 9:00 am Central Time or is just WPXL 49 that airs
Shepherd's Chapel at 9:00 am Central Time
that is on the wpxl tv 49 feed
here is the wpxl tv 49 tvlisting
http://www.ionline.tv/stations/default.cfm?sti_id=41&siteid=50646

[Scoobiedoo30]

do you think when ION Network Expand The Hours they could Dump Shepherds Chappel at 9:00 am Central Time on ION Network

[eng51squad51]

do you think when ION Network Expand The Hours they could Dump Shepherds Chappel at 9:00 am Central Time on ION Network
I don`t know that program is up to your local station to because that program is not on any other ion station.

[clj2]

Even though I love Growing pains, I wouldn't mind seeing them remove it since it's starting on N@N next month. If they aren't going to expand now it'd be nice to see shows that aren't on anywhere else (with the exception of Green Acres, which just airs in the mornings on TV Land when many can't watch).

[Scoobiedoo30]

I hope we get The Return on The Monkess The Partridge amily and Welcome Back Kotter when they expand The Hours

[JT]

With GP on Nick@Nite now, it's time for that to go somewhere else. They could easily bring back "Amen," or, they could even put "Hazel" or "Kate & Allie" there.

Can't wait till the infomercials' contracts run up!

[Scoobiedoo30]

I sure hope the Contract for The Paid Programming Runs out soon

[Pavan]

Aaron, please stop. We've indicated the hours will expand soon. No need to keep asking and wondering.

[friendsfan77]

With GP on Nick@Nite now, it's time for that to go somewhere else. They could easily bring back "Amen," or, they could even put "Hazel" or "Kate & Allie" there.

Can't wait till the infomercials' contracts run up!
I would totally LOVE it if they acquired Kate & Allie.

[Pavan]

I think Kate & Allie has a good chance of joining. They even redid the closing credits when it aired, so that is a good sign.

[MikeL]

u think Diff rent strokes or silver spoons got good chance of airing

[Scoobiedoo30]

I also say Kate and Allie have a good Chance to come on The ION Network

[Pavan]

For Feb. 19-23 ONLY (as of now), Kung Fu will air at 10 p.m. instead of Charlie's Angels.

[Scoobiedoo30]

That should be fun that Kung Fu will air at 9:00 pm from Feburary 19-23

[Pavan]

eng51squad51: Please do not post that link again. ION has asked us not to reproduce that link. That site is for local ION affiliates, not the general public.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I am enjoying this Valentine's day week of show's

[clj2]

Any idea when ION March will be released? It's just a couple of weeks away. I hope some of the shows are switched out, they have access to so many.

Just a hopeful prediction, but maybe they're expanding next month and thats the hold-up? LOL

[CRV]

I don't know if this has been posted, but you can vote for what shows you want to see.

http://ionline.tv/feb07poll.php

[Pavan]

March will be released this coming week. As for the poll, those are the shows they have big interest in airing. So, vote for them and you'll see most of them on-air this year.

LAPD: Life on the Beat is airing as a filler on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 10:30pm, following a movie.

[TVJunkie101]

I voted for Alice, Perfect Strangers, Kate & Allie, Starsky & Hutch, Wonder Years, Kotter, Growing Pains (even those these two have aired/are airing), and Barney Miller. I'd love to see all of them back on!

Are you going to do a feature on the blog about this Pav?

[Pavan]

Yes, on Monday.

[CRV]

I don't know about the Direct TV and Time Warner ION Plus feeds, but as far as the Comcast one is concerned, it appears the public domain sitcoms and movies and PAX reruns have been eschewed for ION Life, which went on the air today. The primetime schedule remains the same.

[eng51squad51]

I don't know about the Direct TV and Time Warner ION Plus feeds, but as far as the Comcast one is concerned, it appears the public domain sitcoms and movies and PAX reruns have been eschewed for ION Life, which went on the air today. The primetime schedule remains the same.
CRV,
It looks like it been replaced on Directv feed also. and look like they could be back on the week of March 5 from way it looks on tvguide website schedule.

[TVJunkie101]

What's IONLife? Health related stuff?

[CRV]

CRV,
It looks like it been replaced on Directv feed also. and look like they could be back on the week of March 5 from way it looks on tvguide website schedule.

More than likely that's because ION's late getting the March schedule out. My guess is this is permanent.

What's IONLife? Health related stuff?

Yes.

[Pavan]

I am not 100% sure, but March 12 might be when they expand. They are keeping hush right now on the schedule after March 11.

[TVJunkie101]

Awesome.

I can't wait for the March schedule. I don't want to get my hopes up too high though.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I wonder what show's show's Ion will add if they do Expand the Hours on March 12, 2007

[BensonFan]

Well, I know a lot of us Benson fans have been e-mailing ION requesting Benson. Let's keep our fingers crossed it will end up on their schedule sometime in the near future. :D

[Pavan]

Benson can't air on ION. It is a Sony show, but Program Exchange has it.

[Scoobiedoo30]

Benson would have made a nice Hit on Ion Schedule

[BensonFan]

Benson can't air on ION. It is a Sony show, but Program Exchange has it.

I would love to see Sony sell the rights to that show to just about anyone else. Other networks are more diligent about releasing shows to DVD, for one thing, and for another Sony just seems to be so difficult to deal with in general. I think the show would benefit from being owned by someone else.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I am with you Bensonfan

[clj2]

Could they possibly have Bewitched and Jeannie? Arent they Sony? Even though they didn't do well at TV Land, I'm sure they would get more than acceptable ratings at ION.

Great news that they could possibly be expanding...I guess until March 12th the schedule will remain the same? I'd love to see them expand to 12PM-12AM or something like that.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I hope they show classic Show's like Alice Perfect Strangers The Wonder Year's and more classic Show's if they expand The Hours

[eng51squad51]

Could they possibly have Bewitched and Jeannie? Arent they Sony? Even though they didn't do well at TV Land, I'm sure they would get more than acceptable ratings at ION.

Great news that they could possibly be expanding...I guess until March 12th the schedule will remain the same? I'd love to see them expand to 12PM-12AM or something like that.
yes Jeannie & Bewitch are Sony shows.

I would like see them expand to 6am-12am except when they air the Fights Tuesday & Sat at 11pm

[Pavan]

I think the shows in the poll are what you'll see. Not all of them of course, but those are the ones that would end up on air first. Bewitched, Jeannie do have a chance, though, but I doubt it right now.

And yes, March 1-11 is the same as it is now, as of now.

[clj2]

I just thought about something...maybe the contract for the paid programming expired in the afternoon and they're airing IONLife as a filler until they decide what shows to air with a new schedule? Just an idea.

[Pavan]

ION Life is not airing on regular ION affiliates in the afternoon. That might just be for the different feeds that were airing public domain stuff.

[Scoobiedoo30]

what do you mean by Public Domain stuff

[TVJunkie101]

He means the episodes of I Married Joan, Ozzie and Harriet, Beverly Hillbillies that were airing. They are "public domain" meaning there's no contract required to air them (I don't think). Those types have a limited number of episodes and are available to just about anyone. Pav can explain it better though.

[eng51squad51]

and My Little Margie and 1940-1950 Public Domain Movies

[Scoobiedoo30]

if they happen to Expand The Schedule does that mean the weekend schedule as well

[Scoobiedoo30]

Thanks for lettin g me know what Public Domain means

[CRV]

I don't quite understand ION Life's scheduling. It shows the same episodes of the same shows every day.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I nervery heard of Ion Life

[clj2]

I guess they're still working on the schedule. I hope something is released soon!

[Scoobiedoo30]

If they still working on the schedule it must be a good thing

[eng51squad51]

He means the episodes of I Married Joan, Ozzie and Harriet, Beverly Hillbillies that were airing. They are "public domain" meaning there's no contract required to air them (I don't think). Those types have a limited number of episodes and are available to just about anyone. Pav can explain it better though.
Those Public Domain shows returns on Friday March 2,2007
Beverly Hillibillies, I Married Joan, Ozzie Harriett, Movies