ION Television August 2009 -- Clint Eastwood Weekend Aug. 29/30

[Pavan]

ION Television August 2009 --

Blog Story:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/07/ion-television-august-2009-highlights.html



Regular schedule changes listed ONLY:

Mondays, Effective July 27:
9:00-11:00PM Movie (replaces NCIS 2x)




Here is the FULL regular schedule for August:
Mon-Thurs
3:00PM qubo on ION (Wed-Thurs)
4:00PM M*A*S*H
4:30PM M*A*S*H
5:00PM Boston Legal
6:00PM Family Feud
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM Reba/Big Screen Movies
7:30PM Reba/Big Screen Movies
8:00PM Ghost Whisperer (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues); Big Screen Movies (Wed-Thurs)
9:00PM Big Screen Movie (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues); Big Screen Movies (Wed-Thurs)
10:00PM Big Screen Movie (Mon); Boston Legal (Tues); Big Screen Movies (Wed-Thurs)

Friday
3:00PM qubo on ION
4:00PM M*A*S*H
4:30PM M*A*S*H
5:00PM Boston Legal
6:00PM Family Feud
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM Reba/Big Screen Movies
7:30PM Reba/Big Screen Movies
8:00PM-11:00PM Big Screen Movies

Saturday & Sundays
6:00PM-11:00PM Big Screen Movies/M*A*S*H




Movies, Stunts, Marathons




- Movie Schedule
Mon, Wed-Sun in primetime

Saturday, August 1, 2009 (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm & 9-11pm Dave (1993, premiere)

Sunday, August 2, 2009 (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm Cocktail (1988, premiere)
9-11pm Batman (1989)

Monday, August 3
9-11pm Hard to Kill (1990, premiere)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 (Reba airs 8pm)
8:30pm-11pm Unlawful Entry (1992)

Thursday, August 6, 2009
8pm-11pm Batman (1989)

Friday, August 7, 2009
7pm-11pm Wyatt Earp (1994, premiere)

Saturday, August 8, 2009 (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm Hard to Kill (1990)

Sunday, August 9, 2009 (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm Blazing Saddles (1974, premiere)

Monday, August 10
9-11pm Solider (1998)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 (Reba airs 8-9pm)
9pm-11pm Hard to Kill (1990)

Thursday, August 13, 2009 (Reba airs 8-9pm)
9-11pm Tango & Cash (1989)

Friday, August 14, 2009
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm Double Impact (1991)

Saturday, August 15, 2009
6pm-8pm Suspect (1987, premiere)
8pm-11pm Batman (1989)

Sunday, August 16, 2009 (MASH airs 6pm-7pm)
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm Soldier (1998)

Monday, August 17
9-11pm Matrix Revolutions (2003, premiere)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
7-11pm Wyatt Earp (1994)

Thursday, August 20, 2009
8pm-11pm Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Friday, August 21, 2009
8pm-11pm Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Saturday, August 22, 2009
6pm-8:30pm & 8:30pm-11pm Unlawful Entry (1992)

Sunday, August 23, 2009 (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm Tango & Cash (1989)

Monday, August 24
9-11pm End of Days (1999, premiere)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
8pm-11pm Assassins (1995)

Thursday, August 27, 2009
7pm-9pm & 9pm-11pm The Specialist (1994, premiere)

Friday, August 28, 2009 (Reba airs 7-9pm)
9pm-11pm End of Days

Saturday, August 29, 2009 "Clint Eastwood Weekend" (MASH airs 6pm)
6:30pm-8:30pm The Gauntlet (1977, premiere)
8:30pm-11pm Magnum Force (1973, premiere)

Sunday, August 30, 2009 "Clint Eastwood Weekend" (MASH airs 6-7pm)
7pm-9pm Dead Pool (1988, premiere)
9pm-11pm The Enforcer (1976, premiere)

Monday, August 31
9-11pm Matrix Reloaded (2003) Premiere








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/2009/07/ion-television-august-2009-highlights.html

[Pavan]

September preview:

ION Television Rolls out New Fall Primetime Line-up Beginning Monday, September 7

Schedule Highlights U.S. Premiere of Original Series “Durham County,” Debut of “Criminal Minds” and Expansion of the Emmy Nominated “Ghost Whisperer” to Four Nights a Week


THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Central to its strategic re-branding as a destination for engaging appointment television, ION Television is aggressively moving forward with a full slate of new off-network and original primetime programming, beginning Monday, September 7.

Kicking off the schedule at 8:00 p.m. is the Emmy-nominated, off-network hit series “Ghost Whisperer,” which premiered to strong ratings on ION Television on Mondays earlier this year. “Ghost Whisperer” now moves to four nights a week, Monday through Thursday. Debuting at 9:00 p.m. is the off-net series “Criminal Minds”, which will air every Monday, with additional episodes airing Tuesday (9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.); Wednesdays (10:00 p.m.); and Fridays (10:00 p.m.) ION Television has acquired all 91 episodes of the Emmy-nominated show. The critically acclaimed and award winning “Durham County,” ION Television’s first original series, will air Monday nights at 10:00 p.m.

“ION Television is building a primetime line-up that has star power, hard hitting drama and some of the best storytelling on television,” said Leslie Chesloff, Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media Networks. “We are dedicated to delivering upon our mission of providing quality ‘positively entertaining’ programming that appeals to mainstream audiences, particularly the key 25-54 year old demographic.”

The award-winning “Durham County” is a one-hour crime-drama series that follows the troubled world of Homicide Detective Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon, CBS’ “Flashpoint”). Sweeney becomes personally involved in a murder investigation after moving his family to quiet suburbia for a fresh start when his partner is killed and his wife Audrey (Helene Joy) is diagnosed with breast cancer. Produced by Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Films, the series has received 13 Gemini Award Nominations and five wins.

The one-hour crime drama “Criminal Minds,” which starred Mandy Pantinkin (Dead Like Me, Chicago Hope) in its first two seasons and now stars Joe Mantegna (The Last Don, Searching for Bobby Fischer), follows a team of profilers from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia. Their job is to analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again. Unlike many other procedural crime dramas, “Criminal Minds” focuses on the criminal rather than the crime itself. It is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with ABC Studios and CBS Paramount Network Television. The fifth season of “Criminal Minds’” will premiere on CBS in September on Wednesday nights.

A drama-fantasy-thriller, the Emmy-nominated “Ghost Whisperer” is the story of a young newlywed, Melinda Gordon, who has the ability to communicate with the dead. Played by Jennifer Love Hewitt (“Party of Five,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Melinda helps restless spirits relay messages and deal with unresolved issues that are keeping them earth-bound. The show is a Sander/Moses Productions in association with ABC Studios for CBS Television Studios. “Ghost Whisperer’s” fifth season will premiere in September on Friday nights on CBS.

[catsrule]

I don't know why they'd mess with NCIS when it doubles the ratings of all their other shows.

[JulieSomoski]

This is hard to make out. From what I'm reading, this would be the schedule:

Mondays
8pm Ghost Whisperer
9pm Criminal Minds
10pm Durham County

Tuesdays
8pm Ghost Whisperer
9pm Criminal Minds
10pm Criminal Minds

Wednesdays
8pm Ghost Whisperer
9pm ???????
10pm Criminal Minds

Thursdays
8pm Ghost Whisperer
9pm ???????
10pm ??????

Fridays
8pm ???????
9pm ???????
10pm Criminal Minds

I'm guessing Boston Legal will be gone from primetime but continue to air in the afternoons. NCIS will probably air Wednesdays at 9pm and possibly Thursdays at 9 and 10pm, with a movie airing on Friday. Or, NCIS will air at 7pm every weeknight, or even possibly 11pm if they add that hour.

NCIS does extremely well for them - I don't see why they'd mess with it either to be honest.

[VisualSensation]

They'll probably fill all those timeslots with Lethal Weapon 2. It seems to be on everytime I accidentally change the channel to Ion!

[Pavan]

Not sure of why yet, but NCIS has been removed from the August line-up. Airing now are movies on Mondays from 9-11pm:

Monday, July 27: Batman (1989)
Monday, August 3: Hard to Kill (1990)
Monday, August 10: Solider (1998)
Monday, August 17: Matrix Revolutions (2003) Premiere
Monday, August 24: End of Days (1999) Premiere
Monday, August 31: Matrix Reloaded (2003) Premiere

[JulieSomoski]

Not sure of why yet, but NCIS has been removed from the August line-up. Airing now are movies on Mondays from 9-11pm:

Monday, July 27: Batman (1989)
Monday, August 3: Hard to Kill (1990)
Monday, August 10: Solider (1998)
Monday, August 17: Matrix Revolutions (2003) Premiere
Monday, August 24: End of Days (1999) Premiere
Monday, August 31: Matrix Reloaded (2003) Premiere

That's so odd - NCIS was doing well over 1 million viewers for them. Maybe a contract problem or something? Other than that, I don't see why they'd want to remove their top rated show from the schedule.

[Pavan]

Boston Legal will be removed from weekdays at 5pm starting next week:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/08/ion-television-removes-weekday-boston.html

[Jude The Obscure]

Must have bombed!