ION Television January 2010 --

Blog Story:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/12/ion-television-january-2010-highlights.html


Regular schedule changes listed ONLY:


None.


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

Friday
3:00PM qubo on ION
4:00PM Reba
4:30PM Reba
5:00PM Family Feud
5:30PM Family Feud
6:00PM Family Feud
6:30PM Family Feud
7:00PM-9:00PM Big Screen Movies
9:00PM Criminal Minds
10:00PM Criminal Minds
11:00PM Criminal Minds

Saturday & Sundays
3:00PM-11:00PM Family Feud/Big Screen Movies/Durham County (Sun at 10)




Movies, Stunts, Marathons




- Movie Schedule
Weekends in primetime

Saturday, January 2, 2010
3pm-5pm Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994, Premiere)

Sunday, January 3, 2010 (Family Feud airs 3-4pm)
4pm-6pm Shanghai Noon (2000, Premiere)
6pm-9pm Goodfellas (1990)

Friday, January 8, 2010
6pm-9pm Batman Returns (1992)

Saturday, January 9, 2010 (Family Feud airs 3-4pm)
4pm-6pm Kickboxer (1989, Premiere)
6pm-8pm Dealth Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
8pm-11pm Goodfellas (1990)

Sunday, January 10, 2010
3pm-5pm Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
5pm-8pm Goodfellas (1990)
8pm-10pm A Trace of Danger (2009, Premiere)

Friday, January 15, 2010
6pm-9pm Space Cowboys (2000, Premiere)

Saturday, January 16, 2010
3pm-6pm Batman Returns (1992)
6pm-8pm A Trace of Danger (2009)
8pm-11pm Space Cowboys (2000)

Sunday, January 17, 2010
3pm-5pm A Trace of Danger (2009)
5pm-7pm Tango & Cash (1989)
7pm-10pm Space Cowboys (2000)

Friday, January 22, 2010
6:30pm-9pm Running Scared (2006, Premiere)

Saturday, January 23, 2010 (Family Feud at 3pm)
3:30pm-6pm Running Scared (2006)
6pm-9pm Goodfellas (1990)
9pm-11pm The Transporter (2002, Premiere)

Sunday, January 24, 2010 (Family Feud airs 3-4pm)
4pm-6pm Bloodsport (1988, Premiere)
6pm-8pm Phone Booth (2002, Premiere
8pm-10pm The Transporter 2 (2005, Premiere)

Friday, January 29, 2010
6:30pm-9pm Lethal Weapon 4 (1998, Premiere)

Saturday, January 30, 2010 (My Name is Earl: #1 Pilot at 3pm and My Name is Earl: #2 Quit Smoking at 3:30pm)
4pm-6pm Phone Booth (2002)
6pm-8:30pm Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
8:30pm-11pm Running Scared (2006)

Sunday, January 31, 2010
3pm-6pm Goodfellas (1990)
6pm-8pm The Transporter (2002)
8pm-10pm The Transporter 2 (2005)



- Criminal Marathons New Year's Marathon
Friday, January 1, 2010
4pm-12am ET/PT
Eight episodes from the series' fourth season are showcased.




- Durham County
Marathon of Season 1 on Saturday, January 2, 2010 from 5pm-11pm ET/PT
Season 2 airs Sundays at 10pm ET/PT
The lesson that “love hurts” is well learned by the characters who inhabit the eerie suburb of “Durham County,” when the second season of ION Television’s critically acclaimed original primetime series launches with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, January 3 from 9:00 – 11:00 PM, ET. A marathon of the series’ first season will precede the season two launch, airing from 5:00 – 11:00 PM, ET on Saturday, January 2. “ Durham County ,” which debuted this past fall, returns to the bleak and disturbing landscape of an alienated suburbia with a new star villain – Michelle Forbes, known for her intense portrayals on the hit HBO series “True Blood” and “In Treatment” this year. The show will be broadcast in its new regular timeslot at 10:00 PM, ET on Sundays beginning Sunday, January 10.




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“DURHAM COUNTY”, ION TELEVISION’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CRIME SERIES, TO LAUNCH SECOND SEASON AS TWO-HOUR PREMIERE
ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010

Network to Marathon Season One on Saturday, January 2;
New Season Moves to Sunday Nights

“True Blood” and “In Treatment” Actress Michelle Forbes
Joins “ Durham County” Cast


(West Palm Beach, Fla. – December 1, 2009) -- The lesson that “love hurts” is well learned by the characters who inhabit the eerie suburb of “Durham County,” when the second season of ION Television’s critically acclaimed original primetime series launches with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, January 3 from 9:00 – 11:00 PM, ET. A marathon of the series’ first season will precede the season two launch, airing from 5:00 – 11:00 PM, ET on Saturday, January 2. “ Durham County ,” which debuted this past fall, returns to the bleak and disturbing landscape of an alienated suburbia with a new star villain – Michelle Forbes, known for her intense portrayals on the hit HBO series “True Blood” and “In Treatment” this year. The show will be broadcast in its new regular timeslot at 10:00 PM, ET on Sundays beginning Sunday, January 10.

Produced by Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Films, “Durham County” unfolds season two in the aftermath of the devastating impact of serial killer Ray Prager (Romano Orzari) on the lives of its characters, anchored by Homicide Detective Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon, CBS’ “Flashpoint”), his now estranged wife Audrey (Hélène Joy) and their traumatized teenage daughter Sadie (Laurence Leboeuf). While the true villain of the first season turned out to be Sweeney’s former high school classmate and new neighbor, the evil threat in the second season comes from a woman who develops a close bond with Mike, the brilliant, but deeply troubled forensic psychiatrist Pen Verrity (Michelle Forbes). Rejected by her husband and grieving for a daughter we can’t be certain she didn’t kill, she sets her sights on having Mike Sweeney – at any cost.

“The successful debut of ‘ Durham County ’ fulfilled our expectations as our first original series, particularly among our key 25–54 demographic,” said Leslie Chesloff, Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media Networks. “In season two, our protagonist is trying to keep his broken family together in the aftermath of a serial killer, while he is lured into an incredibly dangerous place by a seductive woman. Viewers will be on their seats wondering what Pen will do next, who she might target and whether Mike will realize the terrible threat she poses before it’s too late. Season two will be a real nail-biter!”

“ Durham County ” is written by Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik (“Bliss”) and helmed by directors Adrienne Mitchell, Alain DesRochers (Nitro) and Rachel Talalay (Terminal City ). Michael Prupas (“Human Trafficking”) of Muse Entertainment and Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell (“Bliss”) of Back Alley Films serve as executive producers. The series has received 13 Gemini Award nominations, including five wins: Best Actor for Justin Louis, Best Actress for Hélène Joy, Best Direction for Holly Dale, Best Writing for Laurie Finstad Knizhnik and Best Sound. In addition, the show was nominated for four Director’s Guild of Canada Awards, winning two and taking home the CFTPA’s Indie Award for “Best Dramatic Series.”

The program was also recognized with nominations from the Writer’s Guild of Canada and ACTRA Montreal. In a deal signed last January with ITV Global Entertainment, ION Television acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the critically acclaimed and award-winning original TV series, “ Durham County .” In addition, the network secured all U.S. television, digital media rights, internet streaming and video-on-demand rights for the program.

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For just the second time in the history of ION/i/PAX, ION (with fewer than 100 affiliates) has once again beaten the mighty mininet The CW (with twice the number of affiliates) last week in Nielsen households, P2+ viewers, and in A18-49 viewers (for the first time ever surpassing The CW in the money demo). This is only the second time in mininetwork history that ION/i/PAX has ever beaten or tied The CW or their mininet parents, UPN and The WB.

Week 15 (Dec.28-Jan.03):
ION 0.8HH/1%, 0.4 A18-49 (480,000), 1,240,000 P2+ viewers
The CW 0.6HH/1%, 0.4 A18-49 (470,000), 940,000 P2+ viewers

ION's households, A18-49 rating, A18-49 viewers and P2+ viewers were all ION/i network alltime highs, and this was the fifth consecutive week that ION has climbed above the 1,000,000 P2+ viewer threshold.

After 15 weeks of the 2009-10 season, in season-to-date averages, ION (0.6HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49, 960,000 P2+ viewers) is now ranked ahead of both TeleMundo and TeleFutura in households, and ION is ahead of TeleFutura in A18-49 and P2+ viewers.

ION's new ownership can also take enormous comfort in the strides made by ION over the last year vis-a-vis competing cabler networks. In calendar 2009, ION moved ahead of similarly targeted networks such as TVLand, Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) and Hallmark in average A18-49 viewership:

Top 58 A18-49ers in 2009 (with Comparatives for 2008)
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(Excludes pay networks i.e. HBO, SHOWTIME, TCM, STARZ)

# Network 2009 2008 Chg 000s % Chg Notes
-- -------- ---- ----- -------- ------- ------
1 FOX 3,811 4,338 -527 -12% SuperBowl 2008
2 CBS 3,160 3,082 78 3%
3 NBC 2,929 3,385 -456 -13% SuperBowl 2009
4 ABC 2,864 3,039 -175 -6%
5 Univis 1,862 1,968 -106 -5%
6 USA 1,383 1,317 66 5%
7 ESPN 1,108 1,043 65 6%
8 TBSC 1,068 1,128 -60 -5%
9 CW 893 1,075 -182 -17%
10 FX 780 715 65 9%
11 AEN 706 688 18 3%
12 DISC 673 655 18 3%
13 TeleMun 667 604 62 10%
14 MyNet 652 604 48 8% est.Oct-Dec 2009
15 FAM 613 588 25 4%
16 SYFY 607 616 -9 -1%
17 SPK 591 637 -46 -7%
18 COMEDY 590 667 -77 -12%
19 HIST 564 547 17 3%
20 FOOD 558 441 117 27%
21 NAN 555 602 -47 -8%
22 TLC 553 491 62 13%
23 MTV 527 578 -51 -9%
24 TRU 524 471 53 11%
25 LIFETIM 509 611 -102 -17%
26 BRAV 494 459 35 8%
27 VH1 474 485 -11 -2%
28 TeleFut 473 373 100 27%
29 HGTV 448 418 30 7%
30 AMC 416 433 -17 -4%
31 BET 412 331 81 24%
32 EN 383 357 26 7%
33 FOXN 379 387 -8 -2%
34 ION 258 151 107 71%
35 TRAV 256 201 55 27%
36 TVLD 244 289 -45 -16%
37 APL 240 203 37 18%
38 MSNBC 238 317 -79 -25%
39 LMN 228 197 31 16%
40 OXYG 225 212 13 6%
41 CNN 222 401 -179 -45%
42 HALL 206 239 -33 -14%
43 NGC 205 189 16 8%
44 VS 166 150 16 11%
45 SOAP 164 139 25 18%
46 WE 133 140 -7 -5%
47 SPD 132 137 -5 -4%
48 NFLN 118 93 25 27%
49 Azteca 115 106 9 8%
50 TVGN 97 102 -5 -5%
51 GALA 91 107 -16 -15%
52 TWC 90 108 -18 -17%
53 ID 88 76 12 16%
54 CNBC 82 83 -1 -1%
55 BIO 75 78 -3 -4%
56 DIY 50 n\a 50 n\a
57 ENN 47 48 -1 -2%
58 FSC 24 10 14 140%

ION new owners must be thrilled to bits that for the last five weeks, over a million viewers on average are keeping an eye on ION. Those are the sorts of numbers that will prompt more advertisers to keep an eye on ION too.

For just the third time in the history of ION/i/PAX, ION beat The CW last week in Nielsen households and P2+ viewers (tieing The CW in A18-49 rating). This is only the third time in mini-network history that ION/i/PAX has ever beaten or tied The CW or their mininet parents, UPN and The WB.

Week 16 (Jan.04-Jan.10):
ION 0.8HH/1%, 0.4 A18-49 (490,000), 1,200,000 P2+ viewers
The CW 0.7HH/1%, 0.4 A18-49 (580,000), 1,120,000 P2+ viewers

ION's A18-49 viewers established a new ION/i network alltime high, and this was the sixth consecutive week that ION has climbed above the 1,000,000 P2+ viewer threshold.

After 15 weeks of the 2009-10 season, in season-to-date averages, ION (0.6HH/1%, 0.3 A18-49, 980,000 P2+ viewers) is now ranked ahead of both TeleMundo and TeleFutura in households, and ION is ahead of TeleFutura in P2+ viewers.

In an era of declining audiences for broadcast television networks, ION new owners have to be impressed that for the last six weeks, over a million viewers on average are keeping an eye on ION. More viewers, especially that growing A18-49 crowd, mean more advertisers also keeping a keen eye on ION too.