ION Television August 2010 --

Blog Story: http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/07/ion-television-august-2010-has-no.html



Regular schedule changes listed ONLY:

Weekdays, effective Monday, July 26
4:00PM Ghost Whisper (replaces Family Feud 2x)
6:00PM Without a Trace (replaces Ghost Whisperer)

Weekdays, effective Monday, August 16
3:00PM Ghost Whisperer (replaces Family Feud 2x)



Here is the FULL regular schedule for August:
Mon-Thurs
8:00AM-9:00AM qubo on ION (Wed-Thurs)
3:00PM Ghost Whisperer
4:00PM Ghost Whisperer
5:00PM Ghost Whisperer
6:00PM Without a Trace
7:00PM Without a Trace
8:00PM Without a Trace
9:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues); Without a Trace (Wed); NCIS (Thurs)
10:00PM Criminal Minds (Mon-Tues); Criminal Minds (Wed); NCIS (Thurs)
11:00PM Criminal Minds

Friday
8:00AM-9:00AM qubo on ION
3:00PM Ghost Whisperer
4:00PM Ghost Whisperer
5:00PM Ghost Whisperer
6:00PM Without a Trace
7:00PM Without a Trace
8:00PM Without a Trace
9:00PM Without a Trace
10:00PM Without a Trace
11:00PM Without a Trace

Saturday
3:00PM-5:00PM M*A*S*H/Movies
5:00PM-12:00AM Movies

Sunday
3:00PM-5:00PM M*A*S*H/My Name is Earl
5:00PM-12:00AM Movies





Movies, Stunts, Marathons




- Movie Schedule
Every Weekend

Saturday, July 31, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs at 3pm)
3:30pm-6:00pm The Pledge (2001)
6:00pm-9:00pm & 9:00pm-12:00am Disclosure (1994)

Sunday, August 1, 2010
4:30pm-7:00pm & 7:00pm-9:30pm Paycheck (2003)
9:30pm-12:00am The Fifth Element (1997, premiere)

Saturday, August 7, 2010
3pm-5pm & 7pm-9pm Bloodsport (1988)
7pm-9:30pm & 9:30pm-12am Paycheck (2003)

Sunday, August 8, 2010
5pm-7pm Cocktail (1988)
7pm-9:30pm & 9:30pm 12am Running Scared (2006)

Saturday, August 14, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs from 3pm-4:30pm)
4:30pm-7pm & 7pm-9:30pm The Fifth Element (1997)
9:30pm-12am The Siege (1998, premiere)

Sunday, August 15, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs from 3pm-4:30pm and My Name is Earl from 4:30pm & 5pm)
5:30pm-7:30pm & 7:30pm-9:30pm The Whole Ten Yards (2004, premiere)
9:30pm-12am Ocean's Thirteen (2007, premiere)

Saturday, August 21, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs from 3pm-4pm)
4pm-6pm Elektra (2005)
6pm-8pm Daredevil (2003)
8pm-10pm & 10pm-12am The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Sunday, August 22, 2010
5pm-7pm Daredevil (2003)
7pm-9:30pm & 9:30pm-12am The Siege (1998)

Saturday, August 28, 2010 (M*A*S*H airs from 3pm-4pm)
4pm-6:30pm Paycheck (2003)
6:30pm-9pm Running Scared (2006)
9pm-12am Men of Honor (2000)

Sunday, August 29, 2010
4:30pm-6:30pm Bloodsport (1988)
6:30pm-9:30pm Men of Honor (2000)
9:30pm-12am The Fifth Element (1997)




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://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/07/ion-television-august-2010-has-no.html

Wow. I see the race towards variety continues :rolleyes:

So now ION is down to 3 main shows? Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, with a bit of NCIS mixed in on Thursdays. What a killer lineup. Makes me tired just at the thought of it.

I can't believe that a network that once showed so much promise has turned into this.

ION may not have a lot of variety in its show rotation, but it is delivering record Nielsens with largely scripted-encore programming that are at the level of what the old PAX network was delivering with a mostly scripted-original lineup.

I like that, going into the fall season, ION is the last of the broadcasters to be maintaining a theatrical film series, with a few made-for-television productions added to the mix.

My only wish for ION would be that they try to develop a comedy night franchise (perhaps on Fridays?) that could build on their success with 'M*A*S*H' by incorporating in a few other classic sitcoms. 'My Name is Earl' didn't do well for them, but they should keep up the search to find compatible shows to line-up alongside 'M*A*S*H'. A comedy night would be a popular buy with a certain group advertisers that tend to steer clear of crime procedurals, and they might get elevated CPM's from a sitcom block.

Ion now officially completely stinks. There is nothing on the schedule now that I like. Stinks to not have Family Feud, but it'll still be on GSN. And I have The Fifth Element on tape. At least my affiliate sometimes plays Tampa Bay Rays games, so that's much better than their schedule. Just like Julie said, they had so much promise. Now they're like a really limited cable channel that just spams its popular shows. They could try so many sitcoms from their library, but they won't anymore because of their recent success. It's a shame, really. For some reason a lot of people watch current shows on there when they could just watch it on the other networks. And Du Mont, MASH really isn't a sitcom, not much of one anyway. It was too overly serious to really be considered a sitcom. I always get irritated when people call it a sitcom.

I liked when ION had The Wonder Years back in 2007. I still wish that some network would acquire that show. It's one of my favs and I would get it on DVD if it was available. ION doesn't do much for me nowadays, with the modern shows dominating. I don't particularly hate modern shows, it's just that I can see programs like Criminal Minds, Without a Trace and NCIS on 10 other stations.

I liked when ION had The Wonder Years back in 2007. I still wish that some network would acquire that show. It's one of my favs and I would get it on DVD if it was available. ION doesn't do much for me nowadays, with the modern shows dominating. I don't particularly hate modern shows, it's just that I can see programs like Criminal Minds, Without a Trace and NCIS on 10 other stations.

Agreed on The Wonder Years. That show deserves to be somewhere. I wish Hallmark would pick it up. It would blend in perfectly, I think. Even TV Land could be a good place for it. It deserves to be somewhere airing on TV

One of the many great things about the Wonder Years was the intro. One of the best things I've even seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ob59hsRaFU

The Season 6 one gives me goosebumps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kRTsJywKRg

I don't see why airing a nice afternoon block of comedies would be such a farfetched idea. Seeing The Wonder Years again would be great, along with all the other great sitcoms they used to air. Remember how well Mama's Family used to do? I can't believe we haven't seen the return of that yet.

I don't see why airing a nice afternoon block of comedies would be such a farfetched idea. Seeing The Wonder Years again would be great, along with all the other great sitcoms they used to air. Remember how well Mama's Family used to do? I can't believe we haven't seen the return of that yet.I've lost track of how many times I've tried to ask....do they even have access to these shows anymore?

I've lost track of how many times I've tried to ask....do they even have access to these shows anymore?
I think they do they just don't ever use it

I don't think they do. The libray deals are never long term. 2-3 years max.

I don't think they do. The libray deals are never long term. 2-3 years max.
Oh, ok.

Now I need to go to the libray.

If ION were a 24/7 network, these blocks wouldn't be so bothersome in how they appear on the schedule. While it's great to see ratings growth, they need to realize there is more to be had. Is there any hope they will stop depending so much on paid programming and really expand their actual programming?

I don't think so. They love it too much.