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Pavan · 10-22-2007, 10:53 AM

ION Television November 2007--

Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...r-perfect.html

Regular schedule changes:

Mon-Thurs, effect. Oct. 29, 2007
7:30PM Designing Women (replaces Mama's Family)
8:30PM Mama's Family (replaces Perfect Strangers)

Tuesday, effect. Nov. 6, 2007
10:00PM Diagnosis Murder (replaces Sue Thomas)

Mon-Fri, effect. Nov. 19, 2007
6:00PM Amen (replaces Doc)
6:30PM Amen (replaces Doc cont.)

Mon-Thurs, effect. Nov. 26, 2007
7:30PM Alice (replaces Designing Women)

Here is full the regular schedule for November:
Mon-Thurs
6:00PM Doc (Amen 2x effect. Nov. 19)
7:00PM Designing Women
7:30PM Designing Women (Alice effect. Nov. 26)
8:00PM Mama's Family
8:30PM Mama's Family
9:00PM Who's the Boss?
9:30PM Who's the Boss?
10:00PM 48 Hours (Mon, Wed); Diagnosis Murder (Tues); Doc (Thurs)

Fri-Sun
6:00PM Doc (Fri); NFL Game of the Week (Sat); ION Life (Sun)
7:00PM RHI Entertainment
9:00PM RHI Entertainment

Movies, Stunts, Marathons

- RHI on ION

November Programming:

Friday, November 2
7:00PM-9:00PM Secrets (1995)
9:00PM-11:00PM Remember Me (1995)

Saturday, November 3
7:00PM-11:00PM Moby Dick (1998)

Sunday, November 4
7:00PM-11:00PM Temptations, The (1998)

Friday, November 9
7:00PM-9:00PM Doom Runners (1997)
9:00PM-11:00PM Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)

Saturday, November 10
7:00PM-11:00PM Oldest Living Confederate Widow
Tells All (1994)

Sunday, November 11
7:00PM-11:00PM Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)

Friday, November 16
7:00PM-9:00PM Song of Hiawatha (1999)
9:00PM-11:00PM Fixer, The (1999)

Saturday, November 17
7:00PM-9:00PM Gentle Ben: Terror On The
Mountain (2002)
9:00PM-11:00PM Night of the Wolf (2002)

Sunday, November 18
7:00PM-11:00PM Jackie, Ethel & Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001)

Friday, November 23
7:00PM-9:00PM Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
(1989)
9:00PM-11:00PM Hound of Baskersville, The (2001)

Saturday, November 24
7:00PM-9:00PM Captains Courageous (1996)
9:00PM-11:00PM Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's
Walk Part 1 (1996)

Sunday, November 25
7:00PM-11:00PM Hogfather (2007)

- Mama's Family Thanksgiving Stunt
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT
Get prepared for Thanksgiving from America's favorite mother...Mama!

7:00PM Ellen's Boyfriend
7:30PM Mama Cries Uncle
8:00PM An Ill Wind
8:30PM Mama's Cousin
9:00PM Buck Private Bubba
9:30PM Mama Mania
10:00PM Mama Goes Hawaiian, Part 1
10:30PM Mama Goes Hawaiian, Part 2

Read the blog before you post:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...r-perfect.html

Pavan · 10-25-2007, 12:24 AM

Terry Pratchett’s “Hogfather” Makes Its U.S. Television Debut
New RHI Entertainment Production to Premiere on ION Television November 25

NEW YORK -- Enter into the world of fantasy and imagination with Hogfather, a humorous and satirical miniseries based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett. RHI Entertainment, a leading television production and distribution entity, announced today that Hogfather will make its U.S. television debut during the RHI Movie Weekend on ION Television, Sunday, November 25 (7/6c).

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather is part of the best-selling fantasy book series that has sold over 41 million copies worldwide. The series takes place in Discworld, a flat world, perched on top of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle that is drifting in space. Here, reality is stretched to its limit, but it’s still populated by humans, just like you and me…almost. Hogfather marks the first novel of the series to be adapted as a live action film.

It’s the night before Hogswatch (Christmas) in the parallel universe of Discworld. The Hogfather (Santa Claus) has gone missing in a plot by the evil Auditors to destroy human belief and make Discworld their own. With the Hogfather nowhere in sight, the character called Death takes his place to deliver presents to all the good girls and boys at the mid-winter festival. Will the presents be delivered? Will hope be restored so that the sun can rise tomorrow? Who will be able to save Discworld?

“Terry Pratchett is among the most prominent authors of our time,” said Robert Halmi, Jr., President and CEO of RHI Entertainment. “We are honored to work with him and are pleased to be the first to unveil Hogfather to a U.S. audience.”

The four-hour holiday miniseries event—which will air in its entirety on November 25, stars David Warner (Titanic), Marc Warren (Band of Brothers), Michelle Dockery (Fingersmith), Joss Ackland (K19 –The Widowmaker), and the voice of Ian Richardson (Bleak House). Hogfather was directed and screen-written by Vadim Jean, and produced by Rod Brown and Ian Sharples. Robert Halmi, Sr., Robert Halmi, Jr. and Elaine Pyke served as executive producers on the project.

“We are thrilled to continue fulfilling our brand promise to our audience with this latest quality original film for RHI Movie Weekend on ION Television,” said Brandon Burgess, CEO of ION Media Networks. “Through the addition of this kind of great content, ION Television can continue to accelerate its recent gains in viewership and attract a wide variety of consumers to our programming.”

RHI is currently filming Terry Pratchett’s, The Color of Magic, which follows the story of inept wizard Ricewind, and is slated to make its U.S. television debut in 2008. Pratchett’s Hogfather will also hit DVD shelves this winter at local Borders retailers.

Scoobiedoo30 · 10-25-2007, 12:55 AM

I take it Perfect Strangers did not do that well in the ratings

Classicshowsgurl15 · 10-25-2007, 02:24 AM

That sucks that Perfect Strangers is gone. I would want Mama's Family to only be on once and Perfect Strangers on at 8 and 8:30pm. There schedule still says that its the Halloween episodes of Perfect Strangers on the 29th and 30th. When do they change their schedule?

Buffyboy323 · 10-25-2007, 07:35 AM

I say recreate the old school ABC lineup by bringing back Growing Pains, and putting it on after Who's The Boss?

TVJunkie101 · 10-25-2007, 08:39 AM

Wow. Why is PS gone already?

clj2 · 10-25-2007, 08:56 AM

Perfect Strangers must have really been horrible for them, it was pulled faster than anything else that I can recall on there. Which is a shame, because it's a good show. I guess it just hasn't held up well.

Surprised Designing Women has lasted so. I'm also surprised Diagnosis Murder isn't back, I was thinking maybe they would have put it on at 7 and given DW the shaft.

Pavan · 10-25-2007, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Classicshowsgurl15

That sucks that Perfect Strangers is gone. I would want Mama's Family to only be on once and Perfect Strangers on at 8 and 8:30pm. There schedule still says that its the Halloween episodes of Perfect Strangers on the 29th and 30th. When do they change their schedule?

Perfect Strangers Halloween episodes are Oct. 24 and 25 now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TV Land Fan

Perfect Strangers must have really been horrible for them, it was pulled faster than anything else that I can recall on there. Which is a shame, because it's a good show. I guess it just hasn't held up well.

I'm not sure. It might have been ratings obviously, but it could have been something else. I will find out.

It is a great show. It must have a lot of fans because the Seasons 1 and 2 DVD which is not coming until Feb. 5, is like in top 50 on Amazon right now. It is selling like hotcakes!

thebloodyscot · 10-25-2007, 01:03 PM

Yeah, every show before was at least given two months. This is unfair to the show and the fans. They gave us what we wanted, then yanked it off. Strange how the ratings were bad, the show is already popular on dvd. I'll be sure to get that when it's released. And the show lasted at least a year every other time it was in syndication. I can't believe Doc and Sue Thomas do better in the ratings. I got every episode on tape that they showed though, as well as some from before and the dvd episode, so I'll be sure to watch those and the online episodes until the dvd's released.

Pavan · 10-25-2007, 01:31 PM

ION November blog:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...r-perfect.html

chris31989 · 10-25-2007, 01:40 PM

How can they judge PS's performance based on the first few seasons? I heard the Chronicle days were better anyway. I wanted to see Harriette from Family Matters. Ugh.

I LOVE Mama's Family, but isn't it about time it gives up the 8PM slot. ION should move it to 7PM.

Pavan · 10-25-2007, 01:42 PM

In my opinion, they should do this:

6:00PM Growing Pains
6:30PM Perfect Strangers
7:00PM The Wonder Years
7:30PM Designing Women
8:00PM Mama's Family
8:30PM Mama's Family
9:00PM Who's the Boss?
9:30PM Who's the Boss?
10:00PM 48 Hours / Sue Thomas / Doc

Scoobiedoo30 · 10-25-2007, 01:51 PM

I am with you Pavan put all Tinmes Central Time

Growings Pains at 5:00 pm
Perfect Strangers at 5:30 pm
at 6:00 pm Alice
at 6:30 pm Designing Women
at 7:00 pm Mama's Family
at 7:30 pm Mama's Family
at 8:00 pm Who's The Boss
at 8:30 pm Who's The Boss
at 9:00 pm 48 Hours Monday and Thursday
and Sue Thomas Tuesday and Wednesday

clarkkent · 10-25-2007, 03:33 PM

OMG, I cannot believe that the show has been pulled already, after only 4 weeks! They didn't even give it a chance to earn any ratings. Now they're going back to have two EXTREMELY unfunny episodes of Designing Women. PLEASE!!!! I can only hope that the people at ION read these blogs and give it another shot. Maybe change the time slot or something. Now I guess I'll have to get the DVD, though I didn't really plan on it because I thought I'd get to see them on ION. For a show that lasted over 7 seasons in its initial run, I would have assumed there would be huge interest in watching them again. Oh well.

JulieSomoski · 10-25-2007, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

In my opinion, they should do this:

6:00PM Growing Pains
6:30PM Perfect Strangers
7:00PM The Wonder Years
7:30PM Designing Women
8:00PM Mama's Family
8:30PM Mama's Family
9:00PM Who's the Boss?
9:30PM Who's the Boss?
10:00PM 48 Hours / Sue Thomas / Doc

That's a nice schedule pavan. Only exception is PS at 7pm, ad TWy at 6:30 would be better for me.

It's too bad PS didn't last too long. I was looking forward to the post-season 2 episodes, too. I really hope they bring it back soon. Now I'm sorry I didn't watch it when it was on.

10-25-2007, 12:24 AM	#2
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Terry Pratchett’s “Hogfather” Makes Its U.S. Television Debut New RHI Entertainment Production to Premiere on ION Television November 25 NEW YORK -- Enter into the world of fantasy and imagination with Hogfather, a humorous and satirical miniseries based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett. RHI Entertainment, a leading television production and distribution entity, announced today that Hogfather will make its U.S. television debut during the RHI Movie Weekend on ION Television, Sunday, November 25 (7/6c). Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather is part of the best-selling fantasy book series that has sold over 41 million copies worldwide. The series takes place in Discworld, a flat world, perched on top of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle that is drifting in space. Here, reality is stretched to its limit, but it’s still populated by humans, just like you and me…almost. Hogfather marks the first novel of the series to be adapted as a live action film. It’s the night before Hogswatch (Christmas) in the parallel universe of Discworld. The Hogfather (Santa Claus) has gone missing in a plot by the evil Auditors to destroy human belief and make Discworld their own. With the Hogfather nowhere in sight, the character called Death takes his place to deliver presents to all the good girls and boys at the mid-winter festival. Will the presents be delivered? Will hope be restored so that the sun can rise tomorrow? Who will be able to save Discworld? “Terry Pratchett is among the most prominent authors of our time,” said Robert Halmi, Jr., President and CEO of RHI Entertainment. “We are honored to work with him and are pleased to be the first to unveil Hogfather to a U.S. audience.” The four-hour holiday miniseries event—which will air in its entirety on November 25, stars David Warner (Titanic), Marc Warren (Band of Brothers), Michelle Dockery (Fingersmith), Joss Ackland (K19 –The Widowmaker), and the voice of Ian Richardson (Bleak House). Hogfather was directed and screen-written by Vadim Jean, and produced by Rod Brown and Ian Sharples. Robert Halmi, Sr., Robert Halmi, Jr. and Elaine Pyke served as executive producers on the project. “We are thrilled to continue fulfilling our brand promise to our audience with this latest quality original film for RHI Movie Weekend on ION Television,” said Brandon Burgess, CEO of ION Media Networks. “Through the addition of this kind of great content, ION Television can continue to accelerate its recent gains in viewership and attract a wide variety of consumers to our programming.” RHI is currently filming Terry Pratchett’s, The Color of Magic, which follows the story of inept wizard Ricewind, and is slated to make its U.S. television debut in 2008. Pratchett’s Hogfather will also hit DVD shelves this winter at local Borders retailers.
	Last edited by Pavan; 10-25-2007 at 06:21 PM.

10-25-2007, 12:55 AM	#3
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	I take it Perfect Strangers did not do that well in the ratings
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10-25-2007, 02:24 AM	#4
Classicshowsgurl15 Happy Days Senior Member Join Date: Jun 28, 2004 Location: California Posts: 2,088	That sucks that Perfect Strangers is gone. I would want Mama's Family to only be on once and Perfect Strangers on at 8 and 8:30pm. There schedule still says that its the Halloween episodes of Perfect Strangers on the 29th and 30th. When do they change their schedule?
	__________________ “All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect who might be searching for us.” - The Wonder Years

10-25-2007, 08:39 AM	#6
TVJunkie101 Member...you 'member? Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,838	Wow. Why is PS gone already?
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10-25-2007, 07:35 AM	#5
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,104	I say recreate the old school ABC lineup by bringing back Growing Pains, and putting it on after Who's The Boss?

10-25-2007, 08:56 AM	#7
clj2 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 3,501	Perfect Strangers must have really been horrible for them, it was pulled faster than anything else that I can recall on there. Which is a shame, because it's a good show. I guess it just hasn't held up well. Surprised Designing Women has lasted so. I'm also surprised Diagnosis Murder isn't back, I was thinking maybe they would have put it on at 7 and given DW the shaft.
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10-25-2007, 01:03 PM	#9
thebloodyscot Being ridiculous Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 158	Yeah, every show before was at least given two months. This is unfair to the show and the fans. They gave us what we wanted, then yanked it off. Strange how the ratings were bad, the show is already popular on dvd. I'll be sure to get that when it's released. And the show lasted at least a year every other time it was in syndication. I can't believe Doc and Sue Thomas do better in the ratings. I got every episode on tape that they showed though, as well as some from before and the dvd episode, so I'll be sure to watch those and the online episodes until the dvd's released.

10-25-2007, 01:31 PM	#10
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	ION November blog: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...r-perfect.html

10-25-2007, 01:40 PM	#11
chris31989 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 12, 2007 Location: Newington, CT Posts: 96	How can they judge PS's performance based on the first few seasons? I heard the Chronicle days were better anyway. I wanted to see Harriette from Family Matters. Ugh. I LOVE Mama's Family, but isn't it about time it gives up the 8PM slot. ION should move it to 7PM.

10-25-2007, 01:42 PM	#12
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	In my opinion, they should do this: 6:00PM Growing Pains 6:30PM Perfect Strangers 7:00PM The Wonder Years 7:30PM Designing Women 8:00PM Mama's Family 8:30PM Mama's Family 9:00PM Who's the Boss? 9:30PM Who's the Boss? 10:00PM 48 Hours / Sue Thomas / Doc

10-25-2007, 01:51 PM	#13
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	I am with you Pavan put all Tinmes Central Time Growings Pains at 5:00 pm Perfect Strangers at 5:30 pm at 6:00 pm Alice at 6:30 pm Designing Women at 7:00 pm Mama's Family at 7:30 pm Mama's Family at 8:00 pm Who's The Boss at 8:30 pm Who's The Boss at 9:00 pm 48 Hours Monday and Thursday and Sue Thomas Tuesday and Wednesday

10-25-2007, 03:33 PM	#14
clarkkent Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 01, 2007 Location: New York Posts: 32	Perfect Strangers OMG, I cannot believe that the show has been pulled already, after only 4 weeks! They didn't even give it a chance to earn any ratings. Now they're going back to have two EXTREMELY unfunny episodes of Designing Women. PLEASE!!!! I can only hope that the people at ION read these blogs and give it another shot. Maybe change the time slot or something. Now I guess I'll have to get the DVD, though I didn't really plan on it because I thought I'd get to see them on ION. For a show that lasted over 7 seasons in its initial run, I would have assumed there would be huge interest in watching them again. Oh well.