6/20/2023 0 Comments Heroes and icons tv![]() ![]() ![]() On Monday, February 8, 2016, first run syndicated shows, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, debuted on the network. The network also carries a three-hour block of children’s programming on Sunday mornings in order to fulfill educational programming requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission. In addition to carrying acquired programming, Heroes & Icons also carried an early morning simulcast of TouchVision (a multi-platform news service based out of Weigel’s Chicago headquarters) from Septemto January 14, 2016. H&I’s most direct competitor is Charge!, a network owned by Sinclair TV Group which maintains a schedule mainly made up of action shows and films. The network features series from a wider timeline than that from which MeTV sources its programming, incorporating programs from the 2000s, in addition to those originally broadcast from the 1950s to the 1990s. H&I targets a more niche audience than MeTV, carrying programming aimed at a generally male audience – featuring a mix of action series, police procedurals, westerns, science fiction, fantasy and military-themed programs (including several series that have previously aired on MeTV). Much like its sister network, MeTV, Heroes & Icons’ program schedule relies primarily on television series from the programming libraries of CBS Television Distribution, NBCUniversal Television Distribution and 20th Television, and also includes some feature film content. Star Trek: The Animated Series leads off the Sunday All Star Trek programming. The All Trek programming block was launched on Jwith all five live action Star Trek shows in sequence from the beginning on Sunday plus on Monday through Friday. įox Television Stations is expanding its relationship with Weigel beyond Movies! by adding the network to 11 major market stations in the fourth quarter 2015. With the network having settled on a more stabilized schedule, Weigel moved the Heroes & Icons affiliation in Milwaukee to the third subchannel of CBS affiliate WDJT-TV (channel 58) on March 5, 2015, with This TV – which previously occupied the 58.3 space – moving to WMLW-DT3 in its place. Weigel opted to soft launch H&I in order to fine-tune its schedule, along with adding additional programming to the fledgling network. The network also launched in the South Bend, Indiana market, along with the major cable providers in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets (including Comcast Xfinity, RCN and Time Warner Cable) using existing carriage. Heroes & Icons was created at the request of the affiliates of Weigel’s existing networks, in order to increase their programming options. The network was soft launched with limited advanced promotion on September 28, 2014, on the digital subchannels of Weigel-owned stations WWME-CD (channel 23.2) and WCIU-TV (channel 26.4) in Chicago, and WMLW-TV (channel 49.3) in Milwaukee.
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