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Ion Mystery
Type	Digital broadcast television network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide coverage: 92%
Affiliates	List of Ion Mystery affiliates
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	720p (HDTV); 480i (SDTV) 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 letterbox
Ownership
Owner	Scripps Networks, LLC; (E. W. Scripps Company)
Parent	Escape Media, LLC
Key people	Jonathan Katz; (president/CEO, Katz Broadcasting); Walter Naarr; (SVP of programming);
Sister channels	Bounce TV; Court TV; Grit; Ion Television; Ion Plus; Laff; Defy TV; Scripps News
History
Founded	April 3, 2014; 10 years ago
Launched	August 18, 2014
Founder	Jonathan Katz
Former names	Escape (2014–2019); Court TV Mystery (2019–2022)
Links
Website	ionmystery.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	See List of Ion Mystery affiliates

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Ion Mystery (formerly Escape and Court TV Mystery, stylized as ESCAPE and MYSTERY; formerly branded on-air as Mystery) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. It focuses primarily on mystery, true crime, and police/legal procedural programs.^[3]

It is available in several media markets via the digital subchannels of terrestrial television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network.

History[edit]

Katz Broadcasting announced the formation of Escape and sister network Grit on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer. When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which planned to launch Grit in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving Grit affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies.^[4]

On August 11, 2014, Katz announced that the two networks would launch simultaneously on August 18. Escape launched at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that date,^[5] with the 1981 film Body Heat as the network's inaugural broadcast.^[6]

Escape's logo from 2014 until the rebranding to Court TV Mystery in September 2019.

On August 1, 2017, in an expansion of the company's existing interest, the E. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase a 95% majority stake in Katz Broadcasting's assets (Escape, Grit, and Laff as well as the managerial rights for Bounce TV parent Bounce Media, LLC) for $292 million. Although Scripps assumed ownership of the group upon the purchase's completion on October 2, Katz will remain headquartered in Marietta, Georgia as an autonomous division of its new corporate parent.^[1]^[7]

On September 30, 2019, Escape was rebranded as Court TV Mystery, serving as an extension to the Court TV brand.^[8]

Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media in 2021, many of its digital subchannels, including Court TV and Court TV Mystery, were moved over to Ion-owned affiliates and on Scripps stations, were separated from stations also carrying Court TV, causing viewer confusion regarding the channel positions and carriage status of the two networks.^[9] The network was subsequently rebranded to Ion Mystery on February 24, 2022, with the "Ion" brand now more established regarding procedural dramas in general, including Ion Mystery's overall programming, whereas Court TV is more associated with its news division.^[10]

Programming on Ion Mystery[edit]

Current programming[edit]

Former programming[edit]

American Greed
Born Behind Bars
Crime Watch Daily
CSI: NY
The First 48
LAPD: Life on the Beat
Law & Order
Scandal
Snapped
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
Unsolved Mysteries

Programming[edit]

Ion Mystery mainly features a mix of procedural crime dramas and mystery series, as well as off-network reality-based crime re-enactment series and some films.

Originally, the network had a specific focus on true crime programming directed explicitly towards women. Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of the Escape and male-targeting Grit on Bounce TV, a network Katz co-founded with Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young in 2011 that is targeted at Black audiences; Katz stated Escape and Grit would be "the...first-ever (adult) male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz claimed were "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios" (referring to NBCUniversal's Cozi TV and Sony's getTV, and indirectly to Weigel Broadcasting's MeTV, which was independently created but licenses programming from several studios).^[3]

Movies[edit]

Ion Mystery carries a broad roster of crime drama and mystery film releases from the 1980s to the 2000s (including theatrical feature films, made-for-TV movies, and documentaries) on Saturdays and Sundays. The network's movie lineup relies primarily on an extensive library of titles through multi-year program licensing agreements with several major film studios, including Reel One Entertainment, Multicom Entertainment Group, Sonar Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures (distributed through Warner Bros. Television Distribution),^[11] Universal Pictures (through NBCUniversal Television Distribution),^[12] Paramount Pictures (through Trifecta Entertainment & Media),^[13] and Sony Pictures Entertainment (through Sony Pictures Television).^[14]

Television series[edit]

The majority of Ion Mystery's schedule consists of off-network reality-based crime re-enactment series. Shortly before the network's launch, on August 1, 2014, the network acquired the syndication rights to three true crime series – Forensic Files, Snapped, and the Dennis Farina run of Unsolved Mysteries – through respective deals with Trifecta Entertainment & Media, NBCUniversal Television Distribution, and Cosgrove/Meurer Productions for its initial schedule.^[15]^[16]

In May 2016, the network acquired the syndication rights to American Greed and Corrupt Crimes, under agreements with NBCUniversal Television Distribution and Bellum Entertainment. In conjunction, Katz announced the network's entry into original programming by entering into a production agreement with Bellum to develop five true crime shows for first-run broadcast on the network; these programs included Lady Killers (about women killing someone close to them), Murderous Affairs (centering on "lethal love affairs"), It Takes a Killer (which profiles infamous murders), Deep Undercover (a series hosted by Joe Pistone, that profiles real-life undercover missions), and They Kill for It (which deals with passion-motivated and fully planned killings).^[17] Among the five announced shows, however, only Deep Undercover actually aired, due to various issues which did not involve Escape or Katz, but Bellum unable to produce the shows as talent was unpaid for previous Bellum productions, and their refusal to continue working with any further Bellum-involved productions; that company went bankrupt, then out of business, in 2019.

On December 6, 2017, Katz signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to acquire the syndication rights to Cold Case. The 2003–10 CBS crime drama – the first scripted program acquisition for Escape – joined the network on January 1, 2018 with a twelve-episode marathon, before being added to its regular schedule the following night (January 2).^[18]^[19]^[20] Several other series, including John Doe, Killer Instinct, and the original Law & Order have since been picked up by the network, along with the Canadian series DaVinci's Inquest, a mainstay of syndication since the mid-2000s.

Affiliates[edit]

As of January 1, 2018^[update], Ion Mystery has current or pending affiliation agreements with 165 television stations in 65 media markets (including 24 of the top 30), covering 86% of all households in the United States (or 268,780,687 Americans with at least one television set).^[21] Originally, Katz sold Escape and sister network Grit to prospective affiliate stations under an advertising split structure; by October 2015, the company had shifted to having affiliates pay carriage fees to provide Escape and Grit programming, in exchange for a share of the network's ad inventory; the company also initially utilized direct response advertising as a metric for viewership for Escape.^[22] In September 2015, Katz enrolled Escape and sister network Grit to begin having their viewership measured under the Nielsen national ratings, in addition to switching to the Nielsen rating C-3 ratings metric for advertising.^[22]^[23]

When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which planned to launch Escape in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through local marketing agreements with Entravision Communications – giving Escape affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies;^[4] on June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Escape on stations owned and/or operated by Raycom Media in six markets.^[24] On July 17, 2014, Katz announced affiliation deals with the Cox Media Group to carry Escape on WAXN-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina and KMYT-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It also reached a deal with PMCM TV, LLC to carry Escape and Grit on KJWP in the Philadelphia market, and with Citadel Communications to carry the network on its stations in Providence (WLNE-TV) and Lincoln (KLKN). Katz also expanded its affiliation agreement with Univision Communications to add Univision-owned stations in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Phoenix to the group's originally announced Escape charter affiliates.^[25]^[26] At the network's introduction in August 2014, Escape had affiliation agreements with television stations in 33 media markets (including stations in 23 of the 50 largest Nielsen markets), with an approximate estimated reach of 50% of all television-equipped households in the United States.

On May 18, 2015, the E. W. Scripps Company signed a multi-year agreement with Katz Broadcasting to expand distribution of Escape and sister networks Grit and Laff, which extended Escape's availability to 70 million homes (covering 60% of the U.S.), adding the network to Scripps-owned stations in markets such as Detroit (WMYD); Indianapolis (WRTV); Kansas City (KMCI-TV), Cincinnati (WCPO-TV), and Milwaukee (WTMJ-TV).^[27] On November 16, 2015, Katz announced new affiliation deals with Media General and Tribune Media adding the network to eight more markets, including Seattle (KCPQ), Grand Rapids (WXSP-CD), Albuquerque (KASY-TV), St. Louis (KTVI), and New Orleans (WGNO).^[28] Additional agreements were reached on June 15, 2016, that brought Escape to stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group (as well as subsidiaries Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting) and for Cordillera Communications's KVOA/Tucson.^[29] By January 2017, Escape had affiliates covering over 76% of all U.S. households with at least one television set.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Diana Marszalek (August 1, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Cox, Naar named Grit, Escape Programmers". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Elizabeth Guider (June 18, 2014). "Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Jon Lafayette (April 3, 2014). "Exclusive: Bounce TV Exec Plans Two New Channels". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ Mark K. Miller (October 2, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Closes $302M Katz Purchase". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
^ Lafayette, Jon (September 18, 2019). "Katz Rebranding Escape Net as Court TV Mystery". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ Balderston, Michael (January 14, 2021). "Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations". Tvtech. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ Lafayette, Jon (February 24, 2022). "Scripps' Court TV Mystery Rebranded as Ion Mystery". NextTV. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ Kevin Downey (June 10, 2014). "Grit, Escape Diginets In Warner Bros. Deal". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Grit & Escape Add 157 NBCU Movies To Library". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. June 24, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Paramount Movies Added to Escape, Grit Networks". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Grit, Escape Add Sony Pictures Films". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. September 3, 2014.
^ "Escape Acquires Rights to More Than 500 Episodes of Three Popular True Crime Television Series". The Futon Critic. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Escape Adds Three True Crime Series". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ Erik Pedersen (May 11, 2016). "Katz's Escape Branches Into Original Programming With Five True-Crime Series". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
^ Jon Lafayette (December 6, 2017). "Escape Adds Drama Series 'Without A Trace' To Lineup". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ "Without a Trace to Debut on Escape Jan. 1, 2018 With 12-Hour New Year's Day Marathon". Escape. Katz Broadcasting. December 6, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ Mark K. Miller (December 6, 2017). "Escape Expands to Scripted Dramas With 'Trace'". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ "Stations for Network – Escape". RabbitEars. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Harry A. Jessell (October 13, 2015). "OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
^ Jon Lafayette (September 15, 2015). "Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^ "Raycom To Carry New Escape, Grit Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. June 17, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ "Escape, Grit Diginets Expand Market Reach". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. July 17, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ Amanda Kondolojy (July 17, 2014). "Cox, Univision & Others to Launch New Networks Escape and Grit in Major Markets". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
^ Kevin Downey (May 18, 2015). "Scripps In Multi-Net Deal For Katz Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
^ "Katz Broadcasting Announces Major Distribution Agreements With Media General and Tribune Media". Katz Broadcasting. November 16, 2015 – via PRNewswire.
^ Adam Buckman (June 15, 2016). "Katz, Bounce Boost Diginet Distribution". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.

External links[edit]

Official website

[bc1-1] Diana Marszalek (August 1, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[2] "Cox, Naar named Grit, Escape Programmers". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

[TVNewsCheck20140812-3] Elizabeth Guider (June 18, 2014). "Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[EscapeGrit-4] Jon Lafayette (April 3, 2014). "Exclusive: Bounce TV Exec Plans Two New Channels". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[Deadline-5] "New Grit and Escape Networks Set For August 18 Launch". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[August18-6] "Grit, Escape Diginets To Launch Aug. 18". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[7] Mark K. Miller (October 2, 2017). "E.W. Scripps Closes $302M Katz Purchase". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[8] Lafayette, Jon (September 18, 2019). "Katz Rebranding Escape Net as Court TV Mystery". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[9] Balderston, Michael (January 14, 2021). "Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations". Tvtech. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

[10] Lafayette, Jon (February 24, 2022). "Scripps' Court TV Mystery Rebranded as Ion Mystery". NextTV. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[11] Kevin Downey (June 10, 2014). "Grit, Escape Diginets In Warner Bros. Deal". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[12] "Grit & Escape Add 157 NBCU Movies To Library". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. June 24, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[Paramount-13] "Paramount Movies Added to Escape, Grit Networks". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[14] "Grit, Escape Add Sony Pictures Films". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. September 3, 2014.

[15] "Escape Acquires Rights to More Than 500 Episodes of Three Popular True Crime Television Series". The Futon Critic. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[16] "Escape Adds Three True Crime Series". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[dl-17] Erik Pedersen (May 11, 2016). "Katz's Escape Branches Into Original Programming With Five True-Crime Series". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

[18] Jon Lafayette (December 6, 2017). "Escape Adds Drama Series 'Without A Trace' To Lineup". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[19] "Without a Trace to Debut on Escape Jan. 1, 2018 With 12-Hour New Year's Day Marathon". Escape. Katz Broadcasting. December 6, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[20] Mark K. Miller (December 6, 2017). "Escape Expands to Scripted Dramas With 'Trace'". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[RabbitEarsEscape-21] "Stations for Network – Escape". RabbitEars. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[tnc-22] Harry A. Jessell (October 13, 2015). "OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[23] Jon Lafayette (September 15, 2015). "Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

[24] "Raycom To Carry New Escape, Grit Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. June 17, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[25] "Escape, Grit Diginets Expand Market Reach". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. July 17, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[26] Amanda Kondolojy (July 17, 2014). "Cox, Univision & Others to Launch New Networks Escape and Grit in Major Markets". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[27] Kevin Downey (May 18, 2015). "Scripps In Multi-Net Deal For Katz Diginets". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.

[28] "Katz Broadcasting Announces Major Distribution Agreements With Media General and Tribune Media". Katz Broadcasting. November 16, 2015 – via PRNewswire.

[29] Adam Buckman (June 15, 2016). "Katz, Bounce Boost Diginet Distribution". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.

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-| former_names = Escape (2014–2019)<br> Court TV Mystery (2019–2022)
+| former_names = Escape (2014–2019)<br /> Court TV Mystery (2019–2022)
-| owner = [[Scripps Networks|Scripps Networks, LLC]]<br>([[E. W. Scripps Company]])<ref name=bc1/>
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-| sister_channels = [[Bounce TV]]<br>[[Court TV]]<br>[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br>[[Ion Television]]<br>[[Ion Plus]]<br>[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]<br>[[Defy TV]]<br>[[Scripps News]]
+| sister_channels = [[Bounce TV]]<br />[[Court TV]]<br />[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br />[[Ion Television]]<br />[[Ion Plus]]<br />[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]<br />[[Defy TV]]<br />[[Scripps News]]
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-'''Ion Mystery''' (formerly '''Escape''' and '''Court TV Mystery''', stylized as '''ESCAPE''' and '''MYSTERY'''; formerly branded on-air as '''Mystery''') is an American [[digital subchannel#Commercial networks|free-to-air]] [[television network]] owned by the [[Scripps Networks]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]. It focuses primarily on mystery, [[true crime]], and police/legal procedural programs.<ref name=TVNewsCheck20140812/>
+'''Ion Mystery''' (formerly '''Escape''' and '''Court TV Mystery''', stylized as '''ESCAPE''' and '''MYSTERY'''; formerly branded on-air as '''Mystery''') is an American [[digital subchannel#Commercial networks|free-to-air]] [[television network]] owned by the [[Scripps Networks]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]. It focuses primarily on mystery, [[true crime]], and police/legal procedural programs.<ref name=TVNewsCheck20140812 />
 It is available in several [[media market]]s via the [[digital subchannel]]s of [[Terrestrial television|terrestrial]] [[television station]]s and on the [[digital cable|digital]] tiers of select [[cable television|cable]] providers through a local affiliate of the network.
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-==History==
+== History ==
 [[Katz Broadcasting]] announced the formation of Escape and sister network [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer. When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with [[Univision Communications]], which planned to launch Grit in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through [[local marketing agreement]]s with [[Entravision Communications]] – giving Grit affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], and [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies.<ref name="EscapeGrit">{{cite news|title=Exclusive: Bounce TV Exec Plans Two New Channels|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/exclusive-bounce-tv-exec-plans-two-new-channels-130235|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=[[NewBay Media]]|date=April 3, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
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 [[File:Escape TV logo.png|thumb|left|175px|Escape's logo from 2014 until the rebranding to Court TV Mystery in September 2019.]]
 On August 1, 2017, in an expansion of the company's existing interest, the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] announced it would purchase a 95% majority stake in Katz Broadcasting's assets (Escape, Grit, and [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]] as well as the managerial rights for [[Bounce TV]] parent Bounce Media, LLC) for $292 million. Although Scripps assumed ownership of the group upon the purchase's completion on October 2, Katz will remain headquartered in [[Marietta, Georgia]] as an autonomous division of its new corporate parent.<ref name=bc1>{{cite web|title=E.W. Scripps Buys Katz Networks in $302M Deal|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/ew-scripps-buys-katz-networks-302m-deal-167592|author=Diana Marszalek|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=August 1, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=E.W. Scripps Closes $302M Katz Purchase|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/107767/ew-scripps-closes-302m-katz-purchase|author=Mark K. Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
-[[File:Court TV Mystery logo.png |thumb|left|175px|Court TV Mystery's logo from 2019 until the rebranding to Ion Mystery in February 2022.]]
+[[File:Court TV Mystery logo.png|thumb|left|175px|Court TV Mystery's logo from 2019 until the rebranding to Ion Mystery in February 2022.]]
 On September 30, 2019, Escape was rebranded as '''Court TV Mystery''', serving as an extension to the [[Court TV]] brand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lafayette |first1=Jon |title=Katz Rebranding Escape Net as Court TV Mystery |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/katz-rebranding-escape-net-as-court-tv-mystery|access-date=September 19, 2019 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
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 Following Scripps' acquisition of [[Ion Media]] in 2021, many of its digital subchannels, including Court TV and Court TV Mystery, were moved over to [[Ion Television|Ion]]-owned affiliates and on Scripps stations, were separated from stations also carrying Court TV, causing viewer confusion regarding the channel positions and carriage status of the two networks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/scripps-moving-multicast-networks-onto-ion-tv-stations |title=Scripps Moving Multicast Networks onto Ion TV Stations |last=Balderston |first=Michael |work=Tvtech |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114183300/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/scripps-moving-multicast-networks-onto-ion-tv-stations |archive-date=January 14, 2021 }}</ref> The network was subsequently rebranded to Ion Mystery on February 24, 2022, with the "Ion" brand now more established regarding [[procedural drama]]s in general, including Ion Mystery's overall programming, whereas Court TV is more associated with its news division.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lafayette |first1=Jon |title=Scripps' Court TV Mystery Rebranded as Ion Mystery |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/scripps-court-tv-mystery-rebranded-as-ion-mystery |website=NextTV |access-date=February 24, 2022 |date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
-==Programming on Ion Mystery==
+== Programming on Ion Mystery ==
-===Current programming===
+=== Current programming ===
 * ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
 * ''[[Cheaters (American TV series)|Cheaters]]''
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-===Former programming===
+=== Former programming ===
 * ''[[American Greed]]''
 * ''Born Behind Bars''
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-==Programming==
+== Programming ==
 Ion Mystery mainly features a mix of procedural [[crime drama]]s and mystery series, as well as off-network reality-based crime re-enactment series and some films.
-Originally, the network had a specific focus on true crime programming directed explicitly towards women. Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of the Escape and male-targeting [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] on [[Bounce TV]], a network Katz co-founded with [[Martin Luther King III]] and [[Andrew Young]] in 2011 that is targeted at Black audiences; Katz stated Escape and Grit would be "the...first-ever (adult) male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz claimed were "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios" (referring to [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Cozi TV]] and [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony]]'s [[getTV]], and indirectly to [[Weigel Broadcasting]]'s [[MeTV]], which was independently created but licenses programming from several studios). <ref name=TVNewsCheck20140812>{{cite news|title=Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77095/classic-tv-diginets-make-the-old-new-again/page/3|author=Elizabeth Guider|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
+Originally, the network had a specific focus on true crime programming directed explicitly towards women. Katz Broadcasting president and CEO Jonathan Katz based the demographic-targeted concept of the Escape and male-targeting [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] on [[Bounce TV]], a network Katz co-founded with [[Martin Luther King III]] and [[Andrew Young]] in 2011 that is targeted at Black audiences; Katz stated Escape and Grit would be "the...first-ever (adult) male-centric and female-centric broadcast networks," featuring different programming from other classic television multicast networks that Katz claimed were "generic brands with generic names, created by studios to serve the studios" (referring to [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Cozi TV]] and [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony]]'s [[getTV]], and indirectly to [[Weigel Broadcasting]]'s [[MeTV]], which was independently created but licenses programming from several studios).<ref name=TVNewsCheck20140812>{{cite news|title=Classic TV Diginets Make The Old New Again|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77095/classic-tv-diginets-make-the-old-new-again/page/3|author=Elizabeth Guider|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
-===Movies===
+=== Movies ===
 Ion Mystery carries a broad roster of crime drama and mystery film releases from the 1980s to the 2000s (including theatrical [[feature film]]s, [[television film|made-for-TV movies]], and documentaries) on Saturdays and Sundays. The network's movie lineup relies primarily on an extensive library of titles through multi-year program licensing agreements with several major [[film studio]]s, including [[Reel One Entertainment]], Multicom Entertainment Group, [[Sonar Entertainment]], [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (distributed through [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television Distribution]]),<ref>{{cite news|title=Grit, Escape Diginets In Warner Bros. Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76928/grit-escape-diginets-in-warner-bros-deal|author=Kevin Downey|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 10, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Universal Pictures]] (through [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]]),<ref>{{cite news|title=Grit & Escape Add 157 NBCU Movies To Library|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77266/grit--escape-add-157-nbcu-movies-to-library|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Paramount Pictures]] (through [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]]),<ref name="Paramount">{{cite news|title=Paramount Movies Added to Escape, Grit Networks|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/paramount-movies-added-escape-grit-networks/132620|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=July 22, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> and [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (through [[Sony Pictures Television]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Grit, Escape Add Sony Pictures Films|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78937/grit-escape-add-sony-pictures-films|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>
-===Television series===
+=== Television series ===
 The majority of Ion Mystery's schedule consists of off-network reality-based crime re-enactment series. Shortly before the network's launch, on August 1, 2014, the network acquired the [[broadcast syndication|syndication]] rights to three true crime series – ''[[Forensic Files]]'', ''[[Snapped]]'', and the [[Dennis Farina]] run of ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'' – through respective deals with Trifecta Entertainment & Media, NBCUniversal Television Distribution, and Cosgrove/Meurer Productions for its initial schedule.<ref>{{cite news|title=Escape Acquires Rights to More Than 500 Episodes of Three Popular True Crime Television Series|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/08/01/escape-acquires-rights-to-more-than-500-episodes-of-three-popular-true-crime-television-series-805213/20140801escape01/|website=The Futon Critic|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Escape Adds Three True Crime Series|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78144/escape-adds-three-true-crime-series|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
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 On December 6, 2017, Katz signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to acquire the syndication rights to ''[[Cold Case]]''. The 2003–10 [[CBS]] crime drama – the first scripted program acquisition for Escape – joined the network on [[New Year's Day|January 1]], 2018 with a twelve-episode marathon, before being added to its regular schedule the following night (January 2).<ref>{{cite web|title=Escape Adds Drama Series 'Without A Trace' To Lineup|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/escape-adds-drama-series-without-trace-lineup/170480|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Without a Trace to Debut on Escape Jan. 1, 2018 With 12-Hour New Year's Day Marathon|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/without-a-trace-to-debut-on-escape-jan-1-2018-with-12-hour-new-years-day-marathon-300567864.html|website=Escape|publisher=Katz Broadcasting|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Escape Expands to Scripted Dramas With 'Trace'|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109434/escape-expands-to-scripted-dramas-with-trace|author=Mark K. Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Several other series, including ''[[John Doe (TV series)|John Doe]]'', ''[[Killer Instinct (TV series)|Killer Instinct]]'', and the original ''[[Law & Order]]'' have since been picked up by the network, along with the Canadian series ''[[DaVinci's Inquest]]'', a mainstay of syndication since the mid-2000s.
-==Affiliates==
+== Affiliates ==
 {{Main|List of Ion Mystery affiliates}}
-{{As of|2018|1|1|df=us}}, Ion Mystery has current or pending affiliation agreements with 165 television stations in 65 media markets (including 24 of the top 30), covering 86% of all households in the United States (or 268,780,687 Americans with at least one television set).<ref name=RabbitEarsEscape>{{cite web|title=Stations for Network - Escape|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Escape|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Originally, Katz sold Escape and sister network Grit to prospective affiliate stations under an advertising split structure; by October 2015, the company had shifted to having affiliates pay carriage fees to provide Escape and Grit programming, in exchange for a share of the network's ad inventory; the company also initially utilized [[direct response advertising]] as a metric for viewership for Escape.<ref name=tnc>{{cite web|title=OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/89135/ota-the-bedrock-of-katzs-growing-diginets/page/1|author=Harry A. Jessell|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Katz enrolled Escape and sister network Grit to begin having their viewership measured under the [[Nielsen Corporation|Nielsen]] [[Nielsen ratings|national ratings]], in addition to switching to the [[Nielsen ratings#Commercial ratings|Nielsen rating C-3]] ratings metric for advertising.<ref name=tnc/><ref>{{cite news|title=Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/diginets-grit-and-escape-sign-national-ratings/144198|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>
+{{As of|2018|1|1|df=us}}, Ion Mystery has current or pending affiliation agreements with 165 television stations in 65 media markets (including 24 of the top 30), covering 86% of all households in the United States (or 268,780,687 Americans with at least one television set).<ref name=RabbitEarsEscape>{{cite web|title=Stations for Network – Escape|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Escape|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Originally, Katz sold Escape and sister network Grit to prospective affiliate stations under an advertising split structure; by October 2015, the company had shifted to having affiliates pay carriage fees to provide Escape and Grit programming, in exchange for a share of the network's ad inventory; the company also initially utilized [[direct response advertising]] as a metric for viewership for Escape.<ref name=tnc>{{cite web|title=OTA The Bedrock of Katz's Growing Diginets|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/89135/ota-the-bedrock-of-katzs-growing-diginets/page/1|author=Harry A. Jessell|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Katz enrolled Escape and sister network Grit to begin having their viewership measured under the [[Nielsen Corporation|Nielsen]] [[Nielsen ratings|national ratings]], in addition to switching to the [[Nielsen ratings#Commercial ratings|Nielsen rating C-3]] ratings metric for advertising.<ref name=tnc /><ref>{{cite news|title=Diginets Grit and Escape Sign Up for National Ratings|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/diginets-grit-and-escape-sign-national-ratings/144198|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>
-When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which planned to launch Escape in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through [[local marketing agreement]]s with [[Entravision Communications]] – giving Escape affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], and [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies;<ref name="EscapeGrit"/> on June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Escape on stations owned and/or operated by [[Raycom Media]] in six markets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Raycom To Carry New Escape, Grit Diginets|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77101/raycom-to-carry-new-escape-grit-diginets|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
+When the network was first announced, Katz Broadcasting entered into an affiliation agreement with Univision Communications, which planned to launch Escape in 22 markets served by a station owned by the group or operated through [[local marketing agreement]]s with [[Entravision Communications]] – giving Escape affiliates in 17 of the 20 largest U.S. television markets (including markets such as [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], and [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]). The network immediately sought carriage on the digital subchannels of television stations owned by other broadcasting companies;<ref name="EscapeGrit" /> on June 17, 2014, Katz signed group deals to carry Escape on stations owned and/or operated by [[Raycom Media]] in six markets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Raycom To Carry New Escape, Grit Diginets|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77101/raycom-to-carry-new-escape-grit-diginets|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
 On July 17, 2014, Katz announced affiliation deals with the [[Cox Media Group]] to carry Escape on [[WAXN-TV]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] and [[KMYT-TV]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. It also reached a deal with PMCM TV, LLC to carry Escape and Grit on [[WDPN-TV|KJWP]] in the [[Philadelphia]] market, and with [[Citadel Communications]] to carry the network on its stations in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] ([[WLNE-TV]]) and [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] ([[KLKN]]). Katz also expanded its affiliation agreement with Univision Communications to add Univision-owned stations in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] to the group's originally announced Escape charter affiliates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Escape, Grit Diginets Expand Market Reach|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77814/escape-grit-diginets-expand-market-reach|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cox, Univision & Others to Launch New Networks Escape and Grit in Major Markets|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/17/cox-univision-others-to-launch-new-networks-escape-and-grit-in-major-markets/283866/|author=Amanda Kondolojy|website=[[TV by the Numbers]]|publisher=[[Tribune Media]]|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812230624/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/17/cox-univision-others-to-launch-new-networks-escape-and-grit-in-major-markets/283866/|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> At the network's introduction in August 2014, Escape had affiliation agreements with television stations in 33 [[media market]]s (including stations in 23 of the 50 largest [[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen]] markets), with an approximate estimated reach of 50% of all television-equipped households in the United States.
 On May 18, 2015, the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] signed a multi-year agreement with Katz Broadcasting to expand distribution of Escape and sister networks Grit and Laff, which extended Escape's availability to 70 million homes (covering 60% of the U.S.), adding the network to Scripps-owned stations in markets such as [[Detroit]] ([[WMYD]]); [[Indianapolis]] ([[WRTV]]); [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] ([[KMCI-TV]]), [[Cincinnati]] ([[WCPO-TV]]), and [[Milwaukee]] ([[WTMJ-TV]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Scripps In Multi-Net Deal For Katz Diginets|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/85403/scripps-in-multinet-deal-for-katz-diginets|author=Kevin Downey|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> On November 16, 2015, Katz announced new affiliation deals with [[Media General]] and [[Tribune Media]] adding the network to eight more markets, including [[Seattle]] ([[KCPQ]]), [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]] ([[WXSP-CD]]), [[Albuquerque]] ([[KASY-TV]]), [[St. Louis]] ([[KTVI]]), and [[New Orleans]] ([[WGNO]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Katz Broadcasting Announces Major Distribution Agreements With Media General and Tribune Media|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/katz-broadcasting-announces-major-distribution-agreements-with-media-general-and-tribune-media-300179251.html|website=[[Katz Broadcasting]]|via=[[PRNewswire]]|date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> Additional agreements were reached on June 15, 2016, that brought Escape to stations owned and/or operated by [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] (as well as subsidiaries [[Mission Broadcasting]] and White Knight Broadcasting) and for [[Cordillera Communications]]'s [[KVOA]]/[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Katz, Bounce Boost Diginet Distribution|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/95521/katz-bounce-boost-diginet-distribution|author=Adam Buckman|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> By January 2017, Escape had affiliates covering over 76% of all U.S. households with at least one television set.
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 * {{Official website|https://ionmystery.com/}}

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ABC	KATC KERO-TV / KZKC-LD KGTV / KZSD-LD KGUN-TV KIVI-TV / KSAW-LD KMGH-TV / KZCO-LD KNXV-TV KTNV-TV KXXV / KRHD-CD WCPO-TV WEWS-TV WFTS-TV ⁹ WKBW-TV WMAR-TV WRTV WTXL-TV WXYZ-TV
CBS	KMTV-TV KPAX-TV / KAJJ-CD KRTV / KXLH-LD KTVQ KXLF-TV / KBZK KZTV ¹ WTKR WTVF ⁵ WTVR-TV
The CW	KATC ³ KRIS-TV ³ KSBY ³ KTNV-TV ³ ⁴ KWBA-TV WGNT WSFL-TV WMYD ⁷
Fox	KSTU WFLX ⁶ WFTX-TV WSYM-TV WXMI
NBC	KJRH-TV KOAA-TV KRIS-TV KSBY KSHB-TV KTVH-DT / KTGF-LD KTPX-TV ³ ⁸ WGBA-TV WLEX-TV WPTV-TV WTMJ-TV
Ion (O&O)	KFPX-TV KKPX-TV KPXB-TV KPXD-TV KPXG-TV KPXL-TV KPXM-TV KPXN-TV KPXR-TV KRTV / KXLH-LD ³ KSPX-TV KTPX-TV KWPX-TV KXLF-TV / KBZK ³ WBPX-TV / WPXG WCPX-TV WDPX-TV WEPX-TV / WPXU-TV WINP-TV WIPL WKOI-TV WLPX-TV WNPX-TV WOPX-TV WPPX-TV WPXA-TV WPXC-TV WPXE-TV WPXK-TV WPXL-TV WPXM-TV WPXN-TV WPXQ-TV WPXR-TV WPXW-TV / WWPX-TV WQPX-TV WRBU WRPX-TV WSPX-TV WTPX-TV WTVR-TV ³ WXPX-TV WZRB
Other	Bounce TV WSFJ-TV WFPX-TV Grit WDPX-TV Ion Mystery KZCS-LD Independent KASW ² KCDO-TV / KSBS-CD KMCC KMCI-TV KUPX-TV K22JA-D WACY-TV WHDT MyNetworkTV WSYM-TV ³ Scripps News KILM Telemundo K47DF-D / KZTV ¹ ³
TV networks	Broadcast Bounce TV Court TV Defy TV Grit Ion Television Ion Mystery Laff Scripps News OTT Ion Plus
Defunct	Broadcast Qubo TrueReal
Programming	Scripps Sports The List Right This Minute Yule Log
Acquisitions	Cordillera Communications Ion Media Journal Communications McGraw-Hill Katz Broadcasting
Digital	Scripps News
People	Adam P. Symson Rich Boehne Edward W. Estlow Jack R. Howard Roy W. Howard Ted Knap Jim G. Lucas Ernie Pyle Al Schottelkotte Charles Scripps E. W. Scripps
Related	National Journalism Awards Newspaper Enterprise Association National Spelling Bee Scripps Howard Foundation Scripps Networks Interactive United Feature Syndicate United Media Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
NOTES: ¹ Scripps operates KZTV under a shared services agreement with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. ² KNXV-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of sister independent station KASW for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. ³ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ⁴ KTNV-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned CW station KVCW for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. ⁵ WTVF provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of locally-owned and Sinclair Broadcast Group-operated Dabl station WNAB for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. ⁶ Scripps operates WFLX under a shared services agreement with Gray Television. ⁷ WXYZ-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of sister CW station WMYD for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. ⁸ KJRH-TV provides a standard definition simulcast of sister station, Ion Television O&O KTPX-TV. ⁹ WFTS-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of Hearst Television-owned independent station WMOR-TV for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers.