I want E.W. Scripps to realize the mistake they made when they FORCED ION Plus and Qubo off the air for no reason whatsoever. This was a rushed decision that was not well thought of. Because of this decision, there are TWO or more Court TV affiliates in ONE market. That would be similar to one company owning the ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox stations in one market. It's ridiculous! If E.W. Scripps wanted to launch TrueReal and Defy TV in July, they could have kept ION Plus and Qubo on the air. They could have added those channels to the subchannel of ION and Katz Network affiliates. ION Plus could have served as an extension to the ION brand. This would be similar to Court TV Mystery being an extension to Court TV. ION Plus would air lifestyle-type programming. As far as Qubo, it should have never been thought of to be taken off the air. Even though Qubo was a shell of what it once was in its final years, Qubo still had good shows. Now with Qubo gone, Smile and PBS Kids are the only 24-hour children's network left in the United States. Smile is a Christian-based children's network. Sadly, Christian television is not seen as often as other secular networks; a problem that affects other religious broadcasters such as TBN, CBN, and TCT.

A Hourly Station showed up that said "Your ION Television Station" on ION Television Owned and operated stations and "Your ION Plus Station" on ION Plus stations.

 

Here's What E.W. Scripps should do:

• Shut Down INYO Broadcast Holdings!
• Stop Acquiring ION Media and bring the company back!
• Bring Back Qubo, ION Plus, and Shop ION!
• Shut Down Defy TV and Scripps News (Scripps News will still be a free linear network!)
• Rename ION Mystery back to Court TV Mystery!
• Rename ION back to ION Television!
   

Katz Networks (E.W. Scripps Company):

• Bounce: You belong here
• Court TV: Your front row seat to justice
• Court TV Mystery: Join the investigation
• Grit: Television with backbone
• Laff: You know you want to

ION Media:

• ION Television: Positively entertaining
• ION Plus: More reasons to binge
• Qubo: Where good fun begins

While there is no Qubo Channel available on either Dish Network or DirecTV, the West coast feed of ION Television airs a Qubo block from 6:00AM Eastern/5:00AM Central to 4:00PM Eastern/3:00PM Central time every day. Due to their extension of regular programming, ION Television still needs to airs the branded Qubo block in one hour sections, every Friday afternoons from 12:00PM Eastern/11:00AM Central to 3:00PM Eastern/2:00PM Central and so does NBC, every Saturday mornings from 10:00AM Eastern/9:00AM Central to 1:00PM Eastern/12:00PM Central, and Telemundo Every Saturday and Sunday mornings!

ION Plus is supposed to air Paid Programming from 1:00AM Eastern/12:00AM Central to 9:00AM Eastern/8:00AM Central!

Qubo Night Owl screenbug needs to appear from 12:00am to 6:00am Every Night. the Qubo Night Owl block starts regularly from 12:00am to 4:00am! Qubo starts from 4:00am to 6:00am!

I hope that E.W. Scripps Company right the wrongs of the closures of the former ION Plus, Qubo, and Shop ION and bring those brands back. I hope this petition can be a step to getting this done and fixing this problem. 

Here’s the Video for the Bumpers on Qubo:

 

 

And Here's the Screenbugs:

 

 

• ION Television screenbug
   

 

 

• Qubo screenbug from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Over the Air, Dish Network, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Optimum, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, Shentel, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Google TV)

 

 

• Qubo Night Owl screenbug from 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. (Over the Air, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Optimum, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, Shentel, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Google TV)

 

 

• Qubo Night Owl screenbug from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. (Over the Air, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Optimum, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, Shentel, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Google TV)

 

 

• Qubo screenbug from 4:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Samsung TV Plus, Vizio WatchFree+, The Roku Channel, Xumo, Freevee, Tubi, LG Channels, TCL Channel, Pluto TV)

 

 

• Qubo Night Owl screenbug from 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. (Samsung TV Plus, Vizio WatchFree+, The Roku Channel, Xumo, Freevee, Tubi, LG Channels, TCL Channel, Pluto TV)
  
  

• ION Plus screenbug (Over the Air, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Optimum, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, Shentel, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Google TV)

 

• ION Plus screenbug (Samsung TV Plus, Vizio WatchFree+, The Roku Channel, Xumo, Freevee, Tubi, LG Channels, TCL Channel, Pluto TV)

 

 

 

• Qubo on NBC screenbug

 

 

 

• Qubo on Telemundo screenbug

 

• Qubo on ION Television screenbug

Picture format (ION Television):

• 16:9 (720p, HD)

Picture format (Qubo):

• 4:3 (480i, SD)

Picture format (ION Plus):

• 4:3 (480i, SD)

Picture format (ION Shop):

• 4:3 (480i, SD)

Availablity (ION Television):

• Dish Network: Channel 216 (East, HD) / Channel 217 (West, SD, carried from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern)
• DirecTV: Channel 305 (East, HD) / Channel 306 (West, SD, carried from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern)
• Pluto TV: Channel 226
• ION is still available on Cable TV!

Availablity (Qubo):

• Qubo Channel available on Ion Television's owned-and-operated stations and select affiliates: Varies; usually carried on the second digital subchannel.
• WIFS (TV): Channel 57.5 (Janesville/Madison, Wisconsin)
• KMCC: Channel 34.2 (Laughlin/Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Dish Network: Channel 217 (carried from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern)
• DirecTV: Channel 306 (carried from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern)
• Verizon FiOS: Channel 491
• AT&T U-verse: Channel 328
• Optimum: Channel 119
• Comcast Xfinity: Channel 135/125
• Charter Spectrum: Channel 155
• Mediacom
• Shentel
• Samsung TV Plus: Channel 1390
• The Roku Channel: Channel 411
• Vizio WatchFree+
• Xumo
• Freevee
• FuboTV
• Tubi
• YouTube TV
• LG Channels
• Google TV
• TCL Channel
• Pluto TV: Channel 3147

Availablity (ION Plus):

• ION Plus available on Ion Television's owned-and-operated stations and select affiliates: Varies; usually carried on the third digital subchannel.
• KILM: Channel 64.1 (Inglewood/Los Angeles, California)
• WCLJ-TV: Channel 42.1 (Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana)
• WFPX-TV: Channel 57.1 (Archer Lodge/Raleigh/
  Durham, North Carolina)
• WDLI-TV: Channel 17.1 (Canton/Akron/Cleveland, Ohio)
• WSFJ-TV: Channel 51.1 (London/Columbus, Ohio)
• WIFS (TV): Channel 57.1 (Janesville/Madison, Wisconsin)
• WLWC: Channel 28.1 (New Bedford, Massachusetts/
  Providence, Rhode Island)
• KMCC: Channel 34.1 (Laughlin/Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Verizon FiOS: Channel 492
• AT&T U-verse: Channel 468
• Optimum: Channel 122
• Comcast Xfinity
• Charter Spectrum
• Mediacom
• Pluto TV: Channel 247
• YouTube TV
• Google TV
• ION Plus is still available on Free TV!

Interstitials (Qubo):

• Ask Me!
• Wibbly Pig shorts
• Zerby Derby shorts
• Ruby's Studio
• I'm an Animal
• BatteryPOP

ION Television's Owned-and-operated stations's sub channels:

1. ION Television (720p, 16:9)
2. Qubo (480i, 4:3)
3. ION Plus (480i, 4:3)
4. ION Shop (480i, 4:3)
5. QVC (480i, 4:3)
6. HSN (480i, 4:3)

Schedule (Qubo):

Weekdays:

• 6:00am ToddWorld
• 6:30am Super BOOMi
• 7:00am Bubu and the Little Owls
• 7:30am Doki
• 8:00am Fishtronaut
• 8:30am Rupert
• 9:00am Timothy Goes to School
• 9:30am Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse
• 10:00am Gofrette
• 10:30am Raggs
• 11:00am Bubu and the Little Owls
• 11:30am You & Me
• 12:00pm Messy Goes to OKIDO
• 12:30pm Doki
• 1:00pm Gofrette
• 1:30pm Timothy Goes to School
• 2:00pm Rupert
• 2:30pm Justin' Time
• 3:00pm Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
• 3:30pm Pippi Longstocking
• 4:00pm Babar and the Adventures of Badou
• 4:30pm The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog
• 5:00pm Willa's Wild Life
• 5:30pm The Zula Patrol
• 6:00pm Ned's Newt
• 6:30pm Stickin' Around
• 7:00pm Scaredy Squirrel
• 7:30pm Grossology
• 8:00pm Cosmic Quantum Ray
• 8:30pm The DaVincibles
• 9:00pm Rescue Heroes
• 9:30pm Class of the Titans
• 10:00pm Being Ian
• 10:30pm Sidekick
• 11:00pm Scaredy Squirrel
• 11:30pm Babar and the Adventures of Badou

Weekends:

• 6:00am Adventures from the Book of Virtues (2x)
• 7:00am Mighty Machines (2x)
• 8:00am Jacob Two-Two
• 8:30am Babar
• 9:00am Jane and the Dragon (2x)
• 10:00am The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog (2x)
• 11:00am Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller (2x)
• 12:00pm The Zula Patrol (2x)
• 1:00pm Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
• 1:30pm Timeblazers
• 2:00pm The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2x)
• 3:00pm Rescue Heroes (2x)
• 4:00pm Secret Millionaire's Club
• 4:30pm Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
• 5:00pm Willa's Wild Life
• 5:30pm Pearlie
• 6:00pm Jane and the Dragon
• 6:30pm The Zula Patrol
• 7:00pm The DaVincibles
• 7:30pm Cosmic Quantum Ray
• 8:00pm Sidekick
• 8:30pm Pet Alien
• 9:00pm Scaredy Squirrel
• 9:30pm Jane and the Dragon
• 10:00pm Willa's Wild Life
• 10:30pm Pearlie
• 11:00pm The Zula Patrol
• 11:30pm The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog

Every Night

• 12:00am He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2x)
• 1:00am She-Ra: Princess of Power (2x)
• 2:00am BraveStarr (2x)
• 3:00am Ghostbusters (2x)
• 4:00am Class of the Titans (2x)
• 5:00am Sitting Ducks (May 1 – June 30, 2023) / Being Ian (July 1, 2023 – present) (2x)

Qubo (ION Television):

Qubo will be airing Every Friday Afternoons from 12:00pm to 3:00pm on ION Television starting May 5th!

Friday:

• 12:00 PM The Zula Patrol
• 12:30 PM Pearlie
• 1:00 PM Jane and the Dragon
• 1:30 PM Willa's Wild Life
• 2:00 PM Shelldon
• 2:30 PM Babar

Qubo (NBC):

Qubo will be airing Every Saturday Mornings from 10:00am to 1:00pm on NBC starting May 6th!

Saturday:

• 10:00 AM The Zula Patrol
• 10:30 AM Shelldon
• 11:00 AM Jane and the Dragon
• 11:30 AM Babar
• 12:00 PM Willa's Wild Life
• 12:30 PM Pearlie

Qubo (Telemundo):

Qubo will be airing Every Saturday Mornings from 8:00am to 9:30am on Telemundo starting May 6th!

Saturday:

• 8:00 AM Jane and the Dragon
• 8:30 AM Babar
• 9:00 AM The Zula Patrol

Sunday:

• 8:00 AM Shelldon
• 8:30 AM Willa's Wild Life
• 9:00 AM Pearlie