RHI to Debut Weekly Western Night on ION Television

NEW YORK, February 21: During March and April, RHI Entertainment will be
airing original movies and classic encores from the western genre on the ION
Television Network on Saturday nights.

Among the original movies that will air on the weekly block, dubbed Western
Night, is Aces N’ Eights, which will kick off the block on March 15 at
9 p.m., Prairie Fever on March 29 and Lone Rider on April 12.

In addition, ION will air classics from the RHI library, including Ranger, Cook and
the Hole in the Sky, Return to Lonesome Dove and Painted
Hero.

“Everyone loves a good
Western,” said Robert Halmi Jr., the president and CEO of RHI Entertainment.
“These are timeless morality tales, where the good guys are always good and the
bad guys are always bad. We are delighted to give this classic genre some
well-deserved prime-time exposure, courtesy of these exceptional films.”

“Western Night on ION promises our audiences non-stop adventure
with the dreamers and desperados who built the American West,” added Brandon
Burgess, the chairman and CEO of ION Media Networks. “Westerns are an ultra-hot
genre right now, and we expect our audience to keep coming back for more
thrilling Wild-West action, week after week.”

—By Ned Berke