Ion TV Sets Debut Date For ‘Golden Christmas'

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Ion Television has set Dec. 13 as the debut date for its first original TV movie.

The film is A Golden Christmas, produced for the network by MarVista Entertainment.

The film features childhood sweethearts reunited by coincidence at Christmastime. It stars Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused).

The films is the first of a dozen originals scheduled to roll out by the end of 2010.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.