ION TELEVISION ACQUIRES TOP-RATED “PSYCH,” MONK,” AND “HOUSE” FROM NBCUNIVERSAL DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

NEW YORK – JULY 27, 2011 – ION Television furthers its programming strategy of providing high-quality content with the acquisition of three of television’s critically-acclaimed and highly popular series, “Psych” and “Monk” from Universal Cable Productions and “House” from Universal Media Studios, it was announced today by Brandon Burgess, CEO, ION Media Networks, and Frances Manfredi, Executive Vice President and General Sales Manager, NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution. As part of the content package, ION Television attains the right to air six and future seasons of the detective