Mystery's overall programming, whereas Court TV is more associated with its news division. Programming on Ion Mystery Current programming Bones Cheaters Corrupt Crimes Crime 360 Crime Stories CSI CSI: Miami Da Vinci's Inquest Forensic Files I Killed My BFF Leverage Leverage: Redemption Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force Murderous Affairs NCIS: New Orleans Scorpion Swift Justice with Nancy Grace Upcoming programming Major Crimes (2023) Former programming American Greed Born Behind Bars Crime Watch Daily CSI: New York The First 48 Law & Order Scandal Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall Unsolved Mysteries Programming 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). Movies 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), Universal Pictures (through NBCUniversal Television Distribution), Paramount Pictures (through Trifecta Entertainment & Media), and Sony Pictures Entertainment (through Sony Pictures Television). 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 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. In May 2016, the network acquired the syndication