June 9, and lasted until the network's closure. Employees at Shop at Home were to receive an additional two weeks' pay, severance pay, and, if they remained through the network's closure, three months of benefits, such as insurance. Jewelry Television buys Shop at Home As the scheduled final days of Shop at Home approached, Jewelry Television announced it would purchase all assets of the network and maintain 100 unspecified jobs in Nashville under its sale agreement. Scripps detailed the sale at $17 million for fixed assets, and noted that Jewelry Television would also assume existing cable and satellite television carriage agreements. On June 23, 2006, Shop at Home TV returned to the air with a limited schedule, once again specializing in the sale of various collectible merchandise ranging from collectible gold, silver and rare coins; popular brand name watches like Tag Heuer & Bulova; to unique knives and autographed sports memorabilia. The original schedule was 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Eastern time. Kim Church (named Kim Stamper until 2005), Shawn Leflar, Robert Parsons, Elliot Smith, and several other hosts returned. On September 11, 2006, Shop at Home returned to a full 24-hour on-air schedule, returning to selling a variety of products. Second closure It was announced on January 8, 2008, that Shop at Home would permanently cease its broadcast on March 7, 2008, again citing its failure to successfully compete with QVC, HSN, and ShopNBC (now ShopHQ). Before its second closure, several longtime hosts returned to the show in a "Reunion Month" throughout the month of February. A couple of the shows have received new life on other networks. The Watch Show and Tim Temple moved to Jewelry Television. Shop at Home went off the air on March 8, 2008. After a period of time where it continued to sell collectibles and knives, the network's domain has since become only a redirect to the Jewelry Television website. Controversy on signed Sports Items Sold There have been a number of reports that many Mickey Mantle sold items were forgeries. An example of a Mickey Mantle autographed baseball that was sold by Shop At Home TV back in the 1990s; "It is a forgery and Shop At Home sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of similar items according to sports memorabilia fraud busters in a blog on autographmagazine.com forums". Television stations While Shop at Home was primarily a cable and satellite television