Heroes and Icons
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| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | Nationwide, via OTA digital TV (U.S. coverage: 60%) |
| Slogan | All Eyes on H&I |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
| Owner | Weigel Broadcasting |
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Key people
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Launch date
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September 28, 2014 |
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Picture format
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480i Widescreen (SDTV) |
| Callsigns | H&I |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
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Official website
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Official website |
Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American digital broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Primarily carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, it primarily airs classic television series from the 1950s through the 2000s, with a focus on westerns, crime dramas, sci-fi, and action-oriented programming geared toward male audiences.
The network operates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois, and is essentially an offshoot of MeTV - a general classic TV digital network also owned by Weigel.
The network was soft launched with limited advanced promotion on September 28, 2014, on the digital subchannels of Weigel-owned stations WWME-CD (channel 23.2) and WCIU-TV (channel 26.4) in Chicago, and WMLW-TV (channel 49.3) in Milwaukee. Heroes & Icons was created at the request of the affiliates of Weigel's existing networks, in order to increase their programming options, as well as to fill vacancies expected to open up within Weigel's subchannel lineups due to the gradual expiration of the group's existing affiliation agreements with This TV (which Weigel co-founded in 2009 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, before transferring its interest to Tribune Broadcasting in November 2013); an additional factor was the migration of sister network Movies! in the Milwaukee market from WMLW to the second digital subchannel of Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate WISN-TV (channel 12).
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