Sources say Studio 13 Live on Fox 13 will end its run in early fall. It was a year ago this month that co-host Carly Henderson was laid off. No word on how this might affect remaining host Mireya Garcia, but she's very versatile on-air. The program debuted in Jan. 2023 as an hour at 10 a.m., but now is just 30 minutes at 11. Meanwhile, the Studio 13 time slot will be taken over as of Thursday for a FIFA World Cup Live Preview Show from the network, putting the lifestyle show on hiatus. It will also replace some hours of Good Day Seattle, according to the station program grid.
Fox 13 Seattle has numerous June changes underway, especially in the sports department. They've promoted sports freelancer Lauren Helmbrecht to fulltime anchor/reporter and she'll be part of the host rotation on the evening sports wrap show. Ethan McReynolds moves to fulltime sports MMJ (multi-media journalist). And for you Alyssa Charlston-Smith fans, she's transitioning from her former job as #2 sportscaster there to a freelance role while her new main gig continues as analyst on the Seattle Storm basketball broadcast team. It's all just in time for a major sports summer and fall here and continues putting pressure on the KING bunch. It's getting to be a real duel. In other news, Fox is adding a new member to its streaming roster, Felicia Michelle, who moves here from WISH-TV in Indy, where she was a lifestyle host and reporter.. She starts later this month. Good Day Seattle is getting a bump, too, in the person of Sadie Bug...