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Change coming on weekends at this Seattle TV

 

KOMO's Hannah Knowles posted this Sunday.  She's moving on and, so far, no word on what's next professionlly.  She's getting married.   Last day July 30.   Zahn on vacation next week, so we will see who's at the weather wizard wall.   That's why they did their goodbyes today.



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  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM

    I do hope KOMO does a career retrospective on Hannah. I will enjoy all :39 of it.

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    1. Wayne LJuly 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM

      Joined in June 22, so it must be an expiring three-year deal. She had some success on the KOMO evening live desk, and the weekend move was a nice one, but weekend mornings are wasteland these days. She's a Utah grad, so maybe Salt Lake is in play?

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    2. "Mark Felt"July 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM

      Much like Tegna and Cox/Apollo are always trying to be on the "affordable" (cheap) end of things, I am going to go off the wall on this and they will tell Theron that since he has done this for about the past 25 years, he can pretty much do both weather and anchor weekend mornings. Since Chris Daniels fancies himself as the go-to-guy when it comes to Seattle sports (and usurping Niko), Chris can do weekend sports as well since Sinclair is pretty much paying for his salary and they paid him handsomely to remain in Seattle and take him away from KING5. Again, that is my hunch.

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  2. Wayne LJuly 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM

    Pretty doubtful that Chris would anchor sports, but mre likely that Zahn will anchor solo with weather taped the night before by Shannon or Stella.

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  3. IDC9July 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM

    I'm sorry to hear that Hannah is leaving KOMO. She and Theron barely had time to develop an on air rapport on the weekend morning shows. The weekend morning shows might not be the most important, but a good team makes even the weakest newscast a little bit better, and that's what was starting to happen here following Lee Stoll's departure. I wish Hannah all the best in her future endeavors, and look forward to seeing who KOMO decides to pair Theron up with next.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM

    The best Theron pairing was with Marlee Ginter. That was must see TV. She was so earnest with her baking efforts. She’d bring in things for him to try each weekend, and they usually looked less than appetizing. He’d sample it and give his honest opinion. It was hilarious, tv gold.

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    1. IDC9July 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM

      I had completely forgotten about that! Those segments were always worth watching.

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    2. AnonymousJuly 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM

      I agree 100%. Loved Marlee and Theron. They were must-see-tv every weekend.

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