Skip to main content

Sorry, Sebastian, but you're not an anchor




Checked in with KING on Saturday evening where reporter Sebastian Robertson was filling in on the anchor desk.  Please, somebody at KING coach this guy. He is too soft spoken to anchor. No energy, volume, no urgency, tone, drive.   He led in to an exclusive Investigators piece like he was ready for a nap.   Sell the stories.   He has one job.  Don't mail it in.  Boring presentation at a time where he could shine.


Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM

    You have mentioned that you have supported suicide prevention work. Given the perspective that experience may provide on how public criticism affects people, do you think your blog's tone consistently reflects the same compassion and concern for human consequences?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wayne LJune 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM

    No, I don't. But a worthwhile observation.
    I make comments on what I see. If a person is consistently on TV in a front line role, they are in a fishbowl and it's fair game for them to take praise or criticism. It's an automatic performance review and should actually motivate them to recognize their performance or social media issues, learn and improve. I did the same critiques when I was a news director. Nature of the industry.

    ReplyDelete
  3. ChrisJune 14, 2026 at 8:27 AM

    I’ve noticed this as well in both reporting and anchoring. Very monotone delivery. On one hand you could say he displays calmness which I can appreciate now that almost everything is considered “breaking news”. But on the other hand when there is a serious story or something that requires the public to act with urgency that doesn’t always come across with his delivery.

    ReplyDelete
  4. IDC9June 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM

    I hope that Sebastian will see this and take your points on board. As we saw with the crewneck situation a few weeks ago, he is quite capable of improvement.

    ReplyDelete
  5. MartinJune 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM

    Hard for me to take seriously a fellow that appears so young in the anchor desk. Looks like he is probably a senior in high school or at best a doomed intern.

    ReplyDelete
  6. MartinJune 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM

    I saw Stephen Kilbreath doing the weather again on FOX 13 a couple of days ago.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. IDC9June 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM

      Good to hear!

      Delete
    2. AnonymousJune 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM

      I am going to check the meet our weather team site a couple of times a day now to see whom or if any weather anchor gets cut to make room for Stephen. I know the one I would like to see removed.

      Delete
    3. Wayne LJune 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM

      Summer vacations coverage I would presume when auctions are dormant.

      Delete
    4. IDC9June 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM

      If Stephen is only freelancing, his bio might not be put back up on the Fox 13 website (he had one out there at one point), and no one may be cut from the weather team.

      Delete
  7. MartinJune 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM

    I saw Stephen Kilbreath doing the weather a couple of days ago on FOX13.

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousJune 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM

    Aside: Once again this weekend on K5, the anchor is reading the sports segment.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. IDC9June 15, 2026 at 11:51 AM

      I guess they want their entire sports team available for coverage on our six local World Cup match days, one of which is today.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rebecca Stevenson has left KOMO

 "I am no longer at Komo 4." Thanks.  Longtime Weather Anchor Rebecca Stevenson confirms that she left the station just before Christmas.  Her last Facebook posts are 12/17.  She has the Seattle station Quintafecta, having worked at the old NWCN, KING, KIRO, KCPQ and KOMO.  Looks like her decision.  Wants a new chapter.   She was doing mainly weekend evenings for KOMO.  Perhaps Stella Sun will move there.   She has been sharing weekend mornings with Theron Zahn.    
21 comments
Read more

Where is Frankie?

Many have missed KIRO 7's weekend PM weather anchor, Frankie Katafias, so I reached out to some of my sources to find an answer.    She is apparently taking a few months of leave, but not known specifically what the reason may be.  Although there is uncertainty, it could be a personal or family matter.   I am told she is expected back at some point in the new year.  She is a great asset to what has become a troubled station.  Meanwhile former KOIN Portland chief met holds down the fort.
11 comments
Read more

Seeing some alerts on Parella Lewis' behavior in SC

She's on her way to KING in August, but Patreons on ftvlive.com show several colleagues complaining about bullying tactcs and not wanting to work with her.   It may explain why she moved from station to station in Seattle back in the day and wound up in a podunk market for years. Here's the post, you be the judge: FTVLive has heard from a number of staffers who described Lewis as a straight up "Bully." Now, normally, when someone reaches out to FTVLive and describes a co-worker is "mean" or a "bully", we don't pay it much attention. Not everyone likes each other and in a business full of big egos, there will be friction. But, the word "bully" kept popping up, when talking to people inside the WYFF newsroom. One insider shared a story in which WYFF Anchor Destiny Chance was to read a story while standing in front of the chroma key. One WYFF staffer described it this way, "Destiny had a shot at the chroma key after weather.  The pr...
16 comments
Read more