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The 'Ultimate' Move to the Mother Ship


As first reported here - From KING on social:

"Big news: Thanks to some amazing viewership, great guests, and incredible teamwork, the @KING5Sports Ultimate Seattle Sports Show will be moving!

Starting August 10th our show will air on @KING5Seattle at 3:00pm and also stream on King 5+. 

The show will replay on Kong TV at 8:00."

Looks like this 6-month trial run is making headway!

BTW the 3 pm show will be LIVE.   

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2026 at 10:36 AM

    Do we know what is going to air on KONG at 10am now?

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  2. Wayne LJuly 30, 2026 at 11:14 AM

    My guess would be to return The 700 Club to. That time slot, but don't know.

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    1. IDC9July 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM

      Dateline currently airs in the 8pm slot where the sports show will replay. It will have to move to make way, so putting it at 10am would make sense.

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    2. Wayne LJuly 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM

      Dateline might be a little too heavy for a morning slot. That's a PM show. Keep an eye out.

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    3. IDC9July 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM

      I agree that Dateline would be too intense of a program for a morning timeslot. A lighter program is needed. It will be interesting to see what KING does here.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM

    maybe they will expand the morning news into 10am like KUSA has been doing.

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    1. IDC9July 31, 2026 at 10:25 PM

      The number of local newscasts airing at 10am has been increasing in larger markets across the country. It would make sense for KING to make a similar move.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM

    NBCUniversal is exiting the syndication business, so this only makes sense. Fill the void with cheap local programing. That time of day it’s better than color bars.

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    1. Wayne LJuly 31, 2026 at 8:49 AM

      Replay the 9 am at 10. It's Kong.

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    2. AnonymousAugust 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM

      This is why is going to this garbage sports podcast masquerading as a TV show is moving to KING. NBCuniversal has canceled Access Hollywood, and the bean counters don’t want to buy something to replace it, so we get this cheap fluff.

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    3. Wayne LAugust 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM

      Yes, agree.

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    4. AnonymousAugust 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM

      And maybe KING can draft "Mark Felt" to be Kelly Hanson's co-host on "New Day". What you say?

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    5. Wayne LAugust 2, 2026 at 10:51 PM

      Havent't heard from Felt for awhile.

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    6. IDC9August 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM

      At least KING is investing in a local program to fill the void being left behind by Access Hollywood. They could have gone with reruns of an old sitcom, as future sister station (should the Tegna/Nexstar merger ever go through) WIAT in Birmingham is currently doing to fill gaps in their schedule. Ten episodes of "Friends" are scheduled to air each weekday starting today.

      https://www.cbs42.com/watch/whats-on-cbs-42/

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  5. AnonymousAugust 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM

    Just saw KONG is moving L&O SVU to 10am and Dateline is moving to 12am. I think they should have added a 10am newscast or did what NWCN/CNN Headline News was replay earlier newscast with mixed in different packages.

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  6. Wayne LAugust 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM

    My cable grid hasn't shown up with those changes yet and still lists TUSS at 10 on KONG! Thanks for the alert.

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    1. IDC9August 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM

      The website "On TV Tonight" confirms that SVU is indeed moving to the 10am spot.

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  7. Wayne LAugust 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM

    Appreciate the confirmation and I see it on the grid now. Interesting to go from a local newscast to L&O to 700 to New Day. No flow, no go? Don't get it. Out of options?

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