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A Scintillating Seattle TV Sneak Preview




I appreciate this tip from one of my loyal readers, letting me know Fox 13 Seattle posted a web story and pictures of their new facility scheduled to open in November.  Apparently David Rose got an early tour, which is nice since he failed to show up as lead anchor at the 'Bite of Seattle' shooting.  The layout is similar to KING's 'under one roof' design of 2016.  The story says it will mean better access to 'regional' news stories.   Uh huh.  Sure.  Regional?  Better than being on Westlake??  But the big question is will Met Abby Acone stop doing offensive Instagram posts about sexuality in the new studio?    As they say in TV, 'only time will tell.'   BTW, this will leave KIRO with the absolute WORST newsroom in Seattle TV and I douby Apollo/Cox cares.   Unless they have rehabbed it, it is a rabbit warren.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/fox-13-seattle-downtown-seattle-move

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  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM

    You are obsessed with Abby…

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  2. AnonymousAugust 14, 2026 at 8:40 AM

    The newsroom doesn't seem to be the problem. The pretaped evening newscasts are the issue. I have tried, but the two taped anchors and the one live anchor format is at best disjointed. Maybe chalk it up to they tried something and it didn't work?

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    1. IDC9August 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM

      Its an unusual format to be sure. I'd like to see them return to doing fully live news in the evenings again.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM

    Who cares about their ego trip.

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