TV Talk: What’s new in fall daytime TV, including NBA games displacing ‘Wheel,’ ‘Jeopardy!’

The fall 2025 TV season brings with it few new daytime syndicated series, so perhaps what will be of most interest to viewers of the access hour, 7-8 p.m. weekdays, is what will become of “Wheel of Fortune” (7 p.m.) and “Jeopardy!” (7:30 p.m.) on WPXI when NBC starts airing NBA games Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. beginning Oct. 21.

On those occasions, “Wheel” and “Jeopardy!” will be displaced and instead air overnight at 3 a.m. (“Jeopardy!”) and 3:30 a.m. (“Wheel”). Set those DVRs!

But there’s another option for seeing both shows, which have their season premieres on Sept. 8. For the first time, both series will stream the day after their broadcast premiere on Hulu beginning Sept. 9.

Their weekend editions will also get disrupted this fall. “Jeopardy!” has already begun airing at 1 a.m. Sunday with “Wheel” at 1:30 a.m. Sunday due to college football airing during the access hour on Saturday evening.

“The Perfect Line,” a trivia game show hosted by Deborah Norville, replaces “People Puzzler” on Channel 11 at 11 a.m. weekdays beginning Sept. 8.

“Backstage Experience,” a celebrity interview show, will air at 4:30 a.m. Saturday beginning Sept. 13.

A new season of “The Jerome Bettis Show” airs at 9:30 a.m. Saturday beginning Sept. 6.

KDKA-TV

Not many changes on Channel 2, per CBS. Syndicated reruns of “Fire Country” will air at 12:05 a.m. Sunday beginning Sept. 14.

WPGH

The access hour on Channel 53 remains the same with “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon” reruns.

“The Conners” reruns move into the 12:30 a.m. weekday slot on Sept. 8.

“Access Daily” takes the 1:30 a.m. slot on Sept. 15 with “TMZ” at 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. beginning Sept. 8.

Talk show “Karamo” will air at 4 p.m. beginning Sept. 8.

At midday, “25 Words or Less” (11:30 a.m.), “Scrambled Up” (11 and 11:30 a.m.) and “Tribunal Justice” (12 and 12:30 p.m.) kick off new seasons on Sept. 8.

“Scrambled Up” is a new series hosted by Michael Yo where four contestants try to decipher jumbled words and phrases.

On Saturdays, “The Liquidator” will air at 4 a.m. beginning Sept. 13.

WPKD

Channel 19 will add “Family Feud Favorites” at 5 and 5:30 p.m. weekdays beginning Sept. 15.

The channel will also televise high school and college football games this fall that will also stream simultaneously at KDKA.com and at cbsnews.com/Pittsburgh.

“Steelers’ High School Showcase Game of the Week” (7 p.m. Fridays) will be hosted by play-by-play announcer Matt Farago. Arthur Moats and Mike Logan will provide color commentary with sideline reports from Suzie Cool.

The schedule will be:

Aug. 29: Highlands at Elizabeth Forward

Sept. 5: Mars at North Hills

Sept. 12: Bethel Park at West Mifflin

Sept. 19: Penn Hills at Aliquippa

Sept. 26: Avonworth at Central Valley

Oct. 3: South Fayette at Upper St. Clair

Oct. 10: Bishop Canevin at Fort Cherry

Oct. 17: North Allegheny at Pine-Richland

Oct. 24: Fans Vote for Game of the Week

For Division 3 college football games airing on Saturday, Austin Bechtold and Alex Territ will anchor with Robert Mangino reporting from the sidelines. This year’s schedule includes:

Sept. 6 (12 p.m.): Utica at Washington Jefferson

Sept. 13 (1 p.m.): Mount Union at Grove City

Oct. 11 (2 p.m.): Westminster at Washington Jefferson

Oct. 18 (1 p.m.): Geneva at Waynesburg

Oct. 25 (1 p.m.): Westminster at Grove City

Nov. 1 (6 p.m.): Case Western Reserve at Washington Jefferson

Nov. 15 (1 p.m.): Bethany at Allegheny

WPNT

In daytime, “Divorce Court” moves into the 10 and 10:30 a.m. time periods on Sept. 1.

“Crime Beat” takes over at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 with “Dateline” reruns at 4 p.m. on Sept. 8, followed by a double run of “Live PD+” at 5 and 5:30 p.m.

“Chicago Fire” reruns take over the 10 p.m. time period on Sept. 8, the same day “Last Man Standing” reruns move into the 1 and 1:30 a.m. time slots, “iCrime” moves into 2 and 2:30 a.m., “Crime Expose” moves into 3 and 3:30 a.m. and “GMFB Overtime” goes to 4 a.m. weekdays.

“The Goldbergs” reruns will air at 5 and 5:30 a.m. next month and “Access Daily” will air at 6 a.m.

On Saturday, “Last Man Standing” reruns will air at 4 and 4:40 p.m. beginning Dec. 6. “Whacked Out Sports” will air at 10 p.m. starting Nov. 29 and “Taste Buds” moves into 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Effective Sept. 21, “Chicago P.D.” reruns will air at 1, 2 and 4 p.m. on Sunday.

WTAE

A Channel 4 representative says the station’s daytime lineup will remain unchanged. ABC’s “The View” is back for a new season on Sept. 8.

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WQED denies report

On Wednesday, WQED president Jason Jedlinski sent members an email denying an unbylined report published Monday at sopghreporter.com where at least two anonymous WQED board members claimed “WQED is in early stages to examine the value of its brand and other assets as part of contingency planning for a potential closure or sale.”

In his email, Jedlinski wrote, “You may see or hear unfounded rumors suggesting that WQED’s Board of Directors is considering closure or a sale. That is simply not true. Those ideas have never been on the table.”

Multiple board members contacted also denied the closure scenario and directed questions to Jedlinski.

With a $13 million endowment as of September 2024 (up from $10.2 million in 2022), it’s hard to imagine the station shuttering anytime soon, even as the enterprise used $600,000 (approximately 7% of the three-year average investment values) from its endowment to sustain operations in 2024 and in 2025. If the endowment didn’t grow at all and the station continued to draw at its current rate, it would be about 21 years before the endowment is exhausted.

A more likely scenario, and one that’s already seemingly underway with last month’s dismissal of most members of the station’s marketing, membership and production departments, is that WQED becomes an outlet with little-to-no locally produced shows, a station that passes through whatever PBS programming exists after PBS lost all federal funding.

Kept/canceled

Hulu renewed comedy “Deli Boys” for a second season with Fred Armisen joining the cast.

MGM+ renewed “The Institute” for a second season.

Paramount+ with Showtime had renewed “Dexter: Original Sin” but has since backtracked under new Paramount ownership and canceled the show.

Netflix canceled “The Waterfront” after a single season.

Channel surfing

WTAE news anchor Kristen Powers announced on Facebook that she’s pregnant with her first child. … Apple TV+’s subscription fee jumped 30% to $13 per month, up from $10 per month. … Peacock added six E.W. Scripps Company channels to its 24/7 channel offering: Ion, Ion Mystery, Court TV, Court TV Legendary Trials, Bounce and Scripps News. … “The Great British Baking Show Collection 13” streams on Netflix beginning Sept. 5 with new episodes each Friday for 10 weeks. … The first season of “Sesame Street” to debut on Netflix will premiere on Nov. 10. … A permanent Netflix House, where fans can interact with elements from popular streaming series, opens Nov. 12 at King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia.