

Almost Live! was a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Washington, USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. A re-packaged version of the show also aired on Comedy Central from 1992 to 1993, and episodes aired on WGRZ-TV in the late 1990s. The show was broadcast on Saturday nights at 11:30, pushing Saturday Night Live back to midnight. The show is now aired in reruns by the Seattle NBC affiliate following Saturday Night Live.


Sep 23, 1989 - 30m
Expresso Letter Express; Shame of Seattle; Neptune’s Moon Triton with JPL; College Tips; Needles in Seattle Parks.

Sep 30, 1989 - 30m
Ordering Pizza at Halftime; Artsy Fartsy Commercial; Bill Nye the Science Guy; This Here Place Home Improvement.

Oct 7, 1989 - 30m
Boeing Strike; Chainsaw C.P.A.; Centennial Celebration: Bigfoot; Mariners Locker Room; The Urban Sportsman; The Lame List.

Oct 14, 1989 - 30m
Truant Officer; Cross-Training With Bill Nye; Office Salt Lick; Channelers Convention in Yelm; The Finger Olympics.

Oct 21, 1989 - 30m
DJ Cop; Non-competitive Competing; Re-enactment News Network; Tips on Inexpensive Fun; Seasons In the Sun.

Oct 28, 1989 - 30m
Best of List; High Five’N White Guys; Defeating Monsters; Chamber of Horrors; Seattle Halloween Costumes; Surprisingly Pleasant Vietnam Vet.

Nov 4, 1989 - 30m
Speedwalker; Boeing contract negotiations; Uncle Buzz; The Lame List.

Nov 11, 1989 - 30m
Cold open on mayor rice being elected, mind your manners, easy listening news, quick shopping and Washington celebrates 100th anniversary.

Nov 18, 1989 - 30m
High Five’n White Guys, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Great Minds Address the Issues, Channel U, I Married a Channeler

Dec 2, 1989 - 30m
Smoothing things out in Tacoma, minding your manners, the Speed Walker and more.

Dec 9, 1989 - 30m
Seahawks locker room, The Men from Sprouts, Scopin Movies, and more.

Jan 13, 1990 - 30m
Seahawks Santa cold open, Loser magazine, KJR music, holiday gift rules, This here place, Refrigerator Magnet Theater.

Jan 20, 1990 - 30m
Your Matters, The Lame List, PNW "We Didn’t Start the Fire" and more.

Jan 27, 1990 - 30m
Ideas for the M’s, New athletic shoes, Chewing tobacco or nose things, Bill Nye science experiment, French wine or hockey player, Really hard copy.

Feb 3, 1990 - 30m
Superbowl pre-pre-pre-game show, Andy Kaufmann and his giant frogs and more.

Feb 10, 1990 - 30m
Pullman cold open; DJ Priest; Activism Training 101; Retrospective of 80s music; DonnyBrook; and more.

Feb 17, 1990 - 30m
Presidential press conference cold open, High Five’n White Guys, Atitude News, America’s Wackiest Home Videos, Refrigerator Magnet Theater

Feb 24, 1990 - 30m
Nordstroms cold open, Stolen Nova, Ed’s Express, Zeppelin syndrome, The Answer is Ball, Almost Live kit, 90s Action series.

Mar 3, 1990 - 30m
Mind Your Manners, Bill Nye the Science Guy, The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-ups, and Flyin’ Low.

Apr 14, 1990 - 30m
Movie Mates, The Flying Karamazov Brothers; Kenneth Moss; The John report; Five Clerks.

Apr 21, 1990 - 30m
Recycled tape Earth Day cold open, DJ/MD, Project Environment, The Pump by Reebok, The John Report, and more.

Apr 28, 1990 - 30m
Speed walker, Comic Diane Ford, Spaceman Doug, The John Report; Psycho Sushi.

May 5, 1990 - 30m
High Five’N White Guys day off, The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-ups, The John Report and more.

May 12, 1990 - 30m
Meet John’s mom, trade agreement with California, The Last Northwesterner, Bill Nye, Folk songs of the M’s, The John Report, Flyin’ Low.

May 19, 1990 - 30m
Kingdog cold open, Mind Your Manners, The Hunter Gather Report, This Here Place, The John Report and more.

May 26, 1990 - 30m
Random Personality PSA; Money Can and Can't; Almost Live Training Film No. 32 - How Guys Barbeque; RoboSlug; The John Report; Comedian Peter Gaulke; Flyin' Low - Nothin' But Blue Sky