How to watch Almost Live! on KING 5 digital platforms | Full episode guide
Here's how you can find and watch old episodes of Almost Live!, as well as an episode guide for every show KING 5 has rereleased so far.
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Almost Live!, which aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999, is available for viewing across KING 5 digital platforms.
The sketch comedy show included a couple locals who made it big — Bill Nye, Joel McHale — as well as numerous celebrity guest appearances.
KING 5 rereleases new episodes weekly on its streaming platforms and YouTube channel.
Here's how you can find and watch them, as well as an episode guide for every show that's been rereleased so far.
Where to find Almost Live! episodes
Almost Live episodes air on KING 5+ on weeknights at 8:30 p.m. and on Saturdays at 8 p.m. To watch, download KING 5+ for Roku, Amazon Fire, or Apple TV to your device.
On demand viewing is available across KING 5 digital platforms. You can find the latest episodes on the KING 5 website at king5.com/almostlive or on streaming apps under the "Shows" tab on the streaming apps under Evening and New Day Northwest.
All rereleased episodes of Almost Live! are also available on the KING 5 YouTube channel.
Season 12
Episode 1: Grateful Dead Convention (9/23/95)
Episode 2: Staff Meeting With Murderers (9/30/95)
Episode 3: Is It Pike or Pine? Game Show (10/7/95)
Episode 4: High-Fiven’ White Guys Catch Mariner Fever! (10/14/95)
Episode 5: Seattle Halloween Costumes (10/28/95)
Episode 6: Post Halloween Recipes (11/4/95)
Episode 7: Seventh Vasectomy (11/11/95)
Episode 8: Jim Carrey as James Bond 007 (11/18/95)
Episode 9: Fluorocarbon Council Q&A (12/2/95)
Episode 10: Uncle Fran’s Greatest Hits (12/16/95)
Episode 11: Psychic Bob’s 1996 Predictions (1/6/96)
Episode 12: Here Comes the Groom (1/13/96)
Episode 13: It's In The Mail! (1/20/96)
Episode 14: State of the Household Address (1/27/96)
Episode 15: Reverse Psychologist (2/3/96)
Episode 16: Danger Date (2/10/96)
Episode 17: Me! with Dave Grohl (2/17/96)
Episode 18: Dumping on the Intern (2/24/96)
Episode 19: Kingdome Kookin' with Big Jim (3/23/96)
Episode 20: Company Softball Team (coming soon)
Episode 21: HMO Express (coming soon)
Episode 22: Lenny & Ernie (coming soon)
Episode 23: Keister Learns How to Read (coming soon)
Episode 24: Bill Nye's Rubber Band of Science (coming soon)
Episode 25: Last Horizons Retirement Home (coming soon)
Episode 26: Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan (coming soon)
Season 13
Episode 1: Aliens Attack Seattle! (9/21/96)
Episode 2: Superhero Hotline with The Capitulator! (9/28/96)
Episode 3: Telephone Etiquette Interview (10/5/96)
Episode 4: The Ballard Files (10/12/96)
Episode 5: Dave Niehaus & Rick Rizzs Guest Star! (10/19/96)
Episode 6: Dr. Laura Talks to Bob Dole and Bill Clinton (11/2/96)
Episode 7: All About Art with Sister Wendy (11/9/96)
Episode 8: Bobby Tango Sings the Movie Classics (11/16/96)
Episode 9: Blizzard ’96 (11/23/96)
Episode 10: The Family Dinner POV (12/14/96)
Episode 11: Lenny & Ernie (12/21/96)
Episode 12: The Holiday Blast Game (1/11/97)
Episode 13: Macho Office (1/18/97)
Episode 14: Underpants Crafters (1/25/97)
Episode 15: Chihuly & Jones (2/1/97)
Episode 16: Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle (2/8/97)
Episode 17: College Recruitment Fair ’97 (2/15/97)
Episode 18: Dockers Ankle Huggers (2/22/97)
Episode 19: Green Riverdance (3/22/97)
Episode 20: The Ladies Gotta Love Alex Rodriguez (3/29/97)
Episode 21: John Meets His Clone! (4/5/97)
Episode 22: The Post-Vasectomy Workout Clinic (4/19/97)
Episode 23: Bill Nye the Science Guy! (4/26/97)
Episode 24: “To Tell the Truth” with John Keister (5/3/97)
Episode 25: Free Sluggy! (5/10/97)
Episode 26: Seattleites on a Deserted Island (5/17/97)
Season 14
Episode 1: The Town It Is A-Changin' (9/27/97)
Episode 2: Stop the Canadians! (10/4/97)
Episode 3: Lord of the Green Riverdance (10/11/97)
Episode 4: Oprah Book Club (10/18/97)
Episode 5: COPS in Leavenworth (11/1/97)
Episode 6: The Golden Spear! (11/8/97)
Episode 7: Capable Woman at the Emmy Awards! (11/15/97)
Episode 8: Mr. Magnetic (11/22/97)
Episode 9: Jus’ Pimpin’ (12/6/97)
Episode 10: Dirtlick Upright Vacuum (12/13/97)
Episode 11: Holiday Musical Year in Review 1997 (12/20/97)
Episode 12: Psychic Bob’s 1998 Predictions (1/10/98)
Episode 13: Seattle Drivers in Snow! (1/16/98)
Episode 14: Fight Like a Girl! (1/31/98)
Episode 15: Penny Pinchers (2/7/98)
Episode 16: Date With an Itch (2/14/98)
Episode 17: Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle (2/21/98)
Episode 18: Used Mattress Warehaus (2/28/98)
Episode 19: Mafia Family Manners (3/7/98)
Episode 20: ’80s Rock Star Temp Agency (4/4/98)
Episode 21: DJ Lawyer (4/11/98)
Episode 22: The Springer Evening News (4/18/98)
Episode 23: Nature Walk With Chuck (4/25/98)
Episode 24: Bill Nye the Science Guy! (5/2/98)
Episode 25: Protests at WSU (5/9/98)
Season 15
Episode 1: Season 15 Premiere (9/26/98)
Episode 2: Fool the Guesser (10/3/98)
Episode 3: Lemon-Scented Downsizer (10/10/98)
Episode 4: Excited Waiter (10/17/98)
Episode 5: RENTon, the Musical (10/24/98)
Episode 6: Chihuly & Jones (11/7/98)
Episode 7: Missing Sock Psychic Network (11/14/98)
Episode 8: What's My Job? (11/21/98)
Episode 9: Good Humor Hospital (12/5/98)
Episode 10: Buttcracker Ballet (12/12/98)
Episode 11: Not Good With Babies (1/9/99)
Episode 12: Michael Jordan Endorsement (1/16/99)
Episode 13: Temporary Office Worker Pimp (1/23/99)
Episode 14: Magic Weather Button (1/30/99)
Episode 15: Superman, Behind the Muscle (2/6/99)
Episode 16: Oregon Blows Stuff Up (2/13/99)
Episode 17: Attention-Deficit Disorder Jeopardy (2/20/99)
Episode 18: Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle (2/27/99)
Episode 19: Sinn Fein Feng Shui (3/27/99)
Episode 20: Weener on a Stick (4/3/99)
Episode 21: Sick Waitress (4/10/99)
Episode 22: Free Samples for Losers (5/1/99)
Episode 23: Capable Woman (5/8/99)
Episode 24: Star Wars Revisited (5/15/99)
Episode 25: Series Finale with Bill Nye (5/22/99)
Background on Almost Live!
Almost Live! began its run in 1984 as a talk and comedy show airing on Sunday nights and hosted by Ross Shafer.
John Keister took over as host in 1988 and the program was revamped into a sketch comedy series. With the switch to sketch comedy, the show was moved to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, preceding Saturday Night Live.
Almost Live! caught the attention of Comedy Central in the early 1990s. The cast taped 65 special episodes for the cable channel in the summer of 1992.
The show's final season wrapped up in May 1999.
Almost Live! helped launch the careers of Bill Nye the Science Guy and Joel McHale. Nye was an engineer at Boeing who had a knack for comedy when he was added as a regular to the show. McHale was a cast member in the show's latter years who went on to host E!'s Talk Soup and star on the NBC sitcom Community.
Several recurring sketches on Almost Live! became synonymous with the show and the Pacific Northwest in general, including Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan, the High Five’n White Guys and spoofs of the TV show Cops.
One of the show’s more controversial stunts was an April Fool’s Day prank in 1989. The show staged a fake news report to make it appear as though KING 5 was breaking into Almost Live! programming because the Space Needle had fallen over. The spoof sent the city into a panic.