NBC DFW adding 3 p.m. news to replace ‘Kelly Clarkson’

KXAS in Dallas–Ft. Worth, Texas, will launch a 3 p.m. newscast to replace the syndicated “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”

The newscast, which will be branded as “NBC 5, Now at 3,” will be anchored by Wayne Carter, who is the station’s education reporter.

“Our goal is not just to bring you the day’s news, but to have the conversations that help you understand it,” Carter wrote on social media post.

“It’s my honor to anchor this broadcast and lead the way of something new.”

KXAS expects to debut the newscast in September 2026, he added.

The station will continue to have Carter contribute “Carter in the Classroom” segments, which will continue to be shot by Mark Muller.

“Kelly” will end its run Aug. 31, 2026, after seven seasons on the air. Host and musician Kelly Clarkson indicated a desire to spend more time with her family, though the overall daytime syndication market shrink may have played a role in the decision not to continue production of the show.

The station has not announced how it will fill the 6:30 p.m. block on its schedule that will be vacated by the forthcoming cancellation of “Access Hollywood.” KXAS also airs “Access Hollywood” and its companion show “Access Daily” at 2:30 and 3 a.m., respectively. Programming updates for those slots have also not been announced. 

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NBCU previously announced the end of Clarkson’s show and “Access Hollywood” and “Access Live.” The company will also exit the first-run syndication business after the three shows end.

KXAS is owned by NBCUniversal Local. NBCU has not announced plans for filling the soon-to-be-open slots on those schedules in other markets where it owns stations that will be affected by the cancellations. 

When “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” ended in 2022 after 19 seasons, stations that carried both programs, including some NBC-owned outlets, had to shuffle schedules. In many cases, stations moved “Kelly” into the “Ellen” timeslot to serve as a lead-in into local news. 

Select NBC-owned stations, meanwhile, began to air repeats of “Dateline” to fill out the afternoon schedule. 

Other options could include picking up repeats of another program, launching more local news, adding more “Dateline” reruns or picking up an hour of “NBC News Daily.”