WGKD-TV

WGKD-TV (digital channel 35, analog Channel 5) is the NBC affiliate for Metropolis, not the hometown of Superman but a Southern city which resembles Atlanta. It signed on as an ABC affiliate on June 15, 1965, switching to NBC on January 5, 1981. WGKD was branded as "5 Alive" from 1976 to 1982; currently, its newscasts are titled "NBC5 News Today" (5-7 AM), "NBC5 First News At 4," "NBC5 News" (5-6:30 PM), and "NBC5 News Tonight" (11-11:35 PM). The station uses the Tegna "This Is Home" music; in the past it has used such music as "Hello News" and the "It's All Right Here" slogan. All NBC programs except the overnight "Today" show from 2:07-3 AM are carried on the station.

The current schedule:

4:30 Wake Up

5 AM NBC5 News Today

7 AM Today

11 AM Metro And Company (talk/infomercial not unlike WXIA's "Atlanta And Company" and KUSA's "Colorado And Company")

12 N  Rachael Ray (WGKD does not have a noon newscast)

1 PM Days Of Our Lives

2 PM Dr. Phil

3 PM Ellen

4 PM NBC5 First News At 4

5 PM NBC5 News At 5

6 PM NBC5 News At 6

6:30 NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

7 PM Wheel Of Fortune

7:30 Jeopardy!

8 PM NBC Primetime

11 PM NBC5 News Tonight

11:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

12:37 Late Night With Seth Meyers

1:37 Last Call With Carson Daly

2:07 Corrupt Crimes

2:37 Extra!

3 AM Mad Money

4 AM Early Today

On weekends, WGKD has local newscasts on Saturday mornings from 6-7 AM, the Saturday "Today" show at 7, and NBC's kids' block from 9 AM-12 Noon. The station's newscasts at 6 AM and 6 PM are titled "NBC5 News Saturday," while the 11 PM "NBC5 News Tonight" is used seven nights a week. The station airs infomercials from 7-8 PM Saturday. "Saturday Night Live" airs at 11:29 PM followed by reruns of "Blue Bloods" and "The Good Wife," then more infomercials from 3 to 6 AM (the infomercial block is the same for Friday/Saturday overnight).

On Sundays, "In Touch With Charles Stanley" airs from 6 to 7 AM. "NBC5 News Sunday" airs from 7-8 and 9-10 AM with the Sunday "Today" show from 8-9. "Meet The Press" is seen from 10-11 AM, followed by the station's local variation on "Meet The Press," "InDepth," from 11 AM-12 Noon. Again, there's "NBC5 News Sunday" at 6 PM. Following the 11 PM news, "The Tim McCarver Show" airs, followed by another episode of "Blue Bloods" at 12:05 and "The Good Wife" at 1:05. From 2:05 to 4 AM "Dateline" and "Meet The Press" are rerun, followed by "Early Today" at 4 AM.

Primetime begins at 7 PM on Sunday.