KENS clears the entire CBS network schedule. Until 2019, the station preempted the Saturday edition of "CBS This Morning" due to its Saturday morning newscast (as a result, "CBS This Morning Saturday" did not air at all in the San Antonio market); it also delayed "The Late Late Show with James Corden" by a half-hour. KENS splits the "CBS Dream Team" lineup into two blocks that bookend its Saturday morning newscast (with the first hour airing before the program and the final two airing after it) and splits "Face the Nation" into two half-hour blocks (as such, it is one of several CBS affiliates that carry the program on both Sunday mornings and overnights in such a manner). Syndicated programs broadcast by KENS include "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Extra", and "Right This Minute". KENS acquired the local syndication rights to "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" in September 1999 from KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV).