On April 6, 2020, the 3:00 p.m. newscast made a temporary return to WTMJ's schedule, with "Kelly Clarkson" being moved back an hour to 2:00 p.m. and "The List" being placed on hiatus in favor of the Scripps national program "Coronavirus: The Rundown" ("RightThisMinute" airs a second episode before the late-night repeat of "Kelly"; the show's new daily episode has pushed to that timeslot), in order to report local developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the 4:00 p.m. newscast was regularly pre-empted since mid-March by a combination of the city/county of Milwaukee's daily combined coronavirus teleconference and the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing (the former has now shifted to a 2 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday schedule). During the pandemic, "Days of Our Lives" "de facto" regularly airs split into two portions on the station, with the state of Wisconsin's teleconference occurring during the soap. As of mid-June 2020, the 3 p.m. newscast shifted to 3:30 p.m. with the return of "The List" to regular production.