Jo Koy Takes Over ABC 7 Weather, Calls the Job 'So Hard'

Deadline reports Jo Koy fumbled his way through a live ABC 7 weather segment in L.A., confusing cloud cover for the forecast before praising the presenter.

Deadline reports that on Thursday comedian Jo Koy basically took over the morning weather segment on L.A.'s ABC 7 Eyewitness News, standing in beside weather presenter Niku Kazori. According to Deadline, when Kazori asked him what was happening Downtown — "So we're looking at Downtown L.A., very easy.

The surprise, per Deadline, is that Koy didn't stay in character as a smooth guest — he visibly struggled. The outlet says the segment wasn't his only mistake after the cloud cover confusion, citing his read of "There's an 84% chance of humidity" as a telltale gaffe. At one point Deadline reports he stopped and told Kazori, "This is so hard! I don't know how you do this." That admission is the joke's engine: a comedian at the peak of his fame flailing at a job millions of viewers watch every morning, and yielding the floor to the professional.

Deadline points to a clip ABC 7 posted to Twitter/X as the on-the-record evidence of the bit, and the outlet notes this wasn't Kazori's first on-air ambush. According to Deadline, a few years ago while doing traffic on KENS 5 in San Antonio, Kazori was joined by the Spurs' coyote mascot, who ripped his velcro eyes off and broke her into laughter until she walked off screen saying, "I cannot believe it!" — a moment she herself posted in July 2019.

Deadline frames the stunt as an alternative promotion channel: you can catch Jo Koy's latest special on Netflix, or, as the outlet puts it, just catch him on your local newscast. For comedians in the news cycle, a hijacked weather segment reaches a broadcast audience that a streaming drop or late-night set never touches, and it generates its own shareable clip in the process. The item lands in a busy week for Jo Koy — Deadline's related coverage notes his sixth Netflix comedy special 'Blue In The Face' is on the way — making the local TV cameo an unusually down-to-earth beat for a streaming-era headliner.

Alongside the streaming specials, live stand-up remains the circuit where these comedians earn their bits — for example, Patch lists 'Fall Out Your Seat' at Comic Strip Live in New York on Friday, September 25, 2026, with doors at 10:00 p.m. and showtime at 10:30 p.m., hosted by Tonio Skits with a lineup including Rashad Bashir, Subhah Agarwal and Kyle Mara, and a two-item minimum purchase per person.