Talk about a guy who overplayed his hand in the worst way. Divisive + high maintenance = train wreck.
Flunked out of MSNBC, flunked out of Current What's left?Current TV said Friday afternoon that it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor, Keith Olbermann, scarcely a year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
Starting Friday night, the former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will take over Mr. Olbermann’s 8 p.m. time slot, according to a letter to viewers. His program will be titled “Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer.”
Mr. Olbermann did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Current indicated that he had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, giving the channel the right to terminate it.
In the letter, the channel’s founders, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, wrote: “We created Current to give voice to those Americans who refuse to rely on corporate-controlled media and are seeking an authentic progressive outlet. We are more committed to those goals today than ever before. Current was also founded on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it.”
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Commenting on the big issues today, huh?
Haha, my mom's in town and I've got a big concert this weekend. Cut me some slack. :)
Fox Business Channel? Tru Tv? CBS Sports Network? HD Net? Always opportunies if you put bodies in seats.
Anonymous - I'm thinking the odds of him going anywhere affiliated with Fox are pretty unlikely. :)
After paying the money to bring in Rome, I doubt CBS Sports adds him. It's also hard to imagine him checking his ego to go many other places.
And the teenage boys who watch sports center probably don't remember him & would wonder who the old guy is if he goes back there.
I guess, when Ben Affleck can do a spot on impersonation of you, you've probably jumped the shark.
There's always the Internets.
Keith Olbermann is a jackass. I'm not surprised this happened, since he always had a problem with authority figures overall. I'm also saying this as someone who used to listen to him as well regularly.
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