NBC News Is Discussing A Potential Keith Olbermann Return To MSNBC

[alp227]

MSNBC needs a boost in primetime. Keith Olbermann is out of a job after his contract expired at ESPN. It is being reported that NBC News President Andrew Lack might be interested in bringing Olbermann back to MSNBC.

An article in The Wrap on the changes that NBC News President Andrew Lack is making contained an interesting nugget:

Aside from Turness, Lack might be indirectly trying to resurrect another career-in MSNBC primetime. Although there has been no confirmation of direct talks between Keith Olbermann and Lack about a possible return, it’s not out of the question.

“Phil isn’t talking to him, but someone else might be,” the insider told TheWrap, pointing out that like in many tense negotiations, a middleman not directly part of NBC News-MSNBC’s chain of command could be putting out feelers to Olbermann.

full: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/29/nbc-news-discussing-potential-keith-olbermann-return-msnbc.html

[AllFieldsRequired]

1. I say hell yes, give em hell Keith!

[Logical]

2. I so hope they do! We need him during this election cycle. nt

[octoberlib]

3. Woohoo! Thanks, alp227

[DebbieCDC]

4. Bring back Keith!!!

[Shoulders of Giants]

5. I'm probably in the minority, but I never liked him.

He is so freaking arrogant at all times. Regardless of if I agree with him, Keith always came across as the type of guy who would let you know he's better than you at a dinner party. I've never understood his popularity online. Most of my friends are liberals, but I don't know a single person in real life who likes him.

[Kingofalldems]

10. We'll watch for you.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Cool story, bro!

[tavernier]

14. I'm a single person in real life

and I miss him.

But please, get yourself back to Fox News where you won't have to be exposed to reality. 😘

[Shoulders of Giants]

38. Strange you brought up fox news.

Since I always thought Keith Olbermann was very similar to a fox news commentator in style, just different in message. Egotistical, Angry, condescending, 100% certain of himself, etc, just from the liberal point of view.

However, since you're suggesting Fox News for me, what programs would you suggest I watch being a pro choice, anti war, pro single payer healthcare, pro gay rights atheist? I'm sure I can find that viewpoint represented on Fox News right?


If you noticed, I did not attack Keith's viewpoint. I attacked him personally. Its possible to agree with someone, and still not like him. And its not like anything I mentioned is news. Ask any of his former coworkers or former bosses (Al Gore for example) and they will tell you the same thing. I think even Keith himself has admitted he's a jerk and also takes his schtick to far some times.

[dsharp88]

24. Arrogant, maybe. Brilliant, UNDENIABLE.

Even his detractors all admit he's talented and smart. And it's not at all everyone who can't get along with him. It's usually just certain managers or executives. He wants things done his way, but that way is usually a good way if not always the best or most practical way from a management point of view. That creates tension.

Without any of us knowing exactly what decisions caused friction in the past, it's an educated guess that he probably needs a loose executive producer giving him guidelines to work within rather than tight specifics.

[GitRDun]

26. I loved the Ben Affleck SNL parody of Olbermann

Check it out on youtube...it's hilarious.

[MissDeeds]

27. That was awesome n/t

[Shoulders of Giants]

37. It was awesome. So was Jon Stewart's takedown of Keith.

[niyad]

32. and do any of your friends actually know him personally? how much time do you spend with him

that you know that "he is so freaking arrogant all the time"? funny, in all the time I watched him, I never once thought he was arrogant. passionate, intelligent, angry, yes, but never arrogant,

[Shoulders of Giants]

36. Well he's been fired from pretty much everywhere he has worked for

Many former coworkers have said he's a huge jerk. I probably agreed with him more than I disagreed, but I just couldn't stand him. He came across as being way too much into his self. Back when I had cable, I found myself much preferring Maddow to him on MSNBC. I'm glad she's the one that still has a job, and is one of the few reasons I miss cable.

[niyad]

40. so you don't know him personally, nor does anybody you know.

[Shoulders of Giants]

44. That personality came across very strongly on tv.

[niyad]

45. funny how so many of us missed that. we saw intelligence

and passion, not arrogance.

[Shoulders of Giants]

49. Jon Stewart didn't miss it.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/wegwzd/special-comment---keith-olbermann-s-name-calling


Neither did Ben Affleck.

https://screen.yahoo.com/countdown-keith-olbermann-000000660.html

[merrily]

52. I'm not taking sides in this DU dispute. I think you are entitled to dislike Olberman.

However, Olberman was 100% accurate about Scott Brown, as anyone who followed Brown's campaign closely would have known. I live in Massachusetts and I did follow it and I cannot dispute a single thing in Olberman's rant. When Brown ran against Warren, his sexism was even more apparent and, thank goodness, helped defeat him.

[SalviaBlue]

35. I don't give a shit what he does at dinner parties.

His show was must see TV. He was a brilliant host.

All of my liberal friends loved him.

I don't know a single "con" person in real life who likes him.

[bigwillq]

39. I've never liked him either

I hardly watched MSNBC when Keith was with that network since I hardly watch cable news in general.

I will continue to not watch if they bring Keith back.

[muntrv]

6. Do it! Bring him back! He is the reason I started watching MSNBC in the first place.

[Adrahil]

7. Me too! nt

[restorefreedom]

8. booooo

as good as keith is, his presence will cost too much in terms of money, aggravation, and most importantly, attention. this election cycle needs to be about the issues and the candidates, not about a primadonna who will divert precious attention to himself. we need people who will share and report the news not be the news. this guy causes drama wherever he goes.

i know this is not the popular opinion around here.

sorry.

[dembotoz]

12. What makes fox an effective tool for the gop

Is that fox fools can snipe and blast while the con men can stay above the fray
We need our own

[Ccarmona]

18. I Don't Agree

with your premise. Keith is the exact person needed to keep calling out the right, because they avoid the issues and just pander to their base. They own the media and have $Billions to keep their messages in the forefront . The next time one of the myriad of Repub candidates honestly discuss the issues, will be the first. So you may think the next 16 months will be about the issues, but it will become a vicious circle of lies, increminations, and innuendo unless there are voices to call them out. Swift Boat!!

It's not your money; how will his return aggravate you; and now, and very few in this country are paying attention. Any new attention is better than no attention at all.

[restorefreedom]

34. no doubt he is brilliant.

i just think he costs too much, and not just in terms of money.

but if they do pick him back up, i really hope he breathes life back to that failing network.

[niyad]

33. I must be missing the part where the pukes are talking about issues.

[newfie11]

9. Yes bring back Keith

He is why I started watching MSNBC and his leaving finished my watching them.

We need someone like Keith to get the info out there and in terms everyone can understand.

[redstateblues]

11. To whom do we write to let them know

That there are many of us out here who would love to have him back? Anybody know?

[Marie Marie]

15. I vote a great big YES.

I want Keith back.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. Can you imagine the fun he'll have with Trump?

[AtomicKitten]

17. That would be terrific.

[The Wizard]

19. They need someone to balance Chuck Turd. (NT)

[davidpdx]

20. I have mixed feelings about it

I like Olbermann and we do need someone like him to talk about the issues that aren't being talked about. I also think he can be a distraction because of his ego. The other thing I'm wondering is if NBC will only give him a 2 year contract, just to dispose of him after the 2016 election.

[silvershadow]

21. Well I welcome him back even more than I hope they don't can Ed. But if it's

a trade, I will settle for it- provided the old, unrestrained Keith is able to be himself.

[UTUSN]

22. I'll take it, envious over his many chances that us shlubs never get.

I'm glad somebody with a loud mouth is on our side, but Bombastics of whatever stripe turn me off. And those (loud mouth/bombastics) on our side (SHULTZ) are never as good for our side as the wingnut loudmouths are for their side.

I've got friends who are Fundies and who play tapes of "preachers" caterwauling nonstop. My friends seem to me to be torturing themselves, punishing themselves for some reason unfathomable to me. That's what all the loudmouths of whatever stripe mean to me.

[Moostache]

23. Bring him back, put him on ASAP...

Keith's show was always worth watching and for the charges of "arrogance" I only have one question...do you people know who O'Reily and Hannity are? Do you think they qualify as "humble"? The right floods the airwaves all day long with human excrement and we on the left are hand-wringing about ONE guy who has the temerity to be less than a docile whipping boy?

Keith Olbermann is politically significant and historically significant in the broadcast industry. After the canning of Donahue and the silencing of liberal opposition to Shrub and his gang of criminals post-9/11, it was Olbermann and those on Air America of like mind and voice that refused to be bought, or silenced.

Bring back Keith and do nto apologize about it at all for anything or anyone!

[pacalo]

25. Phil Griffin is MSNBC's problem.

We want Keith Olbermann back.

[Samantha]

28. It is very interesting these rumors continue to persist

That would be too good to be true; and this one time I truly hope I am wrong. Keith Olbermann is in a class by himself.

Sam

[Gothmog]

29. I would love to see Keith back on MSNBC

[AngryAmish]

30. Working for Comcast puts one in an ...interesting...moral position.

Interesting indeed.

[niyad]

31. would love for him to be back, and in a spot where he doesn't have to bow to the msm,

and could speak his truth openly.

[Fawke Em]

41. I hope so.

Yes, Keith may be hard to work with, but he was the best thing on television (in the "news" category) from 2003-2010.

[StevieM]

42. It would be interesting to have Keith on at 8 PM, Chris Hayes moved to 5 PM and maybe

Cenk Uygur at 4 PM.

[Deadshot]

43. I like his political views, but he's a huge jerk.

[niyad]

46. are you personally acquainted with him? if not, on what

do you base your assessment?

[Deadshot]

50. His history:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/business/media/24olbermann.html

Source familiar says Olbermann was fired for failing to show up to work ,"sabotaging the network" and attacking Current execs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-current-eliot-spitzer_n_1392513.html

He's hard to work with and he's an ass.

[brooklynite]

47. So just to review: the evil corporatist Comcast/NBC, which hates liberal voices...

...is bringing back an unrepentant liberal?

[Throd]

48. Yawn. I guess some on the left need their own Sean Hannity.

Same style, different politics.

[niyad]

51. I wasn't aware that sean insanity has ever demonstrated a

serious level of intelligence. could you please cite any instances of same?