Posts
Yes We Wish He Had Returned to Commenting on Politics
The smart, brilliant, funny and apparently almost totally
nuts political commentator Keith Olbermann got his big broadcast break on
ESPN. When he left it was said of him
that not only did he burn his bridges behind him, he napalmed them. Now apparently he is going
back, trying to be the Leno/Letterman of late night sports.
His
last two politically oriented jobs ended poorly. Olbermann quit
abruptly in January 2011 after eight years as a prime-time host at MSNBC, and
his later tenure at Current TV lasted a year before he was taken off the air
and responded with a lawsuit, settled out of court.
His new
ESPN show will often air opposite his old one, ''SportsCenter'' on the main
ESPN network. The company has found over the years that broadcasting competing
programming on its various channels expands its overall audience. And starting
next month ESPN will have competition in the 11 p.m. slot from new cable
channel Fox Sports 1's nightly highlights and analysis show.
As for ESPN, there is this comment.
ESPN President John
Skipper called Olbermann a ''one-of-a-kind personality'' in a news release
announcing the show.
Yes, some things cannot be argued against. And for those who want more betting sports
there is now a new thing, wagering on how long Mr. Olbermann will last. The early over/under is 6 months.
No comments:
Post a Comment