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Where Does Olbermann Go Now?
2012-03-31
Answers to the question few are asking, except maybe The Atlantic...
CBS: Not impossible.
While the expression of interest could hint that the network could reconsider him for some position, a statement by Sandy Socolow, Walter Cronkite's final executive producer, suggests the network would never take the risk at a news gig. "Oh, no, no, no, he's not a newsman," she said. "He's not a reporter. I've never seen anything that he's done that was original, in terms of the information."
That's considered "not impossible"?
News Corp: Don't bet on it.
Olbermann left Rupert Murdoch's Fox Sports acrimoniously and Murdoch told The New Yorker "I fired him... He's crazy."
OK.Not looking good there...
HBO: Not impossible.
If the premium cable network wanted a less funny, newsier voice to add to its lineup, Olbermann would be the guy. He certainly would fit with its liberal programming bent.
...and because HBO isn't hemmorraging enough subcribers lately.
ESPN: Forget about it.
An ESPN official was quoted saying Olbermann "didn't burn the bridges here, he napalmed them."
I'm detecting a trend.
MSNBC: Forget about it.
By all accounts, Olbermann drove MSNBC executives and his underlings up the wall.
I'm detecting a trend becoming a psychosis.
CNN: Not impossible.
CNN has aggressively considered Olbermann as a hire in the past but ultimately decided he was too left-of-center for the brand.
Is this the same CNN that's on cable in this country, or another CNN that I don't know about?
KOTV? Not impossible.
It certainly worked for Glenn Beck, as GBTV was reportedly on track to take in $20 million in revenue for its debut year.
Yeah, but Beck has these things called "viewers".
I'm thinking Farm Reports. Or worse, maybe Oprah TV...
Posted by:tu3031

#23  Soylbermann Green?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-03-31 20:04  

#22  The Spew. Rosie, Keithy, Rosanne and there's a lot to pick from for "special guests" to fill out the panel. It'll be like the Lunatic Asylum of television
Posted by: tu3031   2012-03-31 17:41  

#21  USN, Ret. nailed it. It's a match made in TV Heaven and will appeal to the Totally Insane demographic
Posted by: SteveS   2012-03-31 17:32  

#20  RTV
Posted by: Varmint Glailet7850   2012-03-31 16:59  

#19  Maybe he and Rosie can start their OWN network....
Snark of the day.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-03-31 15:46  

#18  Who?
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-03-31 13:54  

#17   Senator from Minnesota

Please. Anything but that!

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2012-03-31 13:03  

#16  Here's a link that might interest him.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-03-31 12:41  

#15  The View?
Posted by: Chuckles Gurly-Brown5469   2012-03-31 11:45  

#14  I'm thinking he'll write a book or two and go on the pundit speaking book shilling tour. In five or ten years the leadership at these places will turn-over and forget and someone will give him another chance to fail out of nostalgia and stupidity.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-03-31 11:22  

#13  the "Edward R Murrow of gay strip club DJs"
Posted by: Frank G   2012-03-31 11:14  

#12  Hey, what have you got against farmers?
Posted by: bman   2012-03-31 10:45  

#11  Olbermann drove MSNBC executives and his underlings up the wall.

Okay, so his time there wasn't all bad...
Posted by: Steve White   2012-03-31 10:19  

#10  Senator from Minnesota

That is the scariest thing I've heard in a while Hupick B. Hayes8299, not least because it might actually happen.

shiver
Posted by: lotp   2012-03-31 10:07  

#9  Nervous Hospital?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2012-03-31 09:40  

#8  Press Secretary
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-03-31 09:34  

#7  West wing?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-03-31 09:31  

#6  I wouldn't trust him with Farm Reports.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-03-31 09:31  

#5  "Farm Reports" sounds about right, after all, he went to an "Ivy League" agro college.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2012-03-31 08:58  

#4  Away, hopefully.
Posted by: gorb   2012-03-31 07:32  

#3  I'm glad he was canned. I never liked him anyway.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-03-31 02:07  

#2  Senator from Minnesota.
Posted by: Hupick B. Hayes8299   2012-03-31 00:32  

#1  Try hell
Posted by: badanov   2012-03-31 00:16  

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