I don’t see the comparison to Ted Baxter, except a similarity in looks. Ted Baxter was constantly being put down by his co-workers and he was funny. I liked Ted Baxter. He wasn’t mean or spoke down to Mary, Lou, or Murray. If anything, it was the reverse. O’Reilly is full of himself, panders to Obama, and is just plain rude.
There was also a certain vulnerability to Ted Baxter, which isn’t there with O’Reilly.
” O’Reilly is full of himself, “
And not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Hence the tag Ted Baxter.