Keith Olbermann Casts A Wide Net In Job Search

Forbes ^ | 10/25/12 | Jeff Bercovici

[markomalley]

Think Keith Olbermann has burned his last bridge in the television business? He doesn’t think so.

Seven months after he got dismissed by Current TV, the temperamental host is aggressively job-shopping, and he’s not being too picky about it.

In recent weeks, Olbermann has reached out to executives at a slew of different networks to communicate his desire for a new on-air role, according to people with knowledge of those conversations. Those include both cable outlets and at least one broadcast network.

He has expressed interest in taking over as anchor of existing shows and in starting a new show. Indeed, several of the networks he’s approached don’t have any news programming per se on their schedules. His frustration at not having a real platform during the height of election season has been evident.

Not that a news show is all he’ll consider. Olbermann has also told people he’d like to be involved in sports coverage. During his run hosting “Countdown” on MSNBC, he was, for a time, also an on-air commentator for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” although that arrangement ended in 2010.

You might suspect that Olbermann would be steering clear of NBC Universal in his job hunt, given his acrimonious history with that company, and you’d be right, at least as far as I’ve heard. Among the networks he’s approached are ones owned by Viacom and AMC Networks, two conglomerates he has yet to quarrel with.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

He should get a slot on Oprah’s Network—I liked his show because it was funny—something rare on MSNBC. But—Then again, I like Matt Druges TV show too.

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s not nice to laugh at the mentally ill.

[McCloud-Strife]

I dunno, I'd watch him on November 6 to watch his breakdown. Heck I'd vote him to be the one to put the trashcan on his head this time

[AdaGray]

Maybe there’s an opening for a weather man.

[dearolddad]

Keith is just not bright enough to understand that the only job he is really suited for is working at Junky Joe’s Auto Salvage sucking stale farts out of old car seats.

How about in a hospital beating farts out of of bed sheets?