On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw this on Deadspin this morning, and the first thing that went through > my mind was "Olby's reaping what he sowed." I love Keith when he's behaving > himself. But baring a massive case of amnesia amongst television executives > he'll never work on national TV again. The fact that MLB Network is barely > touching what would be one of most logical fits for their channel is a > damning enough indictment. > > I have to believe this was leaked by ESPN, if only to remind Mr Olbermann > how little power he has at this moment. Even his comment within it was bad > Keith: too smug and too smart ass given how desperate he is to work. > > One other big error by the writer is the assumption that, even if > Olbermann was somehow brought back to Bristol, they'd try to get Mr Patrick > as well. While The Big Show is what truly elevated ESPN to their current > level, it violated the general rule there of not pushing one personality or > broadcast above the rest. In "Those Guys Have All The Fun", there's a > section that discusses how much that phrase irritated the higher-ups at the > network, because it implied that the 11 PM show was the flagship, which > wasn't what they wanted to push (despite it being 100% true). > Agreed. It is actually much more imaginable that Keith would be back in Bristol than Dan. Dan not only has a couple of really good gigs right now. NBC's SNF pre-game show is the best in all of sports, and the most watched - anything ESPN would have to offer would be several steps down. And his morning radio/TV show, while I imagine less highly rated than Mike and Mike on the Deuce, is genuinely his own creation. ESPN could probably pay him more money that he makes right now - but then he makes a lot of money right now anyway, and works as much as he wants, and on his own terms. I don't see him willingly walking back into servitude. Olbermann on the other hand is a drama-junkie, and working at ESPN for a couple of years (or months, or weeks) would be mainlining some of the pure stuff for him. One thing the Current experience should have taught Keith is to never again work for someone he is supposed to like or respect (and that includes his self). He needs to work for some version of *The Man*, some power he can envision himself courageously speaking truth to. I don't see him working for Fox News, but I could see him trying to start something at that CBS Sports cable channel I see on my "dial" but have never really watched. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
