In a lot of ways, it WAS self-inflicted, since Maddow was KO's regular fill-in for a while,and he pushed for Maddow to get the 9pm slot behind Countdown.
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:09:22 AM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:22 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > Nobody disputes he CAN be mellow. Problem is, there is no way to > > predict which Keith you get if you sign him to a contract. Were I a > > network suit (if only), I don't think Keith's potential ratings merit > > the risk of not knowing which personality I'd be hiring. I think the > > insightful and glib Keith could handily > > host a talk show. But I think > > the "Worst Person In The World" Keith would ultimately annoy even > > those who agree with him, which has been proven to be the case... > > twice. > > I think the worst non-self-inflicted thing to happen to Olbermann's career > hopes is Rachel Maddow, who is at her core Olbermann without the Olbermann > baggage. Having seen that, he looks even more off the reservation than > usual. -- -- 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.
