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Keith Olbermann Returning to ESPN?

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Hmmmmm. One possible snag is that he recently signed a contract with TBS to host a Major League Baseball post season studio show.



The Daily News has learned that ESPN is in serious discussions with Olbermann to host a New York-based late night talk show on ESPN2, according to industry sources. The sources said the situation was still “very fluid” and no decision on green-lighting Olbermann or the project had been made.



http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/keith-olbermann-returning-espn-article-1.1397021
 
Yep. It's not the mid-90s anymore.
 
Olbermann/Patrick was one of the greatest tandems in TV. Not sure that the bullshit which ESPN is can help Olbermann become relevant again.
 
The only problem I have with him is he thinks he has a thought he should share with us.
 
94Deac said:
Olbermann/Patrick was one of the greatest tandems in TV. Not sure that the bullshit which ESPN is can help Olbermann become relevant again.
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This. Olbermann/Patrick were easily the high water mark for SportsCenter.
 
Smells like a panic reach for nostalgia from ESPN in the face of the FOX Sports 1 launch.
 
BKF obviously never watched MSNBC. If someone had posited that BKF and RJ would be on different sides of this argument, would anyone have guessed which one?
 
PhDeac said:
I doubt they're THAT scared.
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I don't know, they've lost out of some significant bidding wars to FOX and NBC recently. They've also had 90% of the cable sports market share until now. Not to mention the fact that they just laid off like 500 people b/c their profits have been cut in half in the last year or two.

Which is great news to me, the consumer, because maybe ESPN will start trying again.
 
PhilliesDeacs said:
ESPN could host a three-day battle royale to figure out the worst of their media personalities and still not declare a winner. 95% of them are awful.
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Meaning that 5% of them are not awful. Could you name them?
 
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