Outspoken former MSNBC television personality Keith Olbermann — who departed the cable news network last month, following a series of run-ins with channel brass — is joining public affairs channel Current TV.
Is Alec Baldwin the next face of MSNBC?
Execs at the left-leaning cable network have reportedly expressed interest in signing lifelong liberal Alec Baldwin — the Emmy-winning star of NBC’s 30 Rock — to a deal to host his own political talk show on the cable network, replacing controversial commentator Keith Olbermann, who abruptly announced his resignation on-air last Friday.
Olbermann Out! On Friday, controversial, left-leaning newsman Keith Olbermann signed off as host of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann for the final time. Olbermann is leaving the cable network — effective immediately.
The flame-tempered Olbermann had hosted Countdown since 2003.
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You can call Bristol Palin a bad dancer or even a bad influence on young girls, but call the former teen mom the “Worst Person in the World” and all Hell breaks loose.