Current TV cans Olbermann, will replace him with Spitzer

Ernie · 03-30-2012, 08:28 PM

Even Al Gore couldn't stand him. And meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh remains gainfully employed.

[QUOTE][B]Current TV cans Olbermann, will replace him with Spitzer[/B]
Posted: 5:06 PM, March 30, 2012

More Print SAN FRANCISCO — Current TV announced Friday it has fired Keith Olbermann and will replace him with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

A statement from the network's founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt said it had been founded "on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers.

"Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it."

The statement said Spitzer would take over Olbermann's 8:00pm ET time slot effective immediately, beginning Friday night.

It was unclear what caused Current to part ways with the brash TV host, who helped build up the MSNBC brand while serving as the chief evening news anchor at that network from 2003-2011.

Politico said Olbermann was reportedly fired for failing to show up to work, "sabotaging the network" and attacking Current executives, according to a source.

The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, according to The New York Times.

But Olbermann defended himself against the claims by Current and threatened legal action in a statement released on Twitter.

"It goes almost without saying that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently," he wrote.

"The truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out," he wrote, calling his decision to join Current TV in 2011 as "a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one."

Spitzer, who served as New York's governor from 2007-2008 before resigning following a prostitution scandal, briefly had his own cable show on CNN before it was canceled after nine months.[/QUOTE]Read more: [url]http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/current_tv_fires_olbermann_will_FFFwVAQ0R814uSbYYFzP8H#ixzz1qeLDJZls[/url]

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PlumberKhan · 03-30-2012, 08:40 PM

Great thread, O' Pretend Man of God

Sent from my brain using Telepathy

cr726 · 03-30-2012, 08:46 PM

What the F is Current t.v.?

32green · 03-30-2012, 09:27 PM

[QUOTE=Ernie;4423249] The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, according to The New York Times.[/QUOTE]

Politics aside..you get a gig making 10 mil. per for five years...to talk.

And you cant make it work.:rolleyes:

Guy has to be mentally ill (as is Limbaugh)

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JetPotato · 03-30-2012, 09:42 PM

Keith Olbermann could get cancelled from youtube

cr726 · 03-30-2012, 09:46 PM

How big of a d-bag do you have to be to get banned from the ESPN campus?

Bonhomme Richard · 03-30-2012, 10:21 PM

[QUOTE=JetPotato;4423293]Keith Olbermann could get cancelled from youtube[/QUOTE]

Lol, +1

The guy's gotten dramatically fired from every job he's had. He must be such a prick.

piney · 03-30-2012, 10:28 PM

[QUOTE=Bonhomme Richard;4423309]Lol, +1

The guy's gotten dramatically fired from every job he's had. He must be such a prick.[/QUOTE]

I would have no problem having that reputation in exchange for what he has made over the last few years.

your a guy that it seems no one likes, you make 50 mil on a network no one knows exists, to do a show no one watches.

what the hell is wrong with this picture.

JetPotato · 03-31-2012, 06:43 PM

[QUOTE=piney;4423314]I would have no problem having that reputation in exchange for what he has made over the last few years.

your a guy that it seems no one likes, you make 50 mil on a network no one knows exists, to do a show no one watches.

what the hell is wrong with this picture.[/QUOTE]

I wonder what Sooth pays Tx

DeanPatsFan · 04-04-2012, 11:30 AM

Replace the first class a-hole with the whore monger.

Brilliant move by Al(fraud)Gore.

I'm sure the ratings will remain nonexistent....

Warfish · 04-04-2012, 11:49 AM

[QUOTE]Just days after he was fired from Current TV, Keith Olbermann admitted Tuesday he "screwed up."

Speaking to CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" Olbermann conceded he had contributed to his own demise, according to excerpts from the pre-recorded interview due to screen later Tuesday night.

"I screwed up," Olbermann said after Letterman asked whether Current TV executives, including the cable network's co-founder, former Vice President Al Gore, knew what they were doing.

"I screwed up really big on this. Let's just start there. I thought we could do this. It's my fault that it didn't succeed in the sense that I didn't think the whole thing through."

Speaking to Letterman, Olbermann suggested the network was not capable of supporting him and his show.

"I didn't say, 'You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn't going to do anybody a lot of good, and it's not going to do any good to the chandelier,'" he said.

"And then it turned out we didn't have a lot to put the house on to put the chandelier in, or a building permit, and I, I should have known that. And it is, it is my fault at heart.

"You're the chandelier?" Letterman asked.

"I'm the chandelier," Olbermann responded. "You are always pointing out how big my head is, so I think it's a suitable analogy."

On Friday Current TV announced it had fired the former top-rated MSNBC host and would replace him with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract.

In the wake of his threatened legal action, Letterman asked Olbermann if he would see all the money from his contract, The Hollywood Reporter said.

"Well, up to last Thursday I got my money," he said. "The nice judge will decide whether or not I get more of my money."

He also addressed media reports his complaints about car services may have contributed to his dismissal.

"The story is that we changed car services a couple times. I got rid of them. Maybe there were like eight different car services," Olbermann told Letterman.

"The problem that's left out of that side of the story was that in at least one occasion, the car service stopped coming to get me because the bill hadn't been paid."

He said he also suspected bill-paying tardiness was the reason the lights went out during his show on more than one occasion.

"I don't think we paid the electric bill," Olbermann said, adding, "I come back from a commercial break and they started to get brown. They started to get dimmer and I thought, 'Here it comes. Mom always said this would happen.'"

Read more: [url]http://www.foxnews.com/[/url][/QUOTE]

TLDR: The deal didn't work because Olberman says he is a 10 mil. dollar chandelier in a ****ty poorhouse (The Network).

Also, love how he says:

"Well, up to last Thursday I got my money," he said. "The nice judge will decide whether or not I get more of my money."

In regards to his 5 year/50 mil. contract.

A 1%'er if ever there was one.;)

Frequent Flyer · 04-09-2012, 10:50 AM

Keith Olbermann had a tv show?

DeanPatsFan · 04-09-2012, 10:56 AM

[QUOTE=Frequent Flyer;4430941]Keith Olbermann had a tv show?[/QUOTE]

Yes and it's ratings were up there somewhere with Sewing With Nancy's...

03-30-2012, 08:28 PM	#1
Ernie Seeks the Truth!!! Rookie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 850	Current TV cans Olbermann, will replace him with Spitzer Even Al Gore couldn't stand him. And meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh remains gainfully employed. [QUOTE][B]Current TV cans Olbermann, will replace him with Spitzer[/B] Posted: 5:06 PM, March 30, 2012 More Print SAN FRANCISCO — Current TV announced Friday it has fired Keith Olbermann and will replace him with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. A statement from the network's founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt said it had been founded "on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. "Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it." The statement said Spitzer would take over Olbermann's 8:00pm ET time slot effective immediately, beginning Friday night. It was unclear what caused Current to part ways with the brash TV host, who helped build up the MSNBC brand while serving as the chief evening news anchor at that network from 2003-2011. Politico said Olbermann was reportedly fired for failing to show up to work, "sabotaging the network" and attacking Current executives, according to a source. The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, according to The New York Times. But Olbermann defended himself against the claims by Current and threatened legal action in a statement released on Twitter. "It goes almost without saying that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently," he wrote. "The truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out," he wrote, calling his decision to join Current TV in 2011 as "a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one." Spitzer, who served as New York's governor from 2007-2008 before resigning following a prostitution scandal, briefly had his own cable show on CNN before it was canceled after nine months.[/QUOTE]Read more: [url]http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/current_tv_fires_olbermann_will_FFFwVAQ0R814uSbYYFzP8H#ixzz1qeLDJZls[/url] [url]http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/current_tv_fires_olbermann_will_FFFwVAQ0R814uSbYYFzP8H[/url]

03-30-2012, 08:40 PM	#2
PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,029	Great thread, O' Pretend Man of God Sent from my brain using Telepathy

03-30-2012, 08:46 PM	#3
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,329	What the F is Current t.v.?

03-30-2012, 09:27 PM	#4
32green The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus. Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The depths of Despair. Posts: 37,672	[QUOTE=Ernie;4423249] The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, according to The New York Times.[/QUOTE] Politics aside..you get a gig making 10 mil. per for five years...to talk. And you cant make it work.:rolleyes: Guy has to be mentally ill (as is Limbaugh) -

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JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,142	Keith Olbermann could get cancelled from youtube

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cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,329	How big of a d-bag do you have to be to get banned from the ESPN campus?

03-30-2012, 10:21 PM	#7
Bonhomme Richard Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP Charter JI Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 4,103	[QUOTE=JetPotato;4423293]Keith Olbermann could get cancelled from youtube[/QUOTE] Lol, +1 The guy's gotten dramatically fired from every job he's had. He must be such a prick.

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piney hip deep in dirty diapers All League Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,618	[QUOTE=Bonhomme Richard;4423309]Lol, +1 The guy's gotten dramatically fired from every job he's had. He must be such a prick.[/QUOTE] I would have no problem having that reputation in exchange for what he has made over the last few years. your a guy that it seems no one likes, you make 50 mil on a network no one knows exists, to do a show no one watches. what the hell is wrong with this picture.

03-31-2012, 06:43 PM	#9
JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,142	[QUOTE=piney;4423314]I would have no problem having that reputation in exchange for what he has made over the last few years. your a guy that it seems no one likes, you make 50 mil on a network no one knows exists, to do a show no one watches. what the hell is wrong with this picture.[/QUOTE] I wonder what Sooth pays Tx

04-04-2012, 11:30 AM	#10
DeanPatsFan Lib Free Or Die..... All Pro Annoying Chowd Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,143	Replace the first class a-hole with the whore monger. Brilliant move by Al(fraud)Gore. I'm sure the ratings will remain nonexistent....

04-04-2012, 11:49 AM	#11
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	[QUOTE]Just days after he was fired from Current TV, Keith Olbermann admitted Tuesday he "screwed up." Speaking to CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" Olbermann conceded he had contributed to his own demise, according to excerpts from the pre-recorded interview due to screen later Tuesday night. "I screwed up," Olbermann said after Letterman asked whether Current TV executives, including the cable network's co-founder, former Vice President Al Gore, knew what they were doing. "I screwed up really big on this. Let's just start there. I thought we could do this. It's my fault that it didn't succeed in the sense that I didn't think the whole thing through." Speaking to Letterman, Olbermann suggested the network was not capable of supporting him and his show. "I didn't say, 'You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn't going to do anybody a lot of good, and it's not going to do any good to the chandelier,'" he said. "And then it turned out we didn't have a lot to put the house on to put the chandelier in, or a building permit, and I, I should have known that. And it is, it is my fault at heart. "You're the chandelier?" Letterman asked. "I'm the chandelier," Olbermann responded. "You are always pointing out how big my head is, so I think it's a suitable analogy." On Friday Current TV announced it had fired the former top-rated MSNBC host and would replace him with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The left-leaning network, launched in 2005, indicated that Olbermann had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract. In the wake of his threatened legal action, Letterman asked Olbermann if he would see all the money from his contract, The Hollywood Reporter said. "Well, up to last Thursday I got my money," he said. "The nice judge will decide whether or not I get more of my money." He also addressed media reports his complaints about car services may have contributed to his dismissal. "The story is that we changed car services a couple times. I got rid of them. Maybe there were like eight different car services," Olbermann told Letterman. "The problem that's left out of that side of the story was that in at least one occasion, the car service stopped coming to get me because the bill hadn't been paid." He said he also suspected bill-paying tardiness was the reason the lights went out during his show on more than one occasion. "I don't think we paid the electric bill," Olbermann said, adding, "I come back from a commercial break and they started to get brown. They started to get dimmer and I thought, 'Here it comes. Mom always said this would happen.'" Read more: [url]http://www.foxnews.com/[/url][/QUOTE] TLDR: The deal didn't work because Olberman says he is a 10 mil. dollar chandelier in a ****ty poorhouse (The Network). Also, love how he says: "Well, up to last Thursday I got my money," he said. "The nice judge will decide whether or not I get more of my money." In regards to his 5 year/50 mil. contract. A 1%'er if ever there was one.;)

04-09-2012, 10:50 AM	#12
Frequent Flyer Now....infrequent. Banned Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,903	Keith Olbermann had a tv show?

04-09-2012, 10:56 AM	#13
DeanPatsFan Lib Free Or Die..... All Pro Annoying Chowd Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,143	[QUOTE=Frequent Flyer;4430941]Keith Olbermann had a tv show?[/QUOTE] Yes and it's ratings were up there somewhere with Sewing With Nancy's...