A story in Wednesday's New York Times informs us that Kossack and Progressive pundit extraordinaire Keith Olbermann is returning to ESPN to host a nightly show later this fall.
As some Olbermann fans may already know...
...Last month, TBS hired Olbermann to host its studio coverage of Major League Baseball this fall. The initial conversations to rejoin ESPN predated Olbermann’s talks with TBS and the announcement of the start-up of Fox Sports 1.
More on this below..
After 16-Year Absence, Olbermann Is Said to Be Returning to ESPN to Host Show
By JAMES ANDREW MILLER
New York Times
July 17, 2013
ESPN is expected to announce on Wednesday that the former network mainstay Keith Olbermann, who contentiously departed in 1997, will return to host a one-hour, nightly show for ESPN2 later this year, according to three executives with knowledge of the deal but not authorized to speak about it publicly.
Olbermann, 54, became renowned for co-anchoring ESPN’s “SportsCenter” with Dan Patrick — arguably the most auspicious pairing in the history of the show or the network. He left the show briefly to help launch ESPN2 in October 1993.
The move to bring Olbermann back after a 16-year absence was the result of 14 months of intense discussion within ESPN and its parent, the Walt Disney Company....
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...On his new show, Olbermann will be free to discuss matters other than sports, including pop culture and current events, but not politics, the two-year pact specifies...
The brief article tells us that Olbermann’s show will be produced/aired from the Times Square facilities that were previously occupied by ABC News' “Nightline.”
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