Keith Olbermann Gets Stiffed in ‘Countdown’s’ Broadcast Premiere

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The Media Research Center's Brent Baker reported last Monday that NBC was going to broadcast a live installment of Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" before Sunday's preseason football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Marvelously, a number of NBC affiliates around the country decided against airing Olbermann at all, or to preempt the broadcast until after the game.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!

As reported at the blog of liberal talk radio host Taylor Marsh (emphasis added throughout):

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Honestly, you never know in Las Vegas. The way ABC jacks around "This Week," I knew I couldn't take it for granted that local NBC would pick up "Countdown" either.

So when I cued up my cable, looking at what they had programmed, "Countdown" wasn't shown.

Everybody say, "Aaaaaaaawwwwww!"

But it gets better, because some of Marsh's readers wrote in to share their disappointment:

Pre-empted in Phillie too, but at least it's due to ratings, which I totally get. In the city where I'm currently marooned, Las Vegas, we got "The Ed Bernstein Show" -- a local snooze fest -- and "The Chris Matthews Show," not exactly award winning either.

[...]

KTVB in Boise, ID is doing the same thing as the Phoenix station. Local news (Happy,happy,happy talk...) instead of Keith Live.

Adding to the merriment, John Ryan of the San Jose Mercury reported Friday:

After writing this morning that Keith Olbermann will have a special edition of "Countdown" on NBC at 4 p.m. Sunday, I got an e-mail from NBC saying the West Coast will actually be on a tape delay and the show will air at 10 p.m. - after the Eagles-Steelers preseason dance.

Nice premiere, Keith.

I'm verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.

*****Update: Marsh may have jumped the gun a bit, for this might be a West Coast preemption for time zone reasons. Stay tuned.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.


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i was listening to drudge on the radio

i was listening to drudge on the radio about 8:15 p.m. west coast time. he was talking about a pregame show that olberman was on  and his take on it was that it was a political rant not particularly appropriate to a pregame warmup show.

i hope that i don't have the various shows mixed up.

C

PK

PK,

Well, when I turned on the game at halftime and saw Olbermann sitting on the panel next to Costas, I almost turned it off. ns

and now:

and now, 10:00 pm west coast time, the sob is on with his countdown show.

what happened to the good old cops and murderers shows that taught law and order.

The damage is already done

It makes no difference, even if NBC makes an early change (like E$PN did with Rush way back when).  The fact that they decided to HAVE Keef on the show (or before the show) forces a mandatory RightOfMost boycott.

No Sunday Night football for me this year, unless it's a tape of a Saturday college game I missed

I hope President Thompson will prosecute the Congressional traitors.  Someone needs to.

Wow. I can't wait to hear

Wow. I can't wait to hear KO's "Special Comment" where he, with very somber look on his face, drones on about how he was "censored" by the stations that chose not to air his nonsense.

And then somehow blames it on "Mr. Bush."

GO EAGLES!

It was loserville city at half tonight for the Eagles game. Star struck lovers Chris Collingsworth and Keith Olbermann together at last....lets just pray there are no "wardrobe malfunctions" with these wannabes

Well KO is a"wardrobe

Well KO is a"wardrobe malfunction" because he's just one big walking boob .

 

********** John Edwards '08 ***********
"More woman than Hillary,more black than Obama!"

KO

Too bad he doesn't do "on the field" commentary.  With no gear on.  During the game.  Holding the ball. 

One can dream. . .

What were they thinking anyway?

What was NBC thinking anyway putting Olbermann before football? 

 "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???...eh...no? ..er..umm.. well then how about some anti-American left-wing propaganda fed to you in massive, indigestible doses by America's most hated source of incomprehensible political rants to get you ready?"

Vote for "<insert name of conservative who stands up to the media>" for President in 2008.

Olberman Halftime Halfwit Show

I know I should stick with Olberman's halftime analogy of everything is kennel related, but I will instead stick with my instincts instead of terming him a steaming pile of dog excrement of liberalism.

What struck me as it probably did blacks watching the 3 amiWHITEos, there sat the sore puss boil of Collinsworth telling Micheal Vick how to spin his story, sandwiched in the middle was Costas looking white and on his wacko left was the festering sore of Olberman spewing mucous.......or in his analogy of a black guy everything was dog euphamisms. Apparently he wasted allot of time trying to look smart and I was surprised he didn't use the term pooper scooper as he carried on.

Next the 3 white guys on the NBC lynchtime show grilled another black guy in Jerome Bettis about "lying", "manipulating".....and Bettis just shrugged and said, I am honest and I want to show people that they can overcome mistakes too.

The household here had on ABC AFV reruns so I missed Keeter Olberman's rant like most of the nation, but his halftime halfwit appearance was an embarrassment to NBC.......problem is though they think Collinsworth is a catch when people turn him off too.

The NFL is supposed to be the draw and for some reason this dog crap of halftime concerts, stupid hind parts interviews WHEN THE GAME IS ON by chics on the sideline and this Keeter Olberman rants just ticks the audience off.....and it might be the first time in the history of the NFL they loose audience.

Why on earth these NBC dolts tried to do a Howie Long impression in fake intelligence, it only makes sense to a liberal, but here you had 3 white guys hammering black guys.
Add to that the white chic on the sidelines was hammering Donvan McNabb.........I am not fan of McNabb, but he handled the blonde great and even talked about God which really burnt NBC.

In knowing the liberal big testicles view this site and track it, I as an NFL fan will once again tell NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox what NFL Fans demand:

1. We want to watch football and not interviews nor Keeter.

2. We like shots of cheerleaders as it is always nice to see good looking American chics not scowling.

3. We like John Madden, tolerate Al Michaels, like Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, Jim Nance and Phil Simms.......but please Gumbleness rubs off on Dierdorff and will you leave that Dick Stockton at the was factory you rented him from.

4. We like to watch a variety of games as it is not fun watching Denver, Oakland, Oakland, Denver, KC, Denver, Denver KC for 17 weeks.

5. We watch football to not watch Keeter Olberman.

I will repeat again. We watch football to watch football and Michael Vick is not the game.....he is now a criminal and not part of football so I don't want to hear about him, hear Collinsworth tell him how to lie nor Olberman talk dog stories........I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE STEELERS AND EAGLES at halftime as that is the game I am watching.

The NFL Goodell when he done playing the Pied Piper to Pit Bulls can come up with a policy to instruct networks as to what programming they can link to NFL games as here am I starting to get ticked by all the garbage piled on my games.

I order steak to eat beef.......not fricking gravy, sauces, mushrooms, veggies and things stuffed inside or marinated on my beef. Same with the NFL.....I want the game not halfwits talking about dogs nor frumpy chics interviewing people on the sideline when the game is on.

Goodell get on the stick and start doing your job and stop being dog catcher.

 

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

Taylor Marsh web site.

Taylor Marsh had the email address for the station manager for KVBC ( lisahowfield@kvbc.com) to let her know how disappointed you are that countdown wasn't aired. I let her know real quick how upset I was. I said Thank you so much for not airing Keith Oblernutt. The program sucks! Its anything but news no matter what Taylor Marsh thinks! I rather stick my weenie in a meat grinder than to watch that idiot!

Thanks again!

This is the part that I found very entertaining.

"As for KVBC Las Vegas, if they can't even be bothered to know when a news(!) show like "Countdown" is being given a special broadcast before Sunday football, I've got to wonder what else these yahoos are missing."

There are so many directions I could go at this point that the thoughts in my head sound like a tape machine going fastforward!

 

 

 

We got it in Eastern

We got it in Eastern Washington/North Idaho.  You didn't miss much.  Olbermann and what's his nut Feynman from Newsweek were comparing the war to our government playing "Whack a Mole."

I kid thee not.  Looking forward to the blog.

-PJ 

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07 

I didnt watch it

Funny thing is Boise didnt carry it so I guess I missed the game for nothing.I would of watched if I knew they werent putting KOed on before it.Then again the first time KOed opened his mouth during the game I would have switched the channel.All he does is whine and rant like a spoiled child.I would like to take him snipe hunting in Hells Canyon.

The cretinous Marsh and

The cretinous Marsh and other fever-swamp hallucinators are waxing prolix on the huge breakthrough and the breathless announcement that Keith Odderboy named Rush Limbaugh as his worst person in the world---obviously because of Rush's unwise comments about Eagle QB Donovan McNabb a couple of years ago.

This Zucker-boy putsch attempting to foist a lefty limp-wristed obnoxious fruitcake into their Sunday Night football demonstrates the new Party Line coming from the Soroscide wing of the Dhimmitude left.  Drew Westen at Emory is the new guru---the problem according to these geniuses is that the Dems are too smart and detailed, along the lines of Dodo Schroeder's inane remarks the other day.  They should be more passionate and obnoxious---in yo' face and instead of wheezing and sighing, Al Gore should have ranted about GWB's alcohol problems at the '00 debates & silver-spooned him like dead-drunk [RIP] Anne Richards did to GWB's poppy. 

Drew is going to be meth-farm firedogswamp's in-house minder from now on---gotta be even more obnoxious so we can achieve superb ratings success like Keith Oddestboy's nightly triumphs on MSNBC, where he draws almost one-fifth the viewers of the FoxNEWS show he plays against.

So NBC's Zucker, now that the adult Jack Welch is gone, has stolen the playbook of George McGovern and will go the student-body left Hail Mary leftermost receiving route.

Zzzzzz

I tuned in to what I believe was Keith OB bloviating (Sorry BO, you can't copywright that. Yet.) on NFL games and turned the channel in less than 5 seconds. Just long enough to ascertain that he was attempting to opine on sports and not on anything politically substantive. If I didn't know anything about his politcial leanings, I would have been able (probably) to tolerate his obnoxious demeanor in just dishing sports commentary; knowing what I know firsthand about his vacuous (This word MUST rank up there with smarmy) political leanings, I turn the channel whenever I see his mug, no matter the context. This brings up another wordsmith-gem: Blowhard. See also K. Olbermann. w/ pic goodness (see Google).

 

 

KOed picture

I thought his picture should be here

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/horse's+ass

Just a note:No offense was meant towards horses.

From what Mark Levin

From what Mark Levin reliably reports from past fast women in Olberjerk's life and the state of his bedroom equipment, the headline "Keith Olbermann gets stiffed" may not be the most appropriate.

Apart from that, the comments are hilarious. These bozos think it's their CONSTITUTIONAL right to see Keith Olberjerk on any local NBC affiliate where they happen to be located.

According to Taylor Marsh

"NBC affiliates need to understand that pre-empting Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" for local shows and re-runs of Chris Matthews will not be accepted. No wonder the big three networks don't have any viewers anymore."

Sure NBC doesn't have any viewers BECAUASE it doesn't have enough leftwing nuts like Oberjerk and clones like him. Yeah that makes sense lady.

And if Taylor Marsh is "the antidote to right wing talk" no wonder "liberal" talk radio is such a hopeless failure.

This brainbox then states: "Never mind "Countdown" is a news show.

Sure it is lady. Sure.  And Jeffrey Dahmer was just a misunderstood student of the human form..

That's the bottom line for liberals. The moonbat and extreme left wing opinions of an Oberjerk are "news" to them.

They can't even be frackin' honest about themselves.  But if they want to pretend that Olberjerk is Ed Morrow (spinning at 78rpm at the thought) instead of the Walter Durranty he actually is, who are we to stop their delusions.

I'm Ed Morrow, and tonight I name Adolph Hitler the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD. I would have named Rush Limbaugh but he hasn't been born yet.

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

Good lard!!!

NBC/MSNBC ... Puhhleeze! Get a friggin' CLUE!!!  It's football! This is one of the most feeble displays of desperation by a floundering network since CBS's Rathergate and the signing of professional cheerleader Katie Couric at a disgusting $$$ amount.

You want to draw in more viewers to games and bring up those ratings from the molten core of the Earth? 

Tournament mud-wrestling between Victoria's Secret models and Hooters waitresses.  Hey, I kid you not, eh.  Take one of your blessed polls and ask men who watch football ... Would you rather hear, yet, another political rant dripping with BDS, or see scantily clad babes rolling around in mud?

A ranting KO before a football game?  That's like saying, Well, you don't need brain surgery, but we're going to give it to you anyway ... and we're letting the worst surgeon in the entire world perform it because he doesn't have enough patients ...

I tried to email NBC Sports

When I turned on Sunday Night Football and saw this clown I immediately emailed NBC Sports in order to voice my opinion of their pre-game choice. I tried three times and all three emails bounced back. After the third bounce back, I gave up.

It did have me wondering if they were bouncing back for a reason though.... hmmm. 

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." --John Milton

NBC

I went to nbc.com and scrolled to the bottom of the page to contact us, and sent them an e-mail. Asking them what rock they found Keith Olbermann under.

try sending it to:

try sending it to: programming@wnbc.com

 

Sent: What Were YOU Thinking? If At All???!!!

Keith Olbermann's political rant before the NFL game was, to say the least, an embarrassing example of how extremely out of touch your network is with actual real folks in this country. You have crossed over the line and are now broadcasting for your own viewing pleasure ... Enjoy, as I predict you will be the only viewers you will have.

ummm

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

       Programming4@nbcuni.com
       FCCLetters@nbcuni.com

Final-Recipient: rfc822;Programming4@nbcuni.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.2.1
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Doberman

It was interesting (at least to me) that when I sent my email off to WNBC, my spellchecker did not recognize the word "olbermann." The only suggested substitution was "doberman."

Curt

"bounced" due to content?

Hmmm... mine just bounced too...

"I have to wonder about your choice to put Olbermann’s program on before football. Talk about turning off an audience! We don’t want pre-game politics – haven’t you figured that out? I’m sure your advertisers will…

I’d wait till the middle of the first quarter than risk being exposed to that rabid politico. In fact, this makes it easy to choose taking up a hobby rather than watching your programming.

 

In fact, all the Michael Vick stuff was a turn-off, too. How about you save it for the Cultural portion of your opinion broadcasts, and leave it out of the sports event? "

I don't think it was terribly offensive...

Tried and bounced again

 Well, I tried again using the programming (at) wnbc.com and it bounced back.

At this point I have to belive that they just don't want any negative feeback. Seriously. I have tried four times and three different email addresses and they all bounce back?! A major media network and their email isn't working? Come on!

 

Someone should do a story on this!

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." --John Milton

CC asked, KO Fumbled

Did no one see Collingsworth ask KO "Is Rush Limbaugh REALLY the worst person in the world?", as though CC couldn't believe Oopserman would be so idiotic as to actually say it. I thought that was great!!! In front of a national audience, of which I'd bet more than a few viewers are 'ditto heads', Oopserman had to do a slow burn fess up...........

Can someone get that clip??? It would be priceless to get around the net.....

CW

 

more free time

I stopped watching the NBA because I had to read the police logs to keep up with the stats. I may now have to consider my football-watching habits. I don't know which league has the most "alleged" murderers or rapists. I do know that if I still had young children I wouldn't let them spend too much time reading about the likes of pure and innocent Tom Brady and his new baby-with-ex-girlfrend, either. Add the Kieth Obermeister to the mix and it's simply too much to take.

I know that neither the NBA nor the NFL will miss me. I didn't contribute much to their economy anyway. But, my little personal boycott will give me much more time to do important things - since there's nothing else worth watching on TV.

Curt

We got it. :(

We (in between Madison and Milwaukee, WI) got to see Olbermann in all his lack of glory.  Thankfully, my common sense kicked in and I changed the channel.

What about the Fairness Doctrine?  Maybe they could put Rush or Hannity on for the same amount of time as KO was on?  (I know... I won't hold my breath.) 

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

-- Fred Thompson as Admiral Josh Painter (The Hunt for Red October)