Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker put both Keith Olbermann and Rosie O'Donnell on his Best of TV List for 2006.
6 Countdown With Keith Olbermann MSNBC The best anchor in the biz right now books off-the-beaten-pundit guests, refuses to maintain the ridiculous pose of ''objectivity,'' and is funny as hell. Which is where some of his competitors wish he'd go.
7 The View ABC Detonate the small nuclear bomb called Rosie O'Donnell and watch a mere chitchat show explode with barbed wit and fierce sociopolitical debate. She's forced Elisabeth Hasselbeck to try to learn how to form coherent thoughts, made a revitalized Joy Behar her ally in common sense, and frequently left her boss Barbara Walters speechless.
It's quite knee-jerk of Tucker to assert that Rosie is the apostle of "common sense" and the ninja of "barbed wit." She agrees with me, therefore she is brilliant and witty. And her conservative opponent eats paste.
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Tucker must be an irrational
December 30, 2006 - 19:37 ET by Andrew H.Tucker must be an irrational liberal fruitcake, full of himself, which is a complete load of human excrement. Olberman--and Rosie??? Heheh. A dogeared blind mule wouldn't have extolled the virtues of this pair for it would be his job to lead them to safety.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
Keith Olbermann is here, look at the right column!!!!!!
December 30, 2006 - 22:12 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsHehehe. The irony. Look over at the right hand column at the Keith Olbermann ad right here on NewsBusters!
DSG
new year
December 30, 2006 - 23:44 ET by tblothappy new year everyone. Bet 2007 well be a gas of good info on the way the world spins
The amount of liberal crap
December 30, 2006 - 19:40 ET by FairlightThere's ad's on NewsBusters?
[Olbermann] refuses to maint
December 30, 2006 - 19:41 ET by SMGalbraith[Olbermann] refuses to maintain the ridiculous pose of ''objectivity,''
Excuse me, Mr. Tucker, Olbermann himself claims to be nonpartisan. He's the one maintaining what you call a "ridiculous pose".
And it is indeed ridiculous. And a pose.
You caught him in a lie. Oh
December 30, 2006 - 19:45 ET by Andrew H.You caught him in a lie. Oh, my. Now that is unexpected! /sarcasm/
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
On what planet do these peopl
December 30, 2006 - 19:54 ET by kathleenirishOn what planet do these people dwell? What a moonbat! Those two are pompous idiotic gobshites, nothing more. Why the need to kiss enormous arse, dude?
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
I don't know--somewhere betwe
December 30, 2006 - 20:06 ET by Andrew H.I don't know--somewhere between earthly starbucks and moon Barnes & Noble. Not sure--but I am sure he writes for a magazine I don't buy--nor do I waste my time with it in the waiting rooms--when it might be free.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
"Entertainment Weekly&qu
December 30, 2006 - 21:05 ET by Scout Finch"Entertainment Weekly"? They're lower on the Richter scale than even People Magazine! Seriously....who cares? Rosie and Keith should score high in Entertainment Weekly. They're an act followed by loyal fanatics. Pure "entertainment". Do not confuse them with real news.
and is funny as hell. Which i
December 30, 2006 - 21:22 ET by Newsbusterbrownand is funny as hell. Which is where some of his competitors wish he'd go.
Isn't Keithie-boy already in ratings hell?
Not Funny: "HA HA"
December 31, 2006 - 10:35 ET by Ron was RIGHTNot Funny: "HA HA" but Funny "strange"
Ratings
December 31, 2006 - 16:50 ET by SanityClauseHere are the ratings for the month of November:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/nov06ranker.pdf
Keith Olbermann is now number 18.
Olbermann's ratings...
December 31, 2006 - 17:16 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasOlbermann's Nov ratings are still benefitting from the election carry over. But even with Nov ratings he is in the high 600,000's and currently isn't seeing any increase. In fact, during the month of December Olbermann is missing about 150,000 viewers on average on many nights. That represents a significant chunk of the November audience which was artificially high due to college viewers during the election cycle. Look to see Olbermann settle in the 590,000-630,000 range and drop back to 20th. This is good for MSNBC...if MSNBC was only competing against itself and this time slot before Olbermann showed up for Countdown...but horrible when you consider that Nutcase Nancy Grace is often right behind Olbermann in total viewers and both are a minimum of 3 and often 5 times less the number of viewers of the highest rating cable news show during the 8:00 pm time slot.
If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
Vast wasteland
December 30, 2006 - 22:04 ET by nkviking75In the words of the famous quote by Minow, this proves that television is a "vast wasteland".
Although I think Hasselbeck c
December 30, 2006 - 22:06 ET by balboaAlthough I think Hasselbeck could form a coherent thought before the advent of Rosie, I think Rosie forced her to be able to debate those thoughts, and pushed her into the position of conservative mouthpiece for the show.
Hasselbeck is there so ABC ca
December 31, 2006 - 23:06 ET by UnsaneHasselbeck is there so ABC can say "See?!? We have a conservative on here!!! We can't be biased!!!" I admit, I feel sorry for her because she is in that gaggle of Leftists day in and day out. (That, and I also admit she has my sympathies for another reason: she's hot!)
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
"...and watch a
December 30, 2006 - 23:26 ET by Republic1"...and watch a mere chitchat show explode with barbed wit and fierce sociopolitical debate."
Saying this about "The View" is like watching chimps throw their own feces and calling it a baseball game. Mocking Donald Trump's comb-over, laughing along with a drunken Danny Devito while he insults the President, and butt-kissing egotistical liberal celebrities hardly qualifies this show as either witty or sociopolitical.
"Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him." -Muhammad
Debate?
December 31, 2006 - 23:35 ET by SportPoliticsDebate? No debate on that show either. Elizabeth tries to say something, she get most of one sentence out, and loudmouth Rosie, or Joy, or any other buts in and cuts her off, then cracks a rude smart aleck snap, goes for audience cheers, then jabbers some more, Elizabeth tries to respond, and they cut her short again, or off completely, almost never, perhaps actually never letting her finish. Then she sits back and smiles and looks good, real good.
So, debate isn't allowed on that show either. There may be a huge sociopolitical ranting shrieking cheering hate Bush psycho set of minutes every single day, but that's the extent of debate, ZERO. Fluffy brained moron EW crackerjaw suckbutt should be able to figure that out with one viewing.
Which is where some of his co
December 31, 2006 - 00:43 ET by mikejWhich is where some of his competitors wish he'd go.
What competitors would that be? Some local public broadcast of Wayne's World type dudes in Aurora, IL?
I'd take Wayne's World over K
December 31, 2006 - 06:49 ET by TexasOptimistI'd take Wayne's World over Keith's World any day of the week. At least Wayne and Garth were funny. (As in ha-ha funny.)
Olbermann is funny but not ha-ha funny. (An obscure Simpsons reference there.)
Merry Christmas.
with rosie it's more like s
December 31, 2006 - 11:50 ET by Mivviswith rosie it's more like sociopathic debate
Proof
December 31, 2006 - 12:24 ET by iveseenitallJust more proof that the "entertainment" industry is rife with immature liberals. They prove the point made by many ---"the masses are asses". Keep 'em entertained at the Circus Maximus and you'll make some lefty's top ten list.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal