Keith Olbermann Officially Out At NBC’s Football Night In America Studio Show

by Steve Krakauer | 3:27 pm, September 8th, 2010

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MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann will not be part of this season of NBC’s Sunday night football studio show Football night In America, according to Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated.

He had been with the program since 2007, and the crowded show will not be replacing him with another anchor.

Olbermann had been rumored to be off the show since early August, but NBC has not confirmed the initial reports. Today, Deitsch tweeted, “NBC Sports has officially (and finally) confirmed that Keith Olbermann will not be on Football Night in America this season.”

Deitsch expands on the situation in his comprehensive rundown of NFL broadcasting for the season that begins tomorrow:

Keith Olbermann will not be back on the Football Night In America but the Keystone Kops manner in which NBC Sports refused to officially comment on Olbermann’s status for weeks was beyond silly. If Olbermann is gone, say it, and move on. SI.com was told a couple of weeks ago that “the higher ups” would soon thunder down with a decision, and that came long after this Aug. 5 report declaring that Olbermann would not be back on the show.

The studio show includes Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison and Peter King.

We’ve reached out to NBC Sports, MSNBC and Olbermann (via Twitter) for comment.

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Haimerej

’bout time.

Blackballing Rush Limbaugh while having this hate-monger cover their Sunday night games was pretty hypocritical.
Arkansas Steve

FINALLY, someone at NBC made a REALLY, REALLY, GOOD DECISION!!
Zakk

Fired from another sports tv show.
moople

Great news! Now I can watch the Sunday Night Football without having to endure that panty waste.
JimBob

He still has his Baseball Cards to drool over.
An a low rated TV Show on MSNBC.
Arkansas Steve

NOW, if the people at NBC were REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, SMART,

Shhh: they would hire sarah barracuda to replace him

NAH, NO CHANCE. There is NOBODY at NBC (even NBC sports) who is THAT SMART!!!
errxn

In a related story, I can now watch NBC’s Football Night in America studio show without experiencing bouts of nausea.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Didn’t Olbermann play Quarterback at Cornel? Oh no he was the John Deere driver.
ChuckfromTacoma

Counting myself, NBC will be picking up 30% of the posters thus far as viewers of Football Night in America.
I wonder if dumping that moron’s other show would have a similar effect on MSNBC.
Congrats to NBC management on the rare wise decision.
BeesBuzz

Olbermann is poison.

He did it to himself.
Azarkhan

Great! Now the only I’ll have to look at that asshole’s face is on Mediaite.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Flinner/1438330220 Mark Flinner

HALLELUJAH!!
lonestar77

Good. No more switching over to the NFL network during halftime.
murf

Roscoe’s Chicken & Biscuits !
BR

Headline should read: NBC Fires Keith ‘Tokyo Rose” Olbermann. Now when will MSNBC fire him too?
felixw

Dang, I was hoping to hear Olbermann call Tim Tebow an “irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”
puck30

Fired from ESPN and Lifetime Ban from the ESPN Campus in Bristol, CT

Fired from FOX SPORTS

Fired from ABC Radio

Fired from CNN

Websites Bloggerman & The News Hole shut down due to lack of interest.

Fired from NBC Sports

Apx, 172 days until his contract runs out at MSNBC

Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Michael_T

WTF?

This story is at least a month old.

NY Post Aug. 9, 2010
http://tinyurl.com/2g2bzn6
Big Eddie

There is a bright side for him . More kitty time . More TWEETS OF RAGE for the fans .
dcmediasux

KO truly, madly, deeply…SUX.

excellent news for all football fans. (id bet that 97.2 of his cable show viewers prefer soccer anyway)
ckt1940

Thank GOD, for small favors. Now they have to get rid of, Patrick
http://www.youtube.com/cmdrgmh cmdrgmh

You guys are so fucking stupid. If you wanted to know why KO is not doing the Football Night thing, just ask him. It was his decision not NBC’s. He told his fans Months ago he was thinking of not doing the 6 day in a row thing anymore., Plus all of the election coverage coming up. Besides if you read the article, they have several people doing the show so they won’t be replacing him. Get your shit together before jumping the gun. Another Crack reporting job by the dumbest reporter at Mediaite. Steve Krakauer. Truly, you really need to go to school to do journalism. You need reliable sources, like……………………I don’t know………………….Asking the guy your writting about. There’s a good start.
felixw

cmdrgmh said:
It was his decision not NBC’s.

That’s not what the press is reporting. According to this article, Olbermann’s bosses at MSNBC made are yanking him off the football broadcast because it is a “distraction.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/olbermann_dropped_by_snf_GQBPwqzMz9oLafV2szQ1jP

But hey, we appreciate the insults you put in your post, even if your facts were wrong.
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felixw says:
September 8, 2010 at 7:55 pm
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cmdrgmh said:
It was his decision not NBC’s.

That’s not what the press is reporting. According to this article, Olbermann’s bosses at MSNBC made are yanking him off the football broadcast because it is a “distraction.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/olbermann_dropped_by_snf_GQBPwqzMz9oLafV2szQ1jP

But hey, we appreciate the insults you put in your post, even if your facts were wrong.

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The last time the NY Post had a true story was in 1945. lol,

A Tabloid News Paper owned by Murdoch is what your relying on.

Again, Dumbass, ask the person your writting about, not the Tabloids.

KO, told his fans about this a long time ago. This is not news.
shootfromthehip

Agreed cmdgmh.
felixw

cmdrgmh said:
felixw says:
September 8, 2010 at 7:55 pm
5 1
cmdrgmh said:
It was his decision not NBC’s.

That’s not what the press is reporting. According to this article, Olbermann’s bosses at MSNBC made are yanking him off the football broadcast because it is a “distraction.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/olbermann_dropped_by_snf_GQBPwqzMz9oLafV2szQ1jP

But hey, we appreciate the insults you put in your post, even if your facts were wrong.

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The last time the NY Post had a true story was in 1945. lol,

A Tabloid News Paper owned by Murdoch is what your relying on.

Again, Dumbass, ask the person your writting about, not the Tabloids.

KO, told his fans about this a long time ago. This is not news.

Okay, I know that the Post is not the most credible newspaper. But anything it publishes is Pulitzer Prize caliber compared to the mixture of fantasy and paranoia that comes from Olbermann himself.
Phocus2

Must warm the creeps heart to read all the sad comments on this site about him being jettisoned from the sports show segment he ruined for years. But wait, what heart you say? You’re right, my mistake. Now, we can watch halftime again. Best bet, NBC dumped the clown…he did not quit
nycstone

KO is a writer. (Just like Bob Costas.) Keith was an LA sportscaster before working for ESPN. He’s very good at writing about sports. Not so good about writing about politics. I’m personally sorry to see NBC Sports let him go.
Arkansas Steve

Except for the fact that they both have two arms & two legs,

Keith is NOTHING like Bob Costas!!
torgman

Arkansas Steve said:
NOW, if the people at NBC were REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, SMART,

Shhh: they would hire sarah barracuda to replace him

NAH, NO CHANCE. There is NOBODY at NBC (even NBC sports) who is THAT SMART!!!

You need to fine tune your definition of “smart.”
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