Keith Olbermann will repeat in the AM now!

[newsguyatl]

thanks to liberal viewership like many here, keith's show is growing in the ratings ... and that's catching the execs' attention...

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Counting Down Again In The Morning
MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann will re-air at 9 a.m. beginning next Tuesday, Rick Kaplan announced in a memo today. He's calling it a "sample" for viewers who currently watch MSNBC Live after Imus in the Morning.

Kaplan writes: "Beginning next Tuesday, we're going to give our morning viewers a chance to sample a program they may not have had the opportunity to watch. Countdown will get an additional re-air at 9am on weekdays. It is, after all, a program about 'the stories you'll be talking about tomorrow,' so it should be a natural fit."

Spud at ICN hates the idea: "It's bad enough that MSNBC can't compete directly with FNC and CNN in the mornings with live news because Imus is on. To delay the start of live news to 10 am further undermines MSNBC’s credibility as a cable news network..."

www.tvnewser.com

[yodermon]

1. will this finally pre-empt some of Imus?

*gack*

[Pirate Smile]

7. No, Imus finishes at the same time. Live news will start an hour later.

More exposure for Keith. Great!

[goclark]

35. I was wishing and praying that Keith

would take the place of that coke head , self serving piece of trash.

Sells all his productgs and his camp and promotes the book sales of his buddies that kiss up to him.

:puke:

[Bushfire]

39. Not to mention the racist overtones

caught one of his caucasion cronies impersonating New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin the other morning, and I couldn't help to think was the KKK allowed on TV?!? Wish Imus would go back to AM radio with all the other racist talk show hosts.

[babylonsister]

2. GREAT news! nt

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. THIS IS GREAT!!!

KO at 9.

Daily Show and Colbert Report at 10.

Ah, now I can do something while reading that Washington Post shitrag and drinking coffee.

This is GREAT NEWS!

Thanks.

[Cassandra]

4. Yay! Keith in the morning.

Fabulous news!

[Beaverhausen]

16. oh...let my dirty mind fantasize about that for a while

:blush: oh my!!!

[wryter2000]

27. I'm with you

Keith in the nighttime, Keith in the morning. Can I have him at noon, too? :rofl:

[babsbunny]

28. EEEUUUWWWW!!!!!

[Beaverhausen]

30. Why EEEUUUWWW???

I imagine Keith would be good any time of day! :evilgrin:

[wryter2000]

33. LOL

More for us, Beaverhausen. :evilgrin:

[Mabus]

37. Finally! I'll get to wake up with him

And most days I'll get to have breakfast in bed with him.

Did I just say that out loud? :blush: Oh well, I know KO and I won't be alone.

[Ian David]

5. Yes! Yes! Yes! n/t

[napi21]

6. Will it still repeat at Midnight? Anyone know?

I'm glad to hear Keith is going to be on in the AM too, but I don't want to loose that Midnight airing. Many times, if I cannot watch the 8PM show, it's no big deal because I know I can still catch it at Midnight.

[Pirate Smile]

14. I sounds like it will just be another replay, not losing the other replays

"Kaplan writes: "Beginning next Tuesday, we're going to give our morning viewers a chance to sample a program they may not have had the opportunity to watch. Countdown will get an additional re-air at 9am on weekdays. It is, after all, a program about 'the stories you'll be talking about tomorrow,' so it should be a natural fit."'

[napi21]

20. OK, I'm happy now! n.t

[Ian David]

8. They should put it on at 8 AM opposite The Today Show

[Stinky The Clown]

29. You spelled The Today Show wrong ........

You misplaced the 'a'.

Toady Show

K? Got it? :)

[blm]

9. Tell Spud there's more hard news on KO than any of the live newscasts on

the other networks.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

31. Who the hell is Spud and why should I care what he thinks if he

doesn't recognize the genius of Keith?

[gkhouston]

45. Not sure who Spud is

but I can't help getting the mental image of Mr. Potato Head. I have three siblings, so our Mr. Potato Head toy got a lot of use and his ears and eyes tended to fall out a lot. Maybe Spud has the same problem? :shrug:

[Deb]

10. Excellent news, thanks! n/t

[leftchick]

11. woo

hoo!!!

:woohoo:

[ShortnFiery]

12. Excellent! eom

[DemInDistress]

13. Does KO have an online version of his show....

I DON'T HAVE CABLE ...

[Auntie Bush]

15. I'm all for that!

:woohoo:

[Janice325]

17. This is terrific news!!!

Go, Keith!! :bounce: :applause: :yourock: :thumbsup:
Spud doesn't know poop.
Thanks for posting that info, newsguyatl

[Janice325]

18. This is terrific news!!!

Go, Keith!! :bounce: :applause: :yourock: :thumbsup:
Spud doesn't know poop.
Thanks for posting that info, newsguyatl

[EFerrari]

19. That's TERRIFIC! Thanks, newsguy.

:hi:

[EC]

21. They should have taken the hint on his popularity when

we got him voted as Playgirl's Sexiest Newscaster over Anderson Cooper...if that didn't tell them how popular he was, I don't know what else would have....

I just wish they would replace Imus with him, but I'll still have time before going to work to catch half of it (again, since I watch 2 times at night)....I think his catching on will show that there is money to be made in Liberal (truthful)press and TV...

[bleever]

22. I predict: more success for KO.

:thumbsup:

[Lugnut]

23. Fantastic!

KO is the only hour worth watching on MSNBC.

[NJ Democrats]

24. This is great!

How about putting him on LIVE in the AM though?

[newsguyatl]

25. kick

[KAT119]

26. KICK

[mwb970]

32. Good news indeed.

People who catch Countdown in the AM will be inspired to watch in the evening instead, when the news is fresher. Eat your heart out, Ted Baxter!

I predict big things for this show and for KO. He is one step ahead of the curve - just the right man for the current Zeitgeist.

[cynatnite]

34. Excellent!

I like watching some TV in the mornings when I eat breakfast. This is perfect!

Thanks for the heads up!

[Nothing Without Hope]

36. ***Email Olbermann's show to show your enthusiasm for more KO:***

[e-mail]

Keith's own email is:
[e-mail]

Guess the MSNBC brass didn't think much of O'Liely's pleas to dump Keith! :evilgrin:

[goclark]

43. K/Sent and R'd nt

[democrank]

38. Good news.

Maybe Kaplan is beginning to realize there are other points of view out here in the real world. Not everyone wants to set their alarm clock so they can watch yet another "reporter" standing up to their eyeballs in White House BS.

[justice1]

40. The NBC brass almost got it right

I made this suggestion a few weeks ago. Not everyone has cable news, or would think to turn it to MSNBC. If they had the repeat on NBC, they could use it as a teaser to introduce potential viewers to MSNBC.

[Brazenly Liberal]

41. I think this is significant

It's great in and of itself, but it's significant because it bucks the several year trend of news networks moving to the right. And they go where they think the viewers are, which means the viewers are ready to swing back.

It always bugged me that other, more rightwing, shows on MSNBC were broadcast twice in good time slots - Matthews is on and then an hour later, on again. Keith had a good slot for his show, but a lousy repeat slot. As Keith was the only guy left of center left with a show since Ron Reagan got dumped, it stunk. But 9 am? That's a good slot!

I agree that live news shouldn't be delayed another hour, though. Give Keith an hour of Imus' time. One less hour of the collection of rightwing nutballs featured on his show would be no loss to anyone.

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. Excellent!

[snappyturtle]

44. This is so excellent! Thanks for the heads up! nt

[Nimrod2005]

46. I would like to see KO, Rachel Meadow, and Ron Reagan stay on all day

call it the Rachel Olbermann Network - or RON (as in Ron Reagan)!