The Rachel Maddow Present is ending, however Maddow vetoed MSNBC’s try and deliver again Keith Olbermann to take over 9 p.m.
The Day by day Beast reported:
Keith Olbermann, who formed the community’s liberal voice earlier than being canned greater than a decade in the past, was in prolonged discussions with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and information boss Cesar Conde to return to MSNBC and take over the important thing 9 p.m. time slot, the previous Countdown host instructed Supply Materials.
However any dream of an Olbermann reunion was squashed when Maddow—who just lately signed a large $30 million deal to work much less and transition out of her nightly broadcast—stepped in to personally veto him as her successor.
“I provided to have her manufacturing firm ‘produce’ the present. Would give her some proxy management and a f*ckton of cash however she and [former MSNBC chief-turned-consultant to Maddow’s production company] Phil Griffin refused,” Olbermann instructed Supply Materials, claiming that the community additionally provided him a present in 2016.
Maddow is working with former MSNBC boss Phil Griffin on her new manufacturing firm, and Griffin and Olbermann have an epic decade-plus lengthy feud going, so it isn’t a shock that Maddow would block Olbermann from returning to MSNBC.
MSNBC has an enormous downside. The 9 p.m. hour viewership has dropped considerably with out Rachel Maddow, and the numbers have continued to say no.
The alternative hosts have carried out nice work, however none of them have the star energy to compete with Fox Information primetime.
It is sensible that NBC would look towards Olbermann. A Keith Olbermann return would draw hundreds of thousands of viewers to MSNBC at 9 p.m., however it’s 2022, and it’s straightforward to see why it is perhaps time for a distinct voice within the community’s most high-profile time slot.
An Olbermann return would have been huge information, nevertheless it additionally would have modified the tone of MSNBC primetime.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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