NBC's Football Night in America, the hour-long highlight show that precedes the network's Sunday Night Football broadcasts, will have a new co-host this season. Keith Olbermann joins the cast alongside Bob Costas, reporter Peter King and analysts Cris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber.I like all those guys and I'm glad Olbermann is joining the show. On the other hand, doesn't there come a point when you start to think you're getting too much of a good thing? Will six insightful, articulate people going over the day's NFL storylines be twice as good as three people? I don't think so. I think there's a strong risk that the six of them will trip over each other and battle for face time. I'd hate to see Football Night in America turn into Around the Horn.
I hope Olbermann finds his place within that crowded cast by taking jabs at the NFL for the way it often takes itself too seriously. In all off his jobs, Olbermann has shown he has the guts to speak truth to power. The NFL could use more commentators like that.
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I can't stand Keith Olbermann's commentaries. It will be a good reason to change the channel.
Keith Olbermann is the skid mark on the shorts of cable news. If it wasn't for NBC being the parent company of MSNBC, Olbermann wouldn't be getting this gig. Olbermann was good on ESPN, too bad he had to show his left wing, speak before you think mentality. Keith Olbermann, another reason not to watch pre and post game shows.
Olbermann should have stayed on ESPN. Has anyone seen him on MSNBC? What a left wing nut job! Whats real scary is that Keith and Rosie ODonnel share the same crazy liberal mentality. The only difference between the two is Olbermann doesn't lick carpet. One more reason not to watch pre and post game shows!
Now, Keith Olbermann's politics are usually pretty close to my politics. But when Rush Limbaugh went to ESPN, it was a bummer because such a polarizing political pundit was going into a venue where most of us like to avoid politics, and with Limbaugh there, it was hard to do. I worry that Olbermann on NBC's football coverage could be a similar situation, just from the opposite side of the spectrum. As I didn't want Limbaugh to ruin the enjoyment for any lefties, I don't want Olbermann to ruin the enjoyment for righties, no matter how much I agree with Olbermann's views on politics.
He is a phony and joing Costas,King,Collinsworth and Barber..he fits right in
But Olbermann at least gives reasoned, thought-through opinions (usually, not always), even if you don't agree with him. Limbaugh is just a hack who lacks integrity; he's the journalistic equivalent of attention deficit disorder.
That said, I thought NBC's game night was fine the way it was. Why add a second baseball person? If anything, they should have added a segment for closer game review / film breakdown. Or insights from someone with a truly unique (ok, rare) perspective; you know, someone working with advanced metrics, or something like that.
PLease having Keith Olbermann at NBC Football Night in America is like having Don Imus as a judge in the Miss Black America pageant.