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Current TV Revamp: Part MSNBC Part, Discovery Channel
Current TV which just signed former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann to be their Chief New Officer wasted no time in unveiling plans to revamp the programming on the struggling network.
From TV Newser
Now Current, with the guidance of former MTV programming chief Brian Graden and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, hopes to reinvent itself as a younger-skewing non-fiction network. One part MSNBC, one part Discovery Channel, with a little bit of MTV thrown in for good measure.
Presumably Olbermann will be part of the MSNBC model with his new yet to be named program and won’t have anything with the Discovery/MTV side of the network but it might be interesting to see Keith interview a seal or try a little hip hop.
The programming mix is odd to say the least as Olbermann who is known for his sarcasm and biting wit attracted a loyal liberal audience at MSNBC that is probably not all that interested in watching science, technology and reality based shows on a regular basis,
With this type of strategy it is doubtful that Current TV will actually benefit much from the addition of Olbermann except for the initial interest the deal attracted in the media so Al shouldn’t plan on a HuffPo type of escape anytime soon.
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6 Comments for Current TV Revamp: Part MSNBC Part, Discovery Channel
Current TV is such a blockbuster network! It’s got a total audience of what? 300? And most of those are investors and members of Al Gore’s family.
Yea. A real blockbuster.
MSNBC is available in just about 85 million homes; CURRENT is available in just about 65 million homes. Olbermann’s political commentary has a significant following among young Progressives … and there is no doubt that those who followed him on MSNBC will follow him to CURRENT. Hence, he will undoubtedly add to CURRENT’s viewership … PLUS … he gets a piece of the action … and control of CURRENT’s news product. He WILL become Cable-TV’s Progressive version of radio’s conservative guru, Rush Limbaugh. This will prove to be a BIG DEAL for both Olbermann and CURRENT.
Current TV channel ??..Connected to Al Gore ??? No thanks ! Who could believe anything those liberal socialist morons have to say ?? Save your dirty, filthy global warming money, Al ! You’ll need it to take care of your eroding beach front property which you purchased ; and for the rising cost of fuel for your private airplane real soon !
Dear Diane,,,If I am not mistaken,,Al Gore is either a principle owner or he owns all of ‘Current TV’.. Remember when Clinton went to get those 2 Asian girls back from the S.Koreans or the chinese (?),,,they BOTH worked for Current TV,,,I kid you not. I’ll bet Al got Bill to buy stock in his CCX & any other scheme he is cooking up ,,at rock bottom prices,,haha to return the favor. I for one am so glad that Tipper finally left that lyin’ sack o’ SH#T. I hope her divorce lawyer did a job on him.
That’s a skillful answer to a difficult qusteion
The radical extremists who took hostages at the DISCOVERY CHANNEL last year was a enviromental extremists in the same mold as AL GORE the UNIBOMBER MAURICE STRONG DAVID SUZUKI and the membersip and leaders of vartious eco-wacko groups like SIERRA CLUB and GREENPEACE