Olbermannia!

I may have spoken too soon in the last post, because here’s some even better news: Keith Olbermann’s contract with NBC has been extended through 2011.

But even more exciting than four more years of Countdown is this:

In addition to his nightly newscast — which counts down the day’s top political and entertainment stories with Olbermman’s signature wit — the MSNBC host will contribute occasional “essays” to the “Nightly News with Brian Williams” and host two “Countdown” specials a year on NBC.

No plans have been announced for the specials yet, but now Olbermann is even closer to accomplishing what his idol, Edward R. Murrow, did for CBS News back in the 1950s. With the enormous boost in viewers that appearing on NBC will give his message, he’ll have the ability to produce something as pervasive and important as Harvest of Shame. All Olbermann needs to catch up to Murrow now will be a year of reporting from the roofs of Baghdad.

Even better, maybe now Hollywood will finally greenlight my screenplay about Olbermann and Brian Williams on a motorcycle trip through the deep South, looking for America.

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