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Keith Olbermann

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Birthday: Jan 27, 1959

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

If Keith Olbermann were not a very real, very angry American news anchor, commentator, and sportscaster, then he might have been a character dreamed up by brilliant screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky in the movie "Network" (1976), his searing satire of television news. In that movie, Peter Finch's anchorman Howard Beale goes insane, chucks his professional impartiality, and starts ranting and raving on the air against the depressing state of the world. As the host of the nightly newscast "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" (MSNBC, 2003-11), Olbermann's critics - and even some of his fans - would argue that Olbermann essentially did the same thing, night after night. A man who admittedly harbored many personal demons through the years, eventually transformed a show that began as a straight newscast into a pulpit for its star to attack the policies of the Bush Administration and the right-wing diatribes of his heated on-air rival, Bill O'Reilly. In the process, Olbermann became a lightning rod for controversy and perhaps the loudest liberal voice on America's airwaves, until his sudden departure from MSNBC in early 2011 left uncertain the future of both the vocal provocateur and his former network.

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2011 2015 2017
41% 61% Chelsea Guest 2016
80% 88% The Jim Gaffigan Show Self 2015
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest,
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No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2009 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2006 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2009
78% 92% 30 Rock Sportscaster (Guest Star) 2009
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2007
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Bob Grossbeard (Guest Voice) 2007
62% No Score Yet Arli$$ Unknown (Guest Star) 1999