Keith Olbermann
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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Keith Olbermann
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2016-2017 |
67% | 84% | The President Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
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, Host |
2013-2015 |
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 |