Great Breaking News!!! KO gets four year extension & Specials on NBC

[Perky]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TV_NBC_OLBERMANN?SITE=CATOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-02-15-10-58-22

Four More Years for Keith Olbermann



NEW YORK (AP) -- Keith Olbermann will continue to be a thorn in Bill O'Reilly's side for at least four more years.

NBC News announced Thursday it had agreed to a "second term" with the MSNBC "Countdown" host, whose contract was due to expire next month. The extension will take him into 2011.

Besides feuding with Fox News Channel's O'Reilly, Olbermann has become a liberal hero. He has seen his ratings increase since launching a series of anti-President Bush commentaries late last summer.

His prime-time program averaged 715,000 viewers in January, according to Nielsen Media Research. While his audience is often less than a third of O'Reilly's in the same time slot, Olbermann's viewership is up 85 percent over January 2006.

Olbermann will also contribute occasional essays to "NBC Nightly News" and there will be two prime-time "Countdown" specials a year on NBC, a division of NBC Universal, said NBC News President Steve Capus.

"I've been overwhelmed by the support for this newscast, both inside NBC, and among our remarkable viewers," Olbermann said.

[Perky]

1. kick

[Booster]

2. Finally, a good guy wins. Go, Keith.

[npincus]

3. Show him the money, baby!

Pay the man! :)

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Most definitely K&R

:kick:

[Janice325]

5. It's terrific to have some good news for a change.

Thank God for Keith Olbermann.
I'm really happy that we get Keith for at least four more years. I know the guy's making a real difference. He's helping me keep my sanity, as he's really the only person I can stand to watch when it comes to the "news."
Congrats to Keith on the new contract.
PS-neener, neener to BillO. I'm sure he's as happy about this as we are. :rofl:
k&r

[incapsulated]

6. Good to hear

I've been reading rumors that MSNBC or Olbermann were going down. I'm happy that isn't the case.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. Go Keith!!! He's The Only Thing Right Now Stopping Me From Getting Verizon Fios.

Verizon fios cable tv and internet sounds amazing, but in my area it doesn't look like they added MSNBC yet. Until they do, no fios for me!

[Clark2008]

8. Way to go Keith!!

:loveya:

I can't wait for the submissions on the Nightly News!! :wow:

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Olbermann's got it going on!!

:kick:

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. YAY! I'm so happy for him and US!

We need Keith. I bet this just THRILLS Bill O'LIElly!:rofl:

WTG, Keith!:bounce:

[Bobbie Jo]

11. Way to go, KO!

:applause: ....and many more Special Comments too please!

[montanacowboy]

12. OUR HERO

JUST PUT HIM UP AGAINST THAT SICKENING SYCHOPANTIC SLAVISH SO CALLED PRESS CONF YESTERDAY WITH THE PRESSTITUTES AND THE RUPERT PUPKIN OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

KEITH IS A REAL AMERICAN HERO AND THE PRESS CORPSE CAN'T WIPE HIS BOOTS OFF

IMAGINE IF WE HAD A PRESS CORPSE FULL OF KEITH OLBERMANN'S, IMAGINE....JUST IMAGINE...

[rhino47]

13. Best news today !

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[niyad]

14. this is indeed wonderful news. one thing in the article amazed me, however. it said that KO's

audience is one-third that of o'lielly? that means that over two MILLION people watch that lying POS? now THAT is depressing!!