A Reminder to all those who are interested - Keith Olbermann will be on TV "Current" for t he first

[Cal33]

time, tomorrow evening (Monday - 6/20/11) at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time.
It was a long wait! Wasn't it?

[PDJane]

1. And, annoyingly,

since I live in Canada, I can't get it. Peeves me mightily.

[csziggy]

2. Can you get it on the internet?

http://current.com/shows/countdown/

[Cal33]

3. Sorry about that, Jane. I hope Current will expand rapidly, and

will also cover Canada before long.

I wonder if this will be of any consolation to you. I was in Montreal for a
week 20 years ago. The nightly news they had was incomparably superior to
what we are used to having here in the U.S. It's my belief that those
Canadians who are interested know far more of the important things going on
in the U.S. than most Americans do.

[PDJane]

17. It's a consolation, to a point......

I tend, actually, to get a lot of my American news from Brit sources, too....and Der Speigel.

And yes, I have noticed that I am more aware of what's going on in the world than a lot of Americans...and Canadians. I'm interested, and I have the time to look.

[Cal33]

26. Also, Sie koennen auch Deutsch.

[Tx4obama]

13. Tomorrow at 8pm ET check the link below

There will be a live stream of Keith's show: http://msnbclive.eu/

[peterrocks]

35. Yes you can watch it in canada still :)

You can watch it here, its being streamed live

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

[Cal33]

39. Many thanks for the link, and a hearty WELCOME to DU!

I gave your link to someone in this forum who cannot get Countdown on his cable.

[peterrocks]

36. Yes you can watch it in canada still :)

You can watch it here, its being streamed live

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

[Pisces]

4. Unfortunately for Keith he is in for a rude awakening. People will not go out of their way watch him

When he was on MSNBC he had a platform to reach a wider audience, not he will truly be in a echo chamber. He is not as popular as he believes himself to be and was overpaid by Current tv.

I use to like him but he has gotten way to arrogant and full of himself.

[Cal33]

5. From what he says and the way he says it, it can be deduced that

there is a rebellious streak in him. (A good quality to have in a journalist, if not overdone).
At Current I understand that he has been given a free hand to do as he pleases. Now that there
is noone breathing down his neck and telling him what he can and cannot say, he is his own boss.

Let's wait and see how things turn out. I'm pretty hopeful that KO will be good -- if not
better than ever.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Current is a great thing. Keith will be another excellent feature

and aside from his show, he is now in charge of their growing news division. Many people are not aware of the superb documentary work Current has been doing for some time now, but lots of us have been watching all along. When journalists Ling and Lee were arrested by North Korea, they were working for Current Vanguard, which will be airing directly following Olbermann. Each episode of Vanguard is the best hour of TV on that week.
Nothing in TV is certain, but this is the sort of informed risk Keith or anyone would be crazy to refuse. The only way to become head of a major News department in TV while not being a total tool is to grow your own damn network. And grow it will. That would be my bet.
And just to put it in perspective, MSNBC is not exactly the height of popularity, cable news in general is a relatively tiny backwater of the TV world, and the pitiful numbers of even the highest rated shows on cable news are not growing much. The very fact that Current is not an infernal all news and commentary factory is greatly in its favor in terms of gaining the huge, potential audience that simply does not watch cable news much. That audience does not like cable news outlets for good reason. Current has other content, of all kinds. At MSNBC, of course, his ratings were lower than O'Reilly's on Fox, but in turn, O'Reilly's ratings were lower than cartoon reruns and other content on many other cable channels in the same time slot. Keith gives up a small share of a dry market, gets potentially the best new job in TV News since they called people into the office and said 'We are going to have news on TV now.'
The people who made this deal, all parties, were doing something different and I think brilliant. Who ever put Keith and Current together thought outside the idiot box. And for Keith to take the chance on Current just tells me he is as clever as he sometimes seems to be. His agent is no fool either.

[YvonneCa]

8. Agreed on all points. Great post. This is...

... a huge opportunity for Current and Olbermann to be creative. I don't think it's just about Countdown...which I love to watch BTW. This is a chance to showcase real NEWS...something that is fading fast on other outlets.

I wish both Keith Olbermann and Al Gore the best of luck on this new venture. :patriot:

[Cal33]

21. Yes, and the whole show -- success or failure -- depends almost entirely on KO

alone. It's a situation where he could try to reverse the century-long Republican efforts at
dumbing-down our nation, in order to manipulate us more easily, and instead, create a
REAL NEWS STATION, where everybody goes to learn the truth. He could turn Current TV into
what Americans might, in time, refer to as "THE News Station."

I can't help but feel that KO will bring all his ingenuity, talent, experience and hard work to
bear in making Current TV become such a station. Here's the one great opportunity of his
life-time. Will he make it? What else could he do but try?

[TheWraith]

12. I hope the time off has helped Keith reset.

You're right that he was getting too full of himself. What made him great was simple, factual observation, but towards the end on MSNBC he kept leaning more and more toward this almost caricature-ish bloviating, and it showed that he thought he knew better than almost everybody about everything. I hope he's come back to himself a bit over the break, and we'll get to see classic Keith back in action.

[Cal33]

25. It's also possible that he was getting madder and madder each time

one of his bosses was telling him what to do, or not do.

And the "time off" you referred to might have been a very busy one
in terms of setting up a new team, and everything else that he hopes will
make a success of his new venture.

[madokie]

16. Sorry but I'm going out of my way

In fact I just set my tv to current tv as my favorite
On dish its channel 196 for those who have dish

[Cal33]

28. Great for you. Enjoy!

[suffragette]

31. Actually, I think he and Gore are creating a new model for media for news access & coverage

And I think that is very exciting and has a great deal of potential.

Will it be small at first and have some growing pains?

I think that's likely.

But it's exciting to be able to see it at its inception.

[Cal33]

40. Yes, it is exciting. I hope many of us will be able to pitch in someway or other

and help to make it the Democrats' answer to the 90% Republican-owned mainstream media.

It's about time our nation started climbing out of the drainage sewer.

[suffragette]

41. I hope so, too

Need to counter Murdoch/RW spin on everything.

I'll be looking tonight and tomorrow to see if I can access from ROKU.
I'll report back on that once I know.

[Lucian]

7. I don't have Current but will I be able to watch online?

[Berry Cool]

9. This site (Ready TV) says it will have Current TV streaming live

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

It's down now, but they say it'll be back up in time for Keith's debut.

Good place to bookmark if you don't get Current (you should ask for it anyway) and want to watch. But the network itself will also offer each show as podcasts after the fact.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Thank for that. If it doesn't work tomorrow...

...Current TV posts the videos of most of its shows on its web site. I also understand they have a YouTube page. So, if those of us with no access to the cable channel can't get it live, we can at least get the recording.

[Tx4obama]

15. Live stream link below

http://msnbclive.eu/

That link/website has tabs at the top for many shows: CNN, MSNBC, HLN, FoxNews, etc.

Tomorrow they will be streaming Keith's new show on Current TV.

[GoCubsGo]

20. It's working now.

[NYCGirl]

37. Keith said on Twitter that the podcasts will not be the full shows. NT

[Tx4obama]

14. See comment #13. n/t

[checks-n-balances]

10. Something to celebrate, for sure!

Despite naysayers, even at DU.

Thx for info & reminder!
:party:

[Ohio Joe]

18. K&R - nt

[B Calm]

19. Satellite receiver set to record every new show.

[Z_I_Peevey]

27. I did the same, but had to go back and manually re-set

every show, even after zipping Countdown to #1 priority on my list. I'm on Dish, channel 196.

So those of you with Dish, it couldn't hurt to double-check that DVR schedule tomorrow.

[ThomWV]

22. Thank you, I put the machine on AutoTune.

[Uncle Joe]

23. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the reminder, Cal.

[femmocrat]

24. Member of the KOEB here!

Does anyone else remember the K.O. Estrogen Brigade?

Oh how I have missed him.

[peterrocks]

29. current tv is streaming live

just checked this site and is streaming current now, heres the link

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

[YvonneCa]

42. I sure do. I used to read...

...the KOEB group regularly. :hi:

[peterrocks]

30. current tv is streaming live

this site is streaming current live, heres the link

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109

[Cal33]

32. Many thanks.

[eShirl]

38. Nice link, thanks.

From a site I didn't have bookmarked yet.

[tpsbmam]

43. Thank you for the link...

With Current not widely available, why the hell have they made it so difficult to find their live stream? I looked earlier today and couldn't find anywhere on their website to stream live. Yours is the first link I've seen, so many thanks! It's sort of a "duh" on the part of Current, though.

[moondust]

33. Countdown is re-run numerous times throughout the night and next day.

According to the Dish guide, Countdown will be aired at the following times (EDT):

8 p.m., 11 p.m., 2 a.m., 4 a.m., 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m.

[WA98296]

34. Tivo is all set up and waiting...but I'm still going to watch live.

[suffragette]

44. Darn. I was hoping I could get it on Roku through the Current

channel in the Newscasters section.
But it's not there.
Fairly bummed about that.

[a2liberal]

45. Is it available online after the fact?

If you're not able to watch it streaming? They should sell a subscription or something. (my parents don't get current)

[Cal33]

46. Maybe you can try the line below. I don't know if it will be repeated

online after the fact:

current tv is streaming live
this site is streaming current live, heres the link

http://ready-tv.com/?p=109