Is Keith Olbermann on His Way Out The Door at MSNBC???...

The reviews for Keith Olbermann are coming in fast and furious, and few of them are any good.

Andrew Malcolm at The Los Angeles Times says “Obermann is sinking fast”:

“In the most desirable TV demographic of 25-54, which Keith will soon outgrow himself, “Countdown” lost 44% of its audience from the beginning of President Obama’s term until this year. It could have been worse — say, 45%.

“Olbermann averaged 268,000 viewers last month in that sector. That’s just several thousand sets of those eyes more than Campbell Brown over on CNN. According to one count, Keith even finished in that time slot behind Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace!”

SEE: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/02/keith-olbermann-msnbc-glenn-beck-bill-oreilly-fox-news.html

 

Meanwhile Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance adds:

“There are also more subjective signs that Olbermann’s stridency and lack of proportion are alienating some of his natural allies. Quite a few eyebrows elevated last week when Jon Stewart, in a parody of one of Olbermann’s “Special Comment” segments, called out the newsman for going way over the top in his denunciations of Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts. The criticism was all the more remarkable, given that Stewart and Olbermann usually take the same side on most issues, especially when it comes to Fox News and the Republicans.

“Olbermann’s overheated rhetoric also drew a sharp response from Joe Scarborough, MSNBC’s house conservative, who called his fellow host’s attack on Brown “reckless” and “sad.” The exchange (and a few earlier, similar incidents) inspired network president Phil Griffin to issue a stern memo admonishing his charges: “We do not publicly criticize our colleagues. This kind of behavior is unprofessional and will not be tolerated.”

And Mark Memmott of National Public Radio notes:

“MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann strongly disagrees, but one of the memes of the day seems to be that Countdown with Keith Olbermann isn’t doing so well ratings-wise and might soon be history.”

“Keith has a habit of flaming out,” says one NBC producer. “It’s happening again.”

NBC insiders are said to be sweating over Keith Olbermann, but not because of his politics. Turns out that Keith Olbermann may have finally become a very real liability for NBC:

Olbermann...went after former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams Wednesday night, claiming Abrams had been fired and had a grudge against the network.

That tirade left NBC executives red-faced as Abrams, a lawyer, is still employed by NBC as a news analyst on legal issues.

Between that attack on a fellow MSNBC figure and his dismal ratings, Olbermann may have finally made MSNBC’s decision on him easy!

For my money, the folks at MSNBC can’t flush this turd soon enough.