It looks like Keith Olbermann will take a job at the Current cable television channel. I’ve never watched that channel but I have discovered that I do have it, and I have it in non-digital form. Apparently, this is rare.
Current TV is available in only about 60 million homes, and is usually provided only on the digital tier of cable television systems, which requires a separate receiver.
Current is Al Gore’s baby. Putting Olbermann on the air will at least give the channel a pulse. What do you think? Do you have Current? Will you watch?
I don’t have it and honestly would only “watch” it to give Al Gore some better numbers or a boost.
I do watch Current TV. I don’t think I will watch Olbermann though. I don’t have anything against him, but the constant shaking of the fists and screaming at the sky was too much after awhile. I had actually stopped watching him months before he left the network.
I watched Olbermann occasionally, but mostly as background noise. He turned a good program into a schtick and I lost interest. But, he’s now free to start fresh with a different format. I always thought his ‘countdown’ format sucked and it would up trapping him. He should do a more serious show and not try to provoke FOX personalities.
I agree with the Fox personality similarity but hadn’t really thought of it that way before.
Don’t get Current via my cable tv provider. But, now that I’m aware of the channel and have surfed around their web site, I’ll be hoping to watch some of their shows via Hulu. “Bar Karma” looks very interesting.
So, it’s available on Hulu? I guess that’s good, but not very useful for a news program because Hulu doesn’t normally air shows the same day that they air. Right?
I think you’re right about the Hulu delay. But hey, people would watch for KO’s commentary not for instant news updates. Current should just put all of their shows straight on “live streaming”–that’s the future.
It’s a good channel. I watch it occasionally but if I had more time I’d watch it more. It’s youth-oriented. It’s kinda irreverent. The hosts believe in all those silly things liberals believe in — multiculturalism, understanding different cultures, etc. Seems like a lot of the programming is geared toward that. I felt a strong connection with it when I first watched it. A lot of stories by people of color, LGBT, people from different countries as well as untold slices of life from our nation. I felt like, in many ways, it was a perfect channel. Something to enjoy when you’re tired of the MSM or just regular cable TV bullshit.
We’ll see how Keith improves or bring the channel down.
No cable here, only satellite, ergo no Current. I don’t believe I’d tune in to KO if I did have it. I get my progressive media fix at Link TV: DemocracyNow, Mosaic (various news broadcasts from the ME), Al Jazeera, talks & conversation with various luminaries, acres of foreign film & independent documentaries. That’s about all the time I have for TV. Both Keith & Al will just have to make it without me.