Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC

The fact that Keith Olbermann left MSNBC wasn’t really a surprise to me I had expected it but not as soon as it happened;  In the announcement it said that Keith Olbermann and MSNBC had ended their contract. At the end of last year Keith Olbermann was suspended for a couple of shows for making some campaign contributions and more recently it looked like he had been told to tone down the show with the pending purchase of NBC/Universal by cable giant Comcast. Most glaring of the changes was first the removal of his World’s Worst segment then it returning with a tag line above saying “Not Really.” Keith could retire but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up on Sirrus Satellite Radio or HBO only time will tell.  

HBO Renews Summer Schedule

HBO was in a programming slump the after several long running shows came to an end but recently it seems to have returned to its old form. HBO just announced that they have renewed all of their summer original programming which is there new comedy Hung as well Entourage and its newest hit the vampire show True Blood. The new seasons of the shows will happen in 2010 with True Blood planned at this time for a summer run again.

Quick Takes:

The 63rd "Tony Awards" on CBS had the best ratings since the 2006 show; During the show host Neil Patrick Harris did magic tricks for the audience during the commercials. Tonight on the The Late Show with David Letterman is Howard Stern and a special appearance of Bruce Willis as Dave's new intern. Prision Break actor William Fichtner is joining HBO's Entourage for several episodes.