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NBC has announced that Dan Patrick will join the cast of Football Night in America, where he will team up with his old SportsCenter partner Keith Olbermann to handle highlights of all the Sunday afternoon games.
“We are proud to reunite one of the greatest teams in the history of sports broadcasting,” NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol said in a statement. “Dan and Keith were more than successful together, they defined the way that sports highlights are now delivered. Their unique delivery has been sorely missed and now they’ll be able to take their act to a primetime network television audience each Sunday night in the fall.”
Football Night in America will continue to be hosted by Bob Costas with commentary from Cris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber, and reporting from Peter King.
Patrick and Olbermann teamed up on SportsCenter from 1992 to 1997. Patrick will continue to write for Sports Illustrated and host The Dan Patrick Show on the radio.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
It’ll be interesting to see how it works with Dan and Keith. Neither one seems to be as funny as they were in the mid-90s; they both seem much more serious.
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July 7th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Wow, they read my mind. I was just thinking that this show needed another cast member. They simply didn’t have enough bodies last year.
At least no one on this football program has a political agenda of any kind. If there is one thing that I can say about Keith Olbermann and NBC its that they never mix partisan politics with the purity of football.
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Rating: 3.65 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Think NBC could cram a few more “broadcasters” into a three hour football telecast? And surely they’ll thrown in a couple of female side line reporters….remember the good ole days when networks used 2…maybe 3….real sports broadcasters? Then you’ll probably remember it was really the last time you actually enjoyed listening to a game.
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 2 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Hm. If I watched the most boring, most condescending, poorest quality postgame show with the absolute dumbest name, then I might care.
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Rating: 4 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Excellent. Between Patrick saying ‘you can’t stop LT, you can only hope to contain him’ and Olbermann chiming in with “That is Romo’s 4th touchdown pass of the game if you’re scoring at home - or even if you’re by yourself”.
Ebersol hit the jackpot on this one.
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Rating: 1 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Keith Olbemann is a communist that piggy-back’s the freedom this country affords him. He ought to consider giving many apologies on his first airing.
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Rating: 3.85 / 5 with 7 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
YES!!!!!
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July 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
WOW!
The egos will be running rampant with this announcement.
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July 7th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Olbermann and Collinsworth… the two main reasons I skip Football Night in America…
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Rating: 4.2 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
That studio set is going to be more crowded than Grandma’s house at Thanksgiving.
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July 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Ugh. Well, I know I won’t be watching that program.
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Rating: 4.35 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Ugh! Olbermann is back? Great, we get to hear him go off on his stupid anti-Bush rants. WE GET IT!! YOU HATE BUSH! What’s going to happen once Bush is out? The guy is talentless twit!
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Rating: 4 / 5 with 8 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
O no not Olbermann man that guy can make your skin crawl.
Bad enough listening to him trying to be comical doing the news now him back in sports again,thank God for the mute button!
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Rating: 4.35 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Too bad. Olbermann has become such an egomaniac that this pairing doesn’t have near the cache it had 10 years ago.
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Rating: 4.2 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Not a huge fan of the condensed highlight package. I loved it when it was on MNF before sportscenter and primetime ended the need for it. Even then, I dug the George Michael Sports Machine better.
So not completely En Fuego over this.
Though, I still say “Golf Shots” every time I see golf highlights. So maybe they were the best of all time. Hard to say. I lean towards Summerall and Madden/Rizutto and White/Mary Carillo…anyone really. Who doesn’t love Mary Carillo?
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July 7th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Will someone tell me the difference between Rush Limbaugh being on Countdown and Olbermann being on Football Night in America?
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I’d be more excited if they replaced Olbermann with Patrick.
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Rating: 4 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
O-VER-RA-TED!!!
I can’t STAND these guys, especially Olbermann. Hey Dick Ebersol, I think there must be one former player or sports announcer who doesn’t have a gig for next year. Why don’t you add him to the 76 other idiots you’re gonna have on this shitfest.
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Rating: 4.2 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
One huge step closer to being watchable. Now, just get rid of Bettis and Tiki.
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Rating: 2.6 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Keith Olbermann is a joke
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Rating: 4.45 / 5 with 7 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Keith Olberman should stay with MSNBC. Having Bob Costas is bad enough; now with Olberman back for another year #@*!. I am sure I will not watch their pregame or halftime show. Olberman is a man with a very grating way about him. What are you thinking NBC?
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Rating: 4.35 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Olberman rocks. Best part of NBC broadcast. SNF has so taken over as the new MNF. I don’t even bother to watch Monday night games anymore, unless the Chargers are playing. I catch the games on Sirius satellite radio. I can’t stand the ESPN MNF crew.
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Rating: 1.5 / 5 with 8 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I’m surprised to hear that there are so many Keith haters here. Anyway, like him or not, I watched most of NBC’s pre-game shows, and I don’t recall Olbermann bashing G W Bush once. He might have criticized Reggie Bush, but not our President.
I actually enjoyed the chemistry between Costas and Olbermann during the highlights, and did not think that NBC had to tinker with that segment. Dan Patrick’s schitk is very tired and I thought he became aware that he’s a bit out dated when he left the Bristol Empire. Unfortunately, the new segments might be as forced and as painful as the Wayne and Garth reunion at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.
What the show needs is a little more intelligent analysis of the games, coaches, players, etc. and less predictable (perhaps scripted) reactions from Tiki and Jerome. Yes, they’re not as rough to listen to as Michael Irvin, Emmit Smith, and the Brothers Sharpe, but so are parakeets. Tiki and Jerome don’t add anything to the broadcast.
Costas is a legend and for a reason. He’s objective, reasonable, and willing to ask a tough question. Collinsworth is also very good. A few years ago, I used to loathe Collinsworth b/c I thought he was an arrogant, self important analyst who rarely complimented even the best teams. Now, I think he’s become more fair and he’s certainly the most prepared analyst out there. You can’t tell me that you’d rather see Terry and Jimmy discuss a game over Collinsworth and Costas?
One last thing, among the many differences between Olbermann and Limbaugh is that Olbermann was a sports journalist first, whereas Limbaugh obviously lacked knowledge of the game. Oh yeah, Big Rush is a racist too.
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Rating: 2 / 5 with 8 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
When will they get it that the highlights and analysis should just be separated. There are too many cooks in the kitchen. Lead in with all the highlights, 30-45 minutes. Then let your talking heads be talk about the action and then the upcoming game. Switching between sets and quick comments about each team is a waste of time.
I’ll never understand why you have to cater to the least common denominator when you have no competition. Why do you have to have 5 million people in the studio and act like ESPN trying to fill in programming for all hours of the day? Highlights, news (like injuries, records, etc.) and interviews are not enough? There’s a reason we all miss NFL Primetime.
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 2 rating(s)
July 7th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I think Keith Odorman stinks!!!
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Rating: 3.65 / 5 with 3 rating(s)