Countdown with Keith Olbermann
MSNBC | Current TV | Release Date: March 31, 2003
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
SalonMatt Zoller SeitzJun 23, 2011
Season 9 Review: These are production issues that will fix themselves in time. Olbermann was back. He jumped right back into the thick of things. And he was very, very good. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 23, 2011
Season 9 Review: Olbermann is still Olbermann: left-leaning, punctuated by ironic humor, veering into bombast, and underpinned by sincerity. You'll just need to look a little harder in the far reaches of cable to find him. Read full review
50
SlateTroy PattersonJun 27, 2011
Season 9 Review: This Countdown isn't terribly televisual and might gain in force and intimacy if it were transferred straight to radio, though it would suffer from the loss of light-hearted video clips that serve to cleanse the palate of bile. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 23, 2011
Season 9 Review: Certainly Olbermann is refreshing, and singular, in the clarity of his mission, which is to defend the liberal point of view with the same sort of take-no-prisoners rhetoric that conservative pundits like Bill O'Reilly have wielded so effectively. But the blatant uber-medianess of his persona seems, at times, in direct conflict with that belief that "the weakest citizen is more important than the strongest corporation." Read full review
40
Baltimore SunDavid ZurawikJun 23, 2011
Season 9 Review: I suspect Olbermann could build it out exponentially. But for that to happen, Gore or someone is going to have to rein Olbermann in on reckless and self-indulgent attack segments like the last one with Moulitsas. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverJun 23, 2011
Season 9 Review: Countdown has transported itself from MSNBC to Current without major incident or much innovation. Read full review
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