Um, no Nick. That's not how it works. I get most cable stations, it's just that Comcast in their wisdom made MSNBC a channel I have to buy a whole other package to get. I think it might come back at some point once they figure out their digital tiers. For the time being, it's CNN and FOX News for me.

Note to Keith's 'supporters'...the audience is laughing hysterically because that is exactly what he is like in REAL life.

Ah, now it makes sense why tvsquad has gone in the crapper over the past few months - they only get extremely basic cable! I would've thought it was tax deductible, being a business expense...

Folks,

Some of us don't get MSNBC, so we can't watch Countdown. I even wrote about Comcast taking it off my cable system (well, I'd have to pay more) a few months ago here at TV Squad.

No1Dad says: >He doesn't imply that it was a secret at all, much less a deep dark secret.<

He treats the story as if it's earth-shattering breaking news that Olbermann was on the set, when in fact KO already talked about it last night on "Countdown." Here are some questions to ask yourself: Was it necessary for Calderone to add a bunch of "insider" jive from "sources," in the manner of Page Six? Doesn't he realize that gives off a smell of attempting to manipulate the public's perception of the skit IN ADVANCE of tonight's SNL broadcast? Why else imply, ahead of time and without proof, that Olbermann had a hand in determining the skit's content? And why would Bob opt for getting his info third-hand, rather than directly from the subject? Readers are entitled to wonder about these things.

"a deranged person living at home with his mother" how exactly is that a spoof?
And Polly, most non-commies don't watch Countdown so thanks for braving the insanity for the rest of us.

I don't know about SNL being "must see" this season. Other than Tina Fey SNL has been less than mediocre. Which is disappointing. They're getting a lot of eyeballs but the rest of their show has really disappointed.

Bob, you don't need to get your information 3rd-hand from Politico. All you had to do was watch "Countdown" last night to know that, yes, Olbermann was there -- he said so -- and the spoof is a go. It's not some deep dark secret, as Politico's Calderone implies.