Countdown Turns 5

Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:02 AM by Countdown

A reminder to tune in to NBC tonight live at 7pm et for a special anniversary edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann!

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Five years of sensible programming on MSNBC.

Thank you.

People in the Sun (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:40 AM)

Congrats on your show! I love how you tell the truth!

Anie Isabel (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:08 PM)

Congrats on your show! Yours is the voice of reason!
here is a heads up McCain's campain lobbyist United Technologies, is buying Diebold voting so our voting machines will be made by the government????

melanie (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:13 PM)

Happy 5th birthday "countdown".

gk, nashville, tn (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:08 PM)

Keith..Congrats on your fifth anniversary.You are the voice of reason and give us great hope daily .Keep up the great work..we'll keep watching and rooting for another five years..at least A.J.

A.J.Holmes, Sonora California (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:20 PM)

i love Countdown, Keith Olbermann is the voice of reason and truth. Thank you for your courage in speaking the truth Keith.

Mike Jacob

Michael Jacob (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:23 PM)

Why aren't Keith's special comments listed as options to vote for as the best moments on the show? They have certainly been among the highlights over the past five years.

Carolyn Pexton, San Ramon, CA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:00 PM)

Happy Five Years! Keep the Good Stuff coming!

Randy Summers (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:57 PM)

Congratulations Olbermann & Co.!!!
Your willingness to speak the truth and go where others fear to tread is very much appreciated.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Good Night & Good Luck!

Deborah, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:23 PM)

Congartulations to the show - will this anniversary program be re-aired online tonight or tomorrow?

Paul, Outing, MN (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:26 PM)

You are my absolute favorite newsman / journalist. I love how you tell it like it is, and say exactly what I'm thinking most of the time. Kudos to you, and I hope the show runs on for years and years!

Dei Johnson (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:28 PM)

Happy Anniversary, KO!! You're my hero!! Thanks for speaking truth to power and keep it up!!

Gerri, Albuquerque (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:55 PM)

My wife and I never miss an episode. We love the show's analysis and straightforward criticisms of the administration and American politics

John Brunsdale, Des Moines, Iowa (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:25 PM)

Congrats to a noble man!

Dave Exeter (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:54 PM)

Countdown is by far my favorite show on TV! I make my schedule around making sure I can see it. I've been in tears at times during Keith's special commentaries on the Bush Administration. Thank you for the absolutely most honest program available to us. (I am a 65 year old educated female)

Phyllis MacMillan, Seattle, WA 98118 (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:20 PM)

Since "The West Wing" left our airwaves, I lost interest in television programing, you have restored it! Thank You!

Giovanni Alessi, Hammonton, NJ (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:44 PM)

Is this going to be web-cast? I don't have a tv....

TV-less (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:47 PM)

Keith, Congratulations, I love your show. It is like a breath of fresh air. Keep putting people to task and airing the right's lies!!!

Judy (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:54 PM)

Hey, could we possibly keep you on network television?

Please!

Jose, Bakersfield, CA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:56 PM)

Congrats and many happy returns on your five year anniversary! Countdown is the best program on all of television and Keith Olbermann is a god! If I were ever to be stranded on a desert isle, the only thing I would want is my daily dose of "Countdown". Long may it wave!
Rhiannon
Little Rock

Rhiannon jRede, Little Rock, AR (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:03 PM)

I'm a working divorced mother... Little time to keep up with the political landscape. Thanks for keeping it to the point and adding in your special brand of humor. Caz

Catherine, South Carolina (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:06 PM)

I missed the show - when will it be repeated.

Barbara Spencer, New York, NY (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:06 PM)

Any chance the show will be re-aired? Some of us thought it was going to be on MSNBC and missed it. Argh!

Roberta Murphy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:09 PM)

Hard to believe I used to watch you do the sports on KTLA.

Marc (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:10 PM)

Congrats on the big 5.0! Great show -- but local affiliate WDSU had the sound and video just enough out of sync I thought Godzilla was going to stomp through in the background.
Stickin' around for the next 5-plus . . .

Niels, doing the Tokyo Stomp down on Bayou DeGradeabelle, MS (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:14 PM)

But don't go to MSNCB.com to check the Schedule for this program, because those pinheads list a Documentary in that time slot.

Foolish me, I actually thought they might tell me if the Olbermann Fifth would be rebroadcast any time-- but their web master must work for FEMA.

Joe Scarborough (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:22 PM)

Keith, your show is the tops for me. Keep giving us the goods man.

Looking forward to 5 more years of quality reporting.

linda from the dc, metro area (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:23 PM)

Barbara, I feel sick -- I missed the show too. I thought it was airing at 8 pm tonight and am still in recovery mode after learning I'd missed it. I am sad. :-( It was bad enough he wasn't on Friday.

I want to know when the show will be repeated.

linda from the dc, metro area (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:25 PM)

Kudos Keith! Keep up doing what many dare not do.
Which of these stories will u be talking about tomorrow?

1.COUNTDOWN TURNS FIVE
2.KEITH REMAINS AN ICON IN NEWS BUSINESS
...all that and more on countdown.

Bob Kotonya (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:25 PM)

Keith,
Happy anniversary! love it. You restored the trust on cable TV. Keep it up. I like the way you speak your mind. That's the way it should be. Really?????
Abdoul
Riverdale. Md

Abdoul Diawara (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:31 PM)

Congratulations Keith!! Thanks for speaking the truth in your intelligent, eloquent and witty way! Keep up the great job!! Love your show.

Mimi, Philly, PA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:31 PM)

Love your show, keep up the good work. It seems like just yesterday , five yrs., hope you have many more.

Sandy Grove City PA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:34 PM)

Congratulations , Keith. A wonderful 5 years and hopefully many more to come. Few have the courage of their convictions or the ability to express the truth so well . Thank you ! Keep up the good work !!!
Jo

Jo from Bangor , PA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:35 PM)

Keith,

Congratulations on your 5th year!! I only began watching your show about 4 months ago, but it is my favorite. Please don't ever have Tucker Carlson on your show...his show didn't make it past one year for a reason.

Sherre, Orlando, FL (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:48 PM)

Congratulations on 5 years!!!!! Really wanted to see the show and missed it. Hope they repeat it soon.

JoAnn , Moundsville, WV (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:53 PM)

Please re-air the show as I thought it was on msnbc,disappointed to see lockup on at 7. By the time I figured out you were on nbc it was almost over. I look forward to seeing your show every evening, yours and hardball are my two favorite shows on TV. Keep up the good work.

Sandra Pittsburgh PA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:58 PM)

Congratulations!!!!! LOVE your show. Honest and everything is backed up with proof, unlike some other news shows. I missed the show, are you going to have a re-run of it???????????

Terrie in Illinois (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:00 PM)

Congratulations on 5 years! Another 5 hopefully? Or how about 20? [Remembering what you said on C-Span about wanting to stay and work somewhere for 25 years =)]. I've only become a fan in the past year or so but as long as you're around, I'll stay a fan! Thanks for making the news enjoyable to watch.

Franny, Chicago, IL (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:07 PM)

One of the very few programs we watch on television. Keep up the good work!

Nancy - Wayland, MA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:12 PM)

Happy Anniversary, Keith. Five years of smart reporting, great guests, sometimes silly humor and the best writing on television. (With the occasional significant sports story for dessert...) Countdown is the best show on television.

Linda, Pittsburgh (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:16 PM)

Keith,

I cannot believe I missed your celebration, thought it was going to be on MSNBC! Love your show it makes my day.

Ruth W. Woods, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:18 PM)

Congrats on 5 years! Greatest show on TV. Thanks to KO and MSNBC. Long live Keith!!!!

MK, Indianapolis (or better known as Krista's home town) (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:21 PM)

Watching you each evening is as important to our family as dinner time. You bring common sense back to TV, and in a way that is enjoyable as much as educational. Cheers and keep up the great work on behalf of millions!!!!

Sharon Sing, Omaha, Nebraska (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:23 PM)

Bill O !
You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls are your dirt clod closed minded block head filled with fear and paranoia!
Happy Five Countdown and Keith and MSNBC,thanks for handling the TRUTH!

B. A. Budduskey , Sactomatoes, CA (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:29 PM)

Thanks for being so sensible! so smart! so witty! so personable! and a good sport, too! Hope you keep doing these great things until you are older than Andy Rooney and that whatever you do becomes the same classy classic that Countdown is now.

N M (Nina) Postlethwaite, Gainesville, FL (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:30 PM)

Congrats on 5 yrs - keep it up. You are basically the only news I watch, as I live in Northern AZ & only get Phoenix news. Because our time does not change due to daylight savings time, I have to adjust to the time to watch you. Don't miss it if possible.

Sharon Green, Prescott Valley, AZ (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:56 PM)

BIG UP Countdown!!! Glad you've made it this far, Keith. Keep it going and keep it quality!!! Cheers from Korea: DJ_S

Danny J, Seoul, ROK (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:59 PM)

Keith, you are the best. Congratulations,you are deilight of my days.
Thank you

sny (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:10 PM)

G'day Mate on good on Ya for holding back the dark curtain of Fixed Noise for five years. They are on 24/7 here down under, when will we be able to see you 1/5? But you better hurry before the brainwashing of the Kiwi's about America is complete!
I voted with my feet and none too soon by the dire outlook of things in the States.
Cheers Mate!

Gordon Coursen, New Zealand (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:11 PM)

The Edward R. Murrow of our time. CBS is in such bad shape they have walked away from that franchise. Thanks to Countdown and MSNBC there is someone to ask the hard questions. What a wonderful duty. To quote Mr. Murrow:
Good Night and Good Luck...And thank you Keith.

John,Dallas, Texas (Sent Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:16 PM)

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