I figure most of you don't read frivolous magazines like Entertainment Weekly, so I thought I'd share the news that Keith Olbermann and Stephen Colbert both turned up in some of their year-ending Top 10 lists.
Countdown With Keith Olbermann was listed as number 6 on Ken Tucker's "Second Opinion" Top 10 TV Shows list. It is really unusual to see a news show on this list along with the dramas and comedies.
Stephen Colbert was number 9 on their "The Entertainers" list, just after Daniel Craig. Complete with a two-page photo spread.
A few quotes below the fold.
On Countdown:
The best anchor in the biz right now books off-the-beaten-pundit guests, refuses to maintain the ridiculous pose of "objectivity", and is funny as hell. Which is where some of his competitors wish he'd go.
On Colbert:
These are trying times. Beset by towering gas prices, never-ending wars, and perplexing celebrity-name fusions, we had nowhere to turn for guidance..until one man stepped forward and administred a wedgie to our troubles. "I would say laughter is the best medicine, but it's more than that," explains The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert. "Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche, then applies a topical antibiotic cream."