Keith Olbermann Returning To ESPN With New Late-Night Talk Show

After a bitter breakup that led to a 16-year separation, Keith Olbermann is returning to ESPN to host a late-night show beginning on Aug. 26.

Simply titled "Olbermann," the show will air weeknights at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and is expected to be a mix of perspective, commentary, interviews, panel discussions and highlights. The hour long show often will follow live events and run opposite of "SportsCenter" on ESPN. It will be based at the Times Square studios in New York City.

Olbermann previously worked for the network from 1992-97, before the parties infamously split and he went on to work for NBC, Fox and MSNBC. During each of those stops, the bluntly candid commentator hosted a prime-time political news program.

The new role he assumes at ESPN is one he and network president John Skipper hatched out over several months.

"Apart from the opportunity to try to create a nightly hour of sports television that no fan can afford to miss," Olbermann said in a news release, "I'm overwhelmed by the chance to begin anew with ESPN. I've been gone for 16 years and not one day in that time has passed without someone connecting me to the network. Our histories are indelibly intertwined and frankly I have long wished that I had the chance to make sure the totality of that story would be a completely positive one.”

Added Skipper: "Keith is a one-of-a-kind personality, and these shows will be appointment viewing for that very reason."

A graduate of Cornell University, Olbermann worked at CNN and in local news in Boston and Los Angeles before joining ESPN.

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