Olbermann to HBO? Maybe... sort of

[wyldwolf]

Now that Keith Olbermann is leaving MSNBC, could he be setting his sights on Hollywood and Aaron Sorkin’s next TV project? The Golden Globe-winning scribe behind The Social Network has long had a pilot script in the works about a cable news show, and Olbermann could be tapped to contribute rants, says a source familiar with the project.

Sorkin spent time on Olbermann’s set while penning the behind-the-scenes script (think Sports Night meets Countdown).

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/22/keith-olbermanns-next-gig-tv-comedy-writer/

Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin (“A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” “Sports Night,” “The West Wing,” “Studio 60,” “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “The Social Network”) tells the BBC that he’s now working with HBO on his proposed series set backstage at a cable news show very much like the just-cancelled MSNBC hour “Countdown With Keith Olbermann.”

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