Contrary to Tuesday’s , actor Alec Baldwin won’t be replacing former “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann, the New York Daily NewsWednesday.Citing an unnamed source, PopEaterTuesday that MSNBC insiders were seriously considering Baldwin for a television host gig.“He’s already part of the NBC family, has a huge fan base and is very respected for his long term passions for politics,” the network source told PopEater.MSNBC spokesmanJeremy Gaines assured the Daily News that Baldwin wouldn’t be joining MSNBC anytime soon.“Entertaining report, but not true,” Gaines said.Baldwin’s spokesmanMatthew Hiltzik said the actor isn’t going after for the “Countdown” hosting position. Hiltzik added that Baldwin still has two years left on his “30 Rock” television show contract.“Alec is committed to ‘30 Rock’ through 2012,” Hiltzik said.At the beginning of the year, BaldwinCNN’s “Parker Spitzer” host Eliot Spitzer that he’s “very, very interested in” running for political office, but that he’d have a rough time parting ways with show business.“I’ve grown to really love where I am now in my business and to quit now when it really feels good and doing it feels good would be an enormously difficult thing to do,” Baldwin said.On Friday’s episode of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” Olbermannto viewers that it would be his final broadcast and his MSNBC contract had ended. The justification behind Olbermann’s abrupt departure remains unclear.Read more stories from The Daily Caller Download Paradise Selection .Tournado (live) (1997) .Hardscape . Rule 3-36 .I Promised Myself
MSNBC squashes rumor that Alec Baldwin will replace Olbermann
Contrary to Tuesday’s , actor Alec Baldwin won’t be replacing former “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann, the New York Daily NewsWednesday.Citing an unnamed source, PopEaterTuesday that MSNBC insiders were seriously considering Baldwin for a television host gig.“He’s already part of the NBC family, has a huge fan base and is very respected for his long term passions for politics,” the network source told PopEater.MSNBC spokesmanJeremy Gaines assured the Daily News that Baldwin wouldn’t be joining MSNBC anytime soon.“Entertaining report, but not true,” Gaines said.Baldwin’s spokesmanMatthew Hiltzik said the actor isn’t going after for the “Countdown” hosting position. Hiltzik added that Baldwin still has two years left on his “30 Rock” television show contract.“Alec is committed to ‘30 Rock’ through 2012,” Hiltzik said.At the beginning of the year, BaldwinCNN’s “Parker Spitzer” host Eliot Spitzer that he’s “very, very interested in” running for political office, but that he’d have a rough time parting ways with show business.“I’ve grown to really love where I am now in my business and to quit now when it really feels good and doing it feels good would be an enormously difficult thing to do,” Baldwin said.On Friday’s episode of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” Olbermannto viewers that it would be his final broadcast and his MSNBC contract had ended. The justification behind Olbermann’s abrupt departure remains unclear.Read more stories from The Daily Caller Download Paradise Selection .Tournado (live) (1997) .Hardscape . Rule 3-36 .I Promised Myself