Former ESPNer Keith Olbermann will co-host PTI this week. In other news, NBC Olympic analyst AJ Mleczko is set to work an NHL game, ESPN will use Kirk Herbstreit on the NFL Draft, and Serena Williams is narrating a new NBC documentary.
Olbermann to Co-Host PTI
Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Keith Olbermann will co-host Pardon the Interruption this week, the New York Post reported Friday. Olbermann, who had a famous falling out with ESPN in 1997 only to return as host of an eponymous ESPN2 talk show from 2013-15, will host opposite Tony Kornheiser on Thursday and Michael Wilbon on Friday.
Olbermann’s PTI gig is just the latest in a run of recent appearances on ESPN. He has also recorded a handful of SportsCenter segments and served as a guest on Outside the Lines. Since leaving ESPN for the second time in ’15, a departure that was not nearly as acrimonious as his first, he briefly hosted an online political show for GQ. [NYP 2.23 via Awful Announcing 2.23]
Olympic Analyst Mleczko to Work NHL Game
NBC Olympic women’s hockey analyst AJ Mleczko will serve as the game analyst for NBCSN’s March 6 Red Wings-Bruins NHL game, it was announced Thursday. Mleczko, who began working Olympic hockey for NBC in 2006, will appear alongside play-by-play voice Chris Cuthbert and “Inside the Glass” analyst Brian Boucher. [NBC Sports PR 2.22]
Herbstreit Gets NFL Draft Gig
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit will join ESPN’s primary NFL Draft broadcast team, ESPN announced Wednesday. Herbstreit replaces Jon Gruden, who left ESPN for the Raiders job in January. [ESPN Front Row 2.21]
Serena Narrating NBC Doc
23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams serves as the narrator on the NBC Sports documentary “1968” — centered on the political activism surrounding the 1968 Olympic Games — debuting Sunday afternoon. The documentary premieres on NBCSN Sunday morning before re-airing on the NBC broadcast network in the afternoon. [NBC Sports PR 2.23]
