The Resistance with Keith Olbermann explained

Alt Name:The Closer with Keith
Olbermann (2016)
Genre:Political criticism
Director:Dorenna Newton
Creative Director:Dorenna Newton
Presenter:Keith Olbermann
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:147
Network:GQ

The Resistance with Keith Olbermann[1] (originally titled The Closer with Keith Olbermann)[2] was a political web series hosted by Keith Olbermann for GQ. It premiered on September 13, 2016, and ended on November 27, 2017. Typically three new episodes were posted every week and centered around criticism of then United States presidential Candidate, and later President of the United States Donald Trump.[3] They are stylistically similar to the Special Comments from Olbermann's previous work, Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

On November 27, 2017, Olbermann announced his retirement from political commentary after episode 147 had aired,[4] [5] citing his belief that "this . . . presidency of Donald John Trump will end prematurely and end soon, and I am thus also confident that this is the correct moment to end this series of commentaries".[6]

History

It premiered on September 13, 2016, as The Closer with Keith Olbermann.[7] [8] After Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it was retitled The Resistance with Keith Olbermann.[9] [10]

Among the series' segments is one in which he criticized Rudy Giuliani for questioning Hillary Clinton's health, noting that Clinton did not question Giuliani's health when she was running for the Senate from New York, even though he previously had prostate cancer.[11]

Impact

As of March 2017, this series has nearly 170 million views on GQ's YouTube and Facebook.[12] [13]

As of October 23, 2016, the first episode of the series had been viewed more than 800,000 times on YouTube.

The web series also yielded a book adaption of the commentaries, "Trump is F*cking Crazy(This is not a joke)", announced in September 2017[14] and released in October 2017.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Resistance with Keith Olbermann - YouTube. YouTube. 23 May 2017.
  2. Web site: The Closer with Keith Olbermann - YouTube. YouTube. 23 May 2017.
  3. News: Have liberals found their combative new leader in … Keith Olbermann? . Washington Post . 9 February 2017 . 9 April 2017 . Terris, Ben.
  4. Web site: Keith Olbermann Says He's Retiring From Political Commentary . Huffington Post . 28 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Keith Olbermann on Twitter . Twitter . November 27, 2017.
  6. Web site: Trump is Finished ｜ The Resistance with Keith Olbermann ｜ GQ - YouTube . GQ . 27 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Keith Olbermann's back—Hillary's pool problems—latest Fox News exit. 12 September 2016. Politico.com. 21 October 2016. Pompeo, Joe.
  8. Web site: Keith Olbermann Hosts New GQ Web Series. 12 September 2016. The Wrap. 21 October 2016. Flood, Brian.
  9. Web site: Now at GQ, Keith Olbermann Takes His Outrage Online. 24 October 2016. New York Times. 27 October 2016. Sandomir, Richard.
  10. Web site: Keith Olbermann offers a surprisingly easy and constitutional way to fire Donald Trump. Weber. Peter. The Week. 2016-11-28.
  11. Web site: Keith Olbermann shreds Giuliani: Clinton never concern-trolled you when you had cancer. 14 September 2016. Raw Story. 21 October 2016. Garcia, Arturo.
  12. Web site: Keith Olbermann's "The Closer" and "The Resistance" have been viewed almost 170 million times on GQ's YouTube and Facebook . Idea Insider . 2 April 2017 . 8 April 2017 . Black, Lee Bob.
  13. Web site: Keith Olbermann's "The Closer" and "The Resistance" have been viewed almost 170 million times on GQ's YouTube and Facebook . . 15 October 2017. . As of March 2017, videos for “The Closer” (which GQ refers to as “season 1”) have been watched a total of nearly 9 million times on YouTube and nearly 38 million times on Facebook. And videos for “The Resistance” (which GQ refers to as “season 2”) have been watched over 14 million times on YouTube and nearly 109 million times on Facebook. This figures sum to nearly 170 million total views..
  14. Web site: Shapiro. Rebecca. Keith Olbermann: America Has Spoken. Trump Is Unstable.. Huffington Post. 28 November 2017. 7 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Trump is F*cking Crazy by Keith Olbermann PenguinRandomHouse.com. Penguin Random House. 28 November 2017.

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