Serial bridge-burner Keith Olbermann has inked a deal with TBS to host its in-studio post-season baseball coverage this fall.
Olbermann, who left Current TV in March 2012 — and later sued network owners Al Gore and Joel Hyatt — will be paired with Hall of Fame reliever Dennis Eckersley.
He’s reportedly signed only for this post-season.
“It’s well-known that Keith is a fan of the game and when you combine that with his studio experience . . . he’ll add a new dimension to our MLB Postseason studio shows,” TBS exec David Levy said in a statement.
For Olbermann, it’s a return to his TV roots.
The combustible personality, 54, received his first national network exposure as the host of ESPN’s high-profile “SportsCenter” from 1992-97 — and from there jumped from job to job.
After being suspended for making an unauthorized visit to CBS’s “Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn” — hosted by his ex- “SportsCenter” colleague — Olbermann was fired by ESPN and hired, in 1997, by MSNBC.
That job lasted about a year, until Olbermann complained about having to constantly talk about the Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton sex scandal.
He left MSNBC in 1998 to join Fox Sports Net and was canned from that job in 2001, re-joining MSNBC in 2003 as the host of “Countdown.”
He lasted eight years in his second go-round on MSNBC, departing in January 2011 — just two months after being suspended for donating to three Democratic congressional candidates.
His stint on Current TV hosting a prime-time show ended acrimoniously when he was axed after a year — and then sued Gore and Hyatt for $50 million. The case was settled in March for an undisclosed sum.