Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann says he was in talks with network execs to replace outgoing host Rachel Maddow, who got her start at the network substituting for Olbermann, until she shut the idea down.The outspoken liberal journalist, 63, says he was negotiating with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and news chairman Cesar Conde to return to the network and take over Maddow's 9pm slot when her show ends later this spring.'I offered to have her production company 'produce' the show. Would give her some proxy control and a f***ton of money but she and [consultant] Phil Griffin refused,' Olbermann told the .
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