Editing Countdown with Keith Olbermann (section)

==Guests==
Regular contributors featured on the show in its [[Current TV]] run included:
* [[David Shuster]], former [[MSNBC]] anchor and "primary substitute anchor" since June 7, 2011<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/confessions-keith-olbermann-195411 |title = The Confessions of Keith Olbermann |author = Marisa Guthrie |magazine = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 2011-06-07}}</ref>
* [[Matt Taibbi]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' journalist
* [[Michael Moore]], filmmaker
* [[Ken Burns]], documentarian
* [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], comedian and actor
* [[Sam Seder]], host of ''[[The Majority Report]]'' and occasional substitute anchor.
* [[Markos Moulitsas]], creator of ''[[Daily Kos]]''
* [[John Dean]], former [[White House Counsel]] to [[Richard Nixon]]&mdash;political
* Heather McGhee, Director of the Washington office of [[Demos (U.S. think tank)|Demos]]
* [[Jonathan Turley]], law professor at The George Washington University School of Law
* [[Maysoon Zayid]], comedian and activist
* [[Kate Sheppard]], ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' energy and environmental reporter
* [[Jeremy Scahill]], investigative journalist and author
* [[Donald Sutherland]], actor
* [[Mark Ruffalo]], actor
* [[Derrick Pitts]], astronomer
* Nicole Lamoureux, the executive director of the National Association of Free Clinics

Regular contributors in the show's broadcast history on [[MSNBC]] included:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olbermann.org/ko/index.cfm?go=guests |title=Olbermann.org: An Unofficial Keith Olbermann Archive and Fan Site |publisher=Olbermann.org |access-date=2008-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222101518/http://olbermann.org/ko/index.cfm?go=guests |archive-date=2008-12-22 }}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Alter]], senior editor for ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine&mdash;political
* [[Margaret Carlson]], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' columnist and author of ''Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made it to the White House''
* [[Chris Cillizza]], blogger for ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [[Howard Fineman]], editor and correspondent for ''[[Newsweek]]'' and  ''[[The Huffington Post]]''
* [[Christian Finnegan]], comedian—tabloid/entertainment
* [[Christopher Hayes (journalist)|Christopher Hayes]], [[Washington, D.C.]] editor for ''[[The Nation]]''
* Chris Kofinis, Democratic political strategist
* [[Howard Dean]], former [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman
* [[David Corn]], political journalist and Washington D.C. bureau chief of ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' 
* [[Eugene Robinson (journalist)|Eugene Robinson]], newspaper columnist for ''[[The Washington Post]]''
*[[Joan Walsh]], [[political pundit]] and journalist
* [[Paul F. Tompkins]], comedian&mdash;tabloid/entertainment
* [[Richard Wolffe]], political journalist and author 
* [[Lynn Woolsey]], chair of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]
* [[Melissa Harris-Perry]], professor of politics and African-American studies, [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melissaharrislacewell.com/about.html|title=Melissa Harris-Lacewell (official site)|website=Melissaharrislacewell.com|access-date=2010-07-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629164831/http://www.melissaharrislacewell.com/about.html|archive-date=2010-06-29}}</ref>
* [[Jason Bateman]], actor
* [[Shannyn Moore]], contributor to ''[[The Huffington Post]]''
* [[Wesley Clark]], retired four-star general&mdash;military analyst for MSNBC
* [[E. J. Dionne]], [[columnist]] for ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [[John Harwood (journalist)|John Harwood]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' writer and [[CNBC]] contributing reporter&mdash;political
* [[Richard Justice (sports journalist)|Richard Justice]], Sports Writer for the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
* [[Rachel Maddow]], who also served as a substitute anchor from April through August 2008, prior to the launch of her own program on MSNBC, ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]''.
*[[Ron Reagan]], political commentator and author who also served as a substitute anchor
*[[Arianna Huffington]], columnist and co-founder of ''[[The Huffington Post]]''
* General [[Barry McCaffrey]], Ret. &mdash; military
* [[Joel McHale]], host of the [[E!]] show ''[[The Soup]]'' - pop culture
* Maria Milito, New York disc jockey &mdash; ''[[American Idol]]''
* [[Michael Musto]], editor of ''[[The Village Voice]]''&mdash; tabloid/entertainment
* [[Lawrence O'Donnell]], MSNBC political analyst and host of ''[[The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell]]''
* Tom O'Neil, editor of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''&mdash;entertainment
* [[Clarence Page]], columnist and member of the editorial board of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
* [[Nate Silver]], founder of [[FiveThirtyEight.com]] - for [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election prediction]]
* [[Jon Soltz]], Iraq War Veteran, co-founder and chairman of [[VoteVets.org]]
* [[Chuck Todd]], political director for [[NBC News]]
* Clint Van Zandt, former [[FBI]] profiler&mdash;abductions/murders
* [[Robin Wright (author)|Robin Wright]], diplomatic correspondent for ''The Washington Post'' &mdash;terrorism and international events <!-- not actress [[Robin Wright Penn]]-->

Interviews with comedians were featured regularly during the final segment of the show; notable appearances have included [[George Carlin]], [[Lewis Black]], [[Mo Rocca]], and [[John Cleese]].