In-house Democratic Party comic Al Franken says he is in "deep-level" negotiations to host a show on a liberal talk radio network set to launch early next year.
The hot-tempered ex-writer for "Saturday Night Live" tells the Chicago Tribune that he's been meeting with former America Online executive Mark Walsh, who's taken over the project from Sheldon and Anita Drobny.
Hefty contributors to the Democratic Party, the Drobnys announced plans to bankroll a liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly earlier this year.
The Chicago couple have sold the majority of their shares in the corporation they created to launch the project, AnShell Media, to Walsh.
Walsh formerly worked for the Democratic National Committee and is the party's chief technology adviser.
"These guys seem to be charging forward and making progress," Franken told the Tribune. He said negotiations to bring him on board had reached a "deep level."
Though Franken is famous for his in-your-face verbal assaults – he used the F-word earlier this year to attack Fox News Channel at a rally attended by an applauding Hillary Clinton – Walsh says that his network's political tilt will be primarily "centrist, with a hint of liberalism."
"We're excited about the opportunity," said the liberal media mogul, who finalized his deal with the Drobnys last week.
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