Olbermann Watch notes that one of the topics to be discussed on tonight’s countdown was a story that the Department of Homeland Security was looking to confiscate all copies of the movie 1982 Disney CGI classic “Tron” because it was allegedly filmed in a secret location. This turned out to be an internet hoax. I know Tron inside out. The movie had a huge impact on me as a teenager. It was the first VHS movie I ever owned. When the 25th Anniversary edition came out on DVD, it was the first DVD I bought (and I didn’t even have a DVD player at the time). Tron is indirectly responsible for this blog’s existence (Tron got me into computers and computer animation way before computers and CGI became mainstream). Anyway, I knew Tron wasn’t filmed in a secret location. But apparently the Countdown production staff didn’t know it when they sent out the daily Media Advisory. Or was this an April Fool’s gag of their own? In any case the segment got killed before air (if it really ever existed)…

CORRECTION: This did not originate in the Countdown Newsletter, which wasn’t sent out yesterday, but in a programming advisory email, the contents of which are displayed after the jump…

MSNBC PROGRAMMING ADVISORY

** Transcripts of MSNBC’s primetime shows are available at
www.tv.msnbc.com **

TOPICS AND GUESTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

TUESDAY’S GUEST BOOKINGS FOR “IMUS IN THE MORNING” (5:30-9:00 A.M.
ET) Tuesday’s guests include Ana Marie Cox, TIME, 6:29 AM ET; “Larry
the Cable Guy,” 7:29 AM ET; Alison Krauss, performing live in studio,
8 AM hour ET

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007 6:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. ET

“TUCKER” (6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Tucker Carlson

Topics/Guests:

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-ARIZ.) VISITS IRAQ; DECISION 2008: Pat Buchanan,
MSNBC political analyst

DEMOCRATS TARGETING PRES. BUSH: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

“HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS” (7:00-8:00 P.M. ET)

Host: Chris Matthews

Topics/Guests:

2008 FUNDRAISING: Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times; Kevin Madden,
national press secretary for Fmr. Gov. and Presidential Candidate
Mitt Romney

FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT?: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

“HARDBALLERS”: Jenny Backus, Democratic consultant; Ed Rogers, fmr.
aide to Pres. George H.W. Bush

“COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN” (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)

Host: Keith Olbermann

Topics/Guests:

PRES. BUSH - GONZALEZ-GATE AND IRAQ: Craig Crawford, Congressional
Quarterly columnist and MSNBC political analyst; Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.)

1982 FEATURE FILM “TRON” HAS SENSITIVE INFORMATION: Roger Cressey,
counterterrorism expert and MSNBC terrorism analyst

“SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY” (9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. ET)

Host: Joe Scarborough

Topics/Guests:

DEMOCRATS VS. PRES. BUSH: Craig Crawford, Congressional Quarterly;
Ryan Lizza, The New Republic; Pat Buchanan, MSNBC analyst

“DANCING WITH THE STARS”: Robin Leach, TV host

“HOLLYWEIRD”: Kim Serafin, In Touch Weekly