Barber filled the spot of Willie Geist on the MSNBC program Morning Joe while Geist was on vacation. In August 2008, Barber helped broadcast the 2008 Summer Olympics on MSNBC and was a commentator for Yahoo! sports for the 2010 Winter Olympics. On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, the New York Post reported that NBC has dropped him from his contributor's role on NBC's The Today Show. Barber was quietly let go in May 2010 by the network after his contract was not renewed by NBC earlier that year. Barber appeared as a studio pundit on the BBC's Super Bowl XLV coverage. As of January 2022, Barber is a radio host for WFAN with Brandon Tierney, on weekday afternoons airing 10-2pm (EST). The pair previously hosted a national show on CBS Sports Radio. Miscellaneous TV appearances Barber is a frequent judge on the Food Network show Iron Chef America, along with the show Chopped. Barber appeared as a guest judge on Project Runway. The challenge was to design Barber a dress shirt to wear on the Today Show. Barber appeared with his family on NBC's show Celebrity Family Feud which premiered on June 24, 2008. Barber appeared as the guest in the "Not My Job" section of the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in November 2008. He answered three questions about Mickey Mouse on the occasion of Mickey's 80th birthday. Barber was the 'mobile shout out' on an episode of the Discovery Channel game show Cash Cab. The question was "What is the name of the famous John Steinbeck novel that followed the travels of Tom Joad?". Both Barber and the contestant incorrectly answered with Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; the correct answer was The Grapes of Wrath. In the 2008 series Knight Rider, Barber played a drill sergeant who was murdered during an underground MMA fight in the episode "Fight Knight". His character was filmed dressing down an unseen private and used by KITT to distract the owner of the illegal club long enough to allow for capture by Michael. He was also spoofed by KITT at the end of the episode. Barber appears in multiple episodes as himself in the 2009 iteration of The Electric Company. His "character" is adored by women and adolescents alike and is portrayed as a very likable and forthright role model. One episode even puts him in the role of