Complex sentence: Bulldog was fired from the station in 1999 due to falling ratings, but returned in 2001 working in the storage room and hoping to be back on the air in the not-too-distant future.
Split into simpler sentences: Bulldog was fired from the station in 1999 due to falling ratings, but returned in 2001 working in the storage room. He hopes to be back on the air in the not too distant future.