Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann must be used to seeing blown-up bridges in his rearview mirror. His departure from cable network Current after just nine months is the latest in a series of ugly breakups with employers. So what are his job options now?
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Keith Olbermann
On the same day that Keith Olbermann filed a lawsuit against Current TV, the cable network fired back with a countersuit of their own.
Olbermann filed suit Thursday citing breach of contract, sabotage and disparagement after he was fired one year into his five-year, $50 million contract with Current. Current TV then filed a countersuit, claiming that the Countdown host rarely showed up to work, missing 19 out of 41 days in January and February in what the network calls...
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Katie Couric and Josh Elliott
One lesson learned in this wearying week of morning-show warfare: Some people should never give up their dream day job. Which is why it was so gratifying for the week to end with the announcement that Today's Matt Lauer was staying put for years to come. I'd like to think he saw the future — or maybe Today's future — staring at him on Wednesday, when he sat across from...
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Keith Olbermann
Less than a week after being fired from Current TV, Keith Olbermann filed a lawsuit against the cable network Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Olbermann is suing for breach of contract, sabotage and disparagement after he claims he was...
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Keith Olbermann
Just a few days Current TV fired lead anchor Keith Olbermann, he appeared on Late Show with David Letterman and admitted, "I screwed up."
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Keith Olbermann
Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has been fired as lead anchor of Current TV, the New York Times reports.
Just a year after he was hired, the network let him go reportedly because he failed to honor the terms of his five-year contract. The Times also reports that his termination comes a few months after...
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Ashton Kutcher
A lot of people think TV is better than movies these days. For many actors, it certainly pays better. Unless you're able to play a superhero, it's tough to get super-rich from big-screen work, so more actors are moving to series TV. The expanded talent pool has given networks and studios extra leverage in negotiating salaries. "There are so few gigantic stars in features and the rest are not making any money," says one industry executive familiar with this year's deal-making. "That's helpful."
The general rule across the TV business is to keep lead performers on new network prime-time series to $125,000 an episode. (Cable networks are going as high as $150,000.) That's not Charlie Sheen money, but it's not bad. "Times that by 22, [and] you can maintain a pretty good lifestyle based on what you were making in features but now you're not," the executive says.
There are always exceptions
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Keith Olbermann
Michael Moore will be among the first guests on Keith Olbermann's new show for Current TV.
"ShowPlug1: Honored to tell you that scheduled among my guests on tomorrow's premiere of Countdown on @Current is @MMFlint - Michael Moore," Olbermann tweeted on Sunday.
Moore will be joined by Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos and a columnist at Newsweek.
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Keith Olbermann
This is one of the more jam-packed weeks of a seriously overstuffed TV summer, so let's break it down by night.
MONDAY
COMEBACK: The mercurial and always opinionated Keith Olbermann, most recently ousted from his MSNBC perch, brings his act back to cable with the same title (Countdown) but a new network (Current TV). His eclectic roster of contributors will include documentarian Ken Burns, comedian Richard Lewis and filmmaker Michael Moore. Let the ranting begin.
GUILTY PLEASURE: [As seen in TV Guide Magazine] RuPaul's Drag U, Logo at 9/8c. Think...
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Michael Moore
Filmmaker Michael Moore joins a growing list of commentators who will contribute to Keith Olbermann's upcoming Current TV show, the network announced Wednesday.
Moore, a regular guest on Olbermann's MSNBC show, will be joined by...
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