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Olbermann sues for $50M

Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former bosses at Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50 million and blasting it for what he claims were shoddy production values.

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Olbermann sues for $50M

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  1. NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Television personality Keith Olbermann visits \"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon\" at Rockefeller Center on June 16, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

  2. In this photo provided by CBS, talk show host Keith Olbermann, left, chats with host David Letterman on the set of the \u201cLate Show with David Letterman,\u201d Tuesday April 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/CBS, Jeffrey R. Staab) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO ARCHIVE; NO SALES; FOR NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLY

  3. In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, political pundit Keith Olbermann leaves a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York. Current TV says it has ejected Keith Olbermann from its talk-show lineup after less than a year. The network announced late Friday afternoon that "Countdown," the show Olbermann has hosted since last June, was to be replaced with a show hosted by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, beginning Friday night. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

  4. David Gregory (R), NBC News chief White House correspondent and host of \"Race for the White House\", and Keith Olbermann, host of \"Countdown with Keith Olbermann\", take part in the NBC News Decision '08 panel at the NBC Universal summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

  5. In this undated photo released by Cuttent TV, commentator Keith Olbermann is shown. Olbermann's show, Countdown With Keith Olbermann" on Current TV, lasted less than a year before he was fired. (AP Photo/Current TV, Justin Stephens)

  6. Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former bosses at Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50 million and blasting it for what he claims were shoddy production values.

  7. This frame grab from MSNBC video, shows Keith Olbermann on \"Countdown\" on Jan. 21, 2011. Olbermann returned from one last commercial break on \"Countdown\" to tell viewers it was his last broadcast, and read a James Thurber short story in a three-minute exit statement. Simultaneously, MSNBC e-mailed a statement that \"MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract.\" The network thanked him and said, \"we wish him well in his future endeavors.\" Neither MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Olbermann nor his manager responded to requests to explain an exit so abrupt that Olbermann's face was still being featured on an MSNBC promotional ad 30 minutes after he had said goodbye.

  8. In this May 3, 2007 file photo, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC poses at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

  9. Keith Olbermann, host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," takes part in the NBC News Decision '08 panel at the NBC Universal summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

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