Current TV
American television channel
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| 2018 | Al Jazeera closed its San Francisco headquarters of Current TV, which had been used for AJ+ digital channel and other operations. |
| April 12 2016 | Al Jazeera America shut down, citing challenging economic conditions and competitive media market. |
| August 16 2014 | Al Gore filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera Media Network, claiming an unpaid $65 million residual payment from the sale. |
| August 20 2013 | Current TV broadcasts its final rerun, an episode of 'The Oxycontin Express' documentary at 2:00pm Eastern time, marking the network's final broadcast. |
| August 20 2013 | Current TV ceases broadcasting at 3:00 pm Eastern time, replaced by Al Jazeera America, marking the end of the channel's eight-year run. |
| August 15 2013 | Current TV ends all live programming, including shows like Full Court Press, Talking Liberally, The War Room, The Young Turks, and Viewpoint. |
| August 15 2013 | The last live show on Current TV aired, hosted by John Fugelsang. |
| August 1 2013 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! ends original programming, though reruns continue. |
| February 7 2013 | Michael Shure's The War Room with Jennifer Granholm concludes. |
| January 6 2013 | Eliot Spitzer's Viewpoint program ends. |
| January 2 2013 | Al Gore and Joel Hyatt announce the sale of Current TV to Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network. |
| September 4 2012 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! premiered on Current TV, with content similar to her previous HLN series. |
| July 18 2012 | Joy Behar began acting as a fill-in host for Eliot Spitzer's Viewpoint show before her own show's launch. |
| June 2012 | Current TV formally announced Joy Behar would host a new talk show, Joy Behar: Say Anything!, set to premiere on September 4, 2012. |
| April 18 2012 | Current TV announced that California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom would host a new show titled The Gavin Newsom Show while continuing to serve in his political role. |
| March 30 2012 | Current TV fired Keith Olbermann, with network founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt stating that Olbermann no longer reflected the network's values. Eliot Spitzer was immediately announced as his replacement for the Viewpoint show. |
| March 29 2012 | Keith Olbermann is fired from Current TV, ending his Countdown program. |
| March 5 2012 | Current TV announced a new weekday morning programming block featuring simulcasts of The Stephanie Miller Show and The Bill Press Show, interpreted as a potential competitor to MSNBC's Morning Joe. |
| January 30 2012 | The War Room with Jennifer Granholm launches, airing at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| December 5 2011 | The Young Turks TV program premieres on Current TV, broadcasting weekdays at 7 p.m. Eastern Time from Los Angeles. |
| October 12 2011 | Current TV announces Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor, will host a new weekday prime-time program. |
| September 21 2011 | Jason Odell is named executive vice president of technology by network president David Bohrman. |
| September 20 2011 | Current TV announces Cenk Uygur will launch a TV edition of The Young Turks internet news program. |
| September 15 2011 | Shelley Lewis, a former CNN and PBS executive producer, is hired as executive vice president of programming. |
| August 2011 | David Bohrman, former CNN Bureau Chief, is hired as the network's new president to help shift programming towards news and progressive analysis. |
| June 20 2011 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann relaunches on Current TV, airing weeknights at 8 p.m. Eastern Time from New York City. |
| May 2011 | Current TV unveils new imaging and logo designed by branding firm Wolff Olins to signify major programming changes. |
| February 8 2011 | Keith Olbermann joins Current TV as host of a new primetime show and Chief News Officer, receiving an equity stake in the network. |
| 2010 | Current's Vanguard journalism program's piece 'Oxycontin Express' received a Peabody Award, marking a first for both the journalist Mariana van Zeller and the network. The network also received a Headliner award. |
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