Countdown host Keith Olbermann clawed into this category long before Maddow entered the fray.
Normally a prolific Twitter user, Olbermann has yet to respond publicly to the suspension.
But after a year of unemployment and tweeting mainly about sports, perhaps Olbermann has mellowed.
But the relationship soured shortly after Olbermann joined the network, according to the suit.
Countdown brought us together, and Keith Olbermann was the one who made it all possible.
When Olbermann didn't reciprocate, Hyatt withheld production resources and disparaged Olbermann in the press, the lawsuit says.
Even in the hyperinflated realm of television egos, Olbermann is known as uniquely temperamental and sensitive to slights.
On Thursday, Olbermann had sued Current TV in the same court, claiming breach of contract, unfair dealing and disparagement.
Olbermann was at the conference to talk about his new show on Current TV, which will debut later this spring.
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The rumors are true: Keith Olbermann is joining Current TV, the cable network founded by former vice president Al Gore.
I'll make a modest prediction that the ideas of Messrs Rove, Axelrod, Hannity and Olbermann will not prove so enduring.
Olbermann is no fan of either Beck or Fox, but he reckons the latter will come off better in the divorce.
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Olbermann worked for ESPN from 1992 to 1997, so he can claim, you know, it's a new century and all that.
Keith Olbermann is handling his split from Current TV as he usually handles such things: privately, with restraint and decorum.
The general drift here is that, as I observed earlier, Olbermann has all the power here and he knows it.
Current said it has upheld its end of the bargain, and then some, despite criticism from Olbermann, who was its highest-paid employee.
The last broadcast of Countdown with Keith Olbermann will be this evening.
Olbermann's problems tend to unfold off the field, not in front of the camera, though he's occasionally apologized for going too far.
Olbermann was given "full editorial control over 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' " and the title of chief news officer, the suit said.
One observer with a unique perspective on the situation is Keith Olbermann, who negotiated his own premature exit, from MSNBC, in January.
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Next up was Fox Sports, where Olbermann worked for three years.
Keith Olbermann is back on the air after a four-day suspension, but his sense of grievance at being punished for making campaign donations lives on.
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After a brief stint at CNN, where he had also worked early in his career, Olbermann headed back to MSNBC and almost single-handedly revived the channel.
"Hyatt also attempted to isolate Olbermann from his professional representatives in an awkward attempt to form a close personal friendship with his new star, " the suit says.
And though Fox News and Fox Business boss Rupert Murdoch already dismissed any talk of his networks (re)hiring Olbermann, other rumored options included HBO or the Web.
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It asks for Current TV to be relieved of any continuing obligations to Olbermann, asks for unspecified damages "to be proved at trial" and seeks reimbursement for legal expenses.
Former Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, the heads of Current TV, have just fired their star anchorman, Keith Olbermann, who previously left MSNBC on bad terms.
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Gore and Hyatt courted Olbermann to leave his previous employer, MSNBC, with promises of "an unprecedented level of control and resources to build a new progressive network, " Olbermann's lawsuit said.
He recently got into a spirited back-and-forth with fellow cable host and power tweeter Keith Olbermann, teasing him about his ratings and his spat with his employer, Current TV.
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Tapping into a surge of sentiment against President George W. Bush during the Iraq war, Olbermann's "Countdown" redefined MSNBC as cable's leading liberal outlet and boosted its ratings for eight years.
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