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'''Current TV''' was an (obscure) liberal cable "news" network founded by and partly owned by former vice-president and current global warming advocate [[Al Gore]]. It featured an array of documentary programs, as well as a primetime and morning lineup of leftist political talk shows, added as Gore wanted to reboot the network as a news network. The evening pundits were liberal internet star Cenk Uyger, former [[New York]] governor [[Eliot Spitzer]] who replaced former Current shareholder, MSNBC pundit, and liberal [[Keith Olbermann]], who was in in turn replaced by leftist comedian [[John Fugelsang]] and former Democratic Governor of [[Michigan]] [[Jennifer Granholm]] who was replaced by Young Turks commentator Michael Shure. The morning lineup features simulcasts of the radio shows of Democratic politician [[Bill Press]] and liberal activist [[Stephanie Miller]]. [[Joy Behar]] hosts ''Joy Behar: Say Anything'', which started in the

'''Current TV''' was an (obscure) liberal cable "news" network founded by and partly owned by former vice-president and current "global warming" advocate [[Al Gore]]. It featured an array of documentary programs, as well as a primetime and morning lineup of leftist political talk shows, added as Gore wanted to reboot the network as a news network. The evening pundits were liberal internet star [[Cenk Uygur]], former [[New York]] governor [[Eliot Spitzer]] who replaced former Current shareholder, [[MSNBC]] pundit, and liberal [[Keith Olbermann]], who was in in turn replaced by leftist comedian [[John Fugelsang]] and former Democrat Governor of [[Michigan]] [[Jennifer Granholm]] who was replaced by Young Turks commentator Michael Shure. The morning lineup features simulcasts of the radio shows of Democrat politician [[Bill Press]] and liberal activist [[Stephanie Miller]]. [[Joy Behar]] hosted ''Joy Behar: Say Anything'', which started in the fall of 2012, whose program preview replaced Spitzer's program for a week earlier that year. Morgan Spurlock of ''Super Size Me'' schlockumentary fame has also hosted a documentary series on the channel.  

fall of 2012, whose program preview replaced Spitzer's program for a week earlier that year. Morgan Spurlock of ''Super Size Me'' fame has also hosted a documentary series on the channel.  

In 2013 [[Al-Jazeera]] bought Current TV.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/02/al-jazeera-current-tv-al-gore/1805685/</ref> Current was replaced by [[Al Jazeera America]] in August 2013.

In 2013 [[Al-Jazeera]] bought Current TV.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/02/al-jazeera-current-tv-al-gore/1805685/</ref> Current was replaced by [[Al Jazeera America]] on August 20, 2013 and subsequently shut down on April 12, 2016 due to low viewership, though it also claimed falling oil prices and media competition as reasons for its closure.

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