It was just under a year ago that Keith Olbermann left MSNBC in dramatic fashion. Now the primetime host is once again having issues with his employer, this time in the form of Current TV.

The latest developments: Olbermann’s lawyer, Hollywood power attorney Patty Glaser (who repped Conan O’Brien during his battle with NBC) is negotiating with Current TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Exactly what those negotiations entail is a mystery for now.

The New York Times reports that the issue at hand is one of control. When Olbermann joined Current, he was given equity in the channel, as well as the title of chief news officer. Since then Current added a president in David Bohrman, and Joel Hyatt took over as CEO. In addition, Olbermann’s “Countdown” has suffered from technical snafus, issues beyond the control of him or his staff.

Next week is the New Hampshire primary, and unlike Iowa, Olbermann may be at the center of Current’s coverage:

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Join The New York Times reporter Brian Stelter (left) at our Social Media 101 online conference and workshop starting January 19. He’ll show you the basics of social media for work and play. Other expert speakers include Lauren Dugan (AllTwitter), Erica Swallow (Mashable), and Jessica Bennett (Newsweek and The Daily Beast). Register by January 5, to get the early bird rate.

This week, Bloomberg has two openings available, including a freelance Viz operator position and a freelance audio 2 position. Current TV is hiring a director of communications, while Fox Business is still on the hunt for an associate producer. Get the scoop on these gigs and more below, and find additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Freelance Viz Operator Bloomberg (New York, NY)
• Freelance Audio 2 Bloomberg (New York, NY)
• Director, Communications Current TV (Culver City, CA)
• Associate Producer Fox Business (New York, NY)
• Social Media Coordinator National Talk Show (Burbank, CA)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 259 | MSNBC: 96 | CNN: 125 | HLN: 80

• Primetime: FNC: 351 | MSNBC: 136 | CNN: 152 | HLN: 93

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	TheFive:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	277	227	213	397	338	318	365	240
MSNBC	Matthews:	Sharpton:	Matthews:	EdShow:	Maddow:	O’Donnell:	EdShow:	Maddow:
	97	147	149	109	179	120	91	134
CNN	Blitzer:	KingUSA:	Burnett:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	Burnett:	Morgan:
	116	143	128	132	127	195	175	125
HLN	Special:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Grace:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	69	62	77	130	74	82	29	30

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25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 156 | MSNBC: 146 | CNN: 101 | HLN: 98

• Primetime: FNC: 123 | MSNBC: 176 | CNN: 98 | HLN: 67

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
Fox News	NewsHQ:	FNSunday:	Report:	Iowa:	FNSunday:	Report:	Iowa:	FNSunday:
	108	127	154	142	115	112	107	102
MSNBC	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:
	175	182	204	173	164	189	223	314
CNN	Newsroom:	Newsroom:	Newsroom:	Iowa:	Iowa:	Newsroom:	Iowa:	Iowa:
	95	82	88	78	102	115	82	69
HLN	SplRpt:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:
	49	63	99	68	91	42	52	101

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25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 233 | MSNBC: 130 | CNN: 203 | HLN: 65

• Primetime: FNC: 177 | MSNBC: 215 | CNN: 200 | HLN: 59

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
Fox News	NewsHQ:	NewsHQ:	Report:	Huckabee:	TheFive:	Report:	NewYear:	NewYr/RedEye:
	143	151	216	218	150	165	441	474
MSNBC	Mystery:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:	Lockup:
	165	108	150	147	200	298	125	169
CNN	Newsroom:	Blitzer:	Newsroom:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	NewYear:	NewYear:
	67	99	159	222	150	228	679	826
HLN	News:	Prime:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:	Mysteries:
	29	42	46	51	58	68	61	96

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During the long night that was the 2012 Iowa Caucus, Fox News came out on top in the ratings. For the first contest of the 2012 GOP presidential nomination process, FNC averaged 2.6 million Total Viewers in primetime. That’s about what the network does on an average night, but it doubled CNN’s take of 1.3 million (which is about double what CNN does on an average night). FNC also lead in A25-54 viewers averaging 683,988. Among the three cable news channels, Fox News was also the only one to see Total Viewer and A25-54 increases from the 2008 Iowa Caucus, when Democrats and Republicans both had candidates vying for their party’s nomination.

• Primetime (8-11pmET)

FNC: 2,630,909 / 683,988 A25-54
CNN: 1,310,366 / 486,184 A25-54
MSNBC: 1,195,230 / 302,631 A25-54

• Full night (7pmET to-3amET)

FNC: 2,144,817 / 636,868
CNN: 999,518 / 390,118
MSNBC: 932,412 / 258,602

• Ratings Peaks

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After a year on “The Early Show,” CBS News’ Jeff Glor will officially begin his new role as Sunday “Evening News” anchor this weekend.

Glor anchored the Saturday edition of “Evening News” for more than a year before being named news anchor for “The Early Show” in 2010.

“I’m very excited,” he tells TVNewser. “I missed doing Saturday nights. I’m happy to be back.”

Glor praised weekday anchor Scott Pelley, who took over for Katie Couric while Glor was away from the “Evening News” anchor desk.

“The biggest difference is who’s in that chair Monday through Friday,” Glor says. “I think that Scott and his team are doing an extraordinary job. And I think my job is to try to help them hold down the fort one night a week. It’s an honor, and it’s something I don’t take lightly.”

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Now that Iowa is behind us, it’s on to New Hampshire. ABC airs a GOP debate Saturday night and NBC has one Sunday morning — both with one less candidate — as a special “Meet the Press” and in conjunction with Facebook.

MTP goes live at 9amET each Sunday, but airs at various times on NBC affiliates across the country. But this Sunday, the debate will also air live on MSNBC at 9am. At the same time, this page will be up and running for Facebook users to ask questions and share thoughts about the candidates.

For the past few months NBC News and Facebook have been asking voting-age users what they think is the most pressing issue facing them. Here’s the break down:

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“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” ended 2011 the way it began: as the #1 evening newscasts in Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers.

“Nightly” kept a +700,000 lead on #2 ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer” which continues to cut its margins with the NBC program. Compared to the same week last year all three shows were down in all measurements, due to a news-filled final week of 2010 which included a blizzard.

“Nightly” and “Evening News” are based on 4-day averages (Tuesday-Friday), while “World News” is based on a 3-day average (Tuesday-Thursday).

Numbers for the week of December 26, 2011:

	NBC	ABC	CBS
• Total Viewers:	8,706,000	7,956,000	6,159,000
• A25-54:	2,356,000	2,154,000	1,805,000

Sunday’s New Year’s Day edition of “60 Minutes” finished as the third most-watched show of the week and was the most-watched non-sports program of the holiday week.

The program, which started late due to the overrun of the San Diego-Oakland game, drew 14.45 million Total Viewers to rank #3 for the week. The show also made the Top 10 in households at #3, scoring an 8.7 rating and 14 share, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

Sunday’s broadcast featured Lesley Stahl‘s profile of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), a special report from Alison Stewart on a college entrance exam cheating scandal, and a re-air of Lara Logan’s story about freestyle climber Alex Honnold.