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It’s not TV it’s HBO — the book

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Chris Albrecht, CEO of HBO

In 2007 Chris Albrecht who at that point was the CEO of HBO was arrested outside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. And he was arrested for assaulting his then girlfriend. A couple days later, the LA Times came out with a story that in 1991 Chris Al brecht had allegedly assaulted one of his coworkers in the HBO offices in Los Angeles. This was a woman who reported to him directly, who was on his team. They had an affair and they'd broken up and he attacked her in the offices. When that piece of news came out, it was like, okay, wow, they firedChris Albrecht. He left HBO and created a huge crisis. this is a

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