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Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe has filed a lawsuit against Discovery, claiming that the network owes him over $2 million for narration work he did on Deadliest Catch.According to People, Rowe and his production company, Lab Rat, filed the lawsuit against Discovery Talent Services on Wednesday, July 1. The suit claims that the company breached its contract by refusing to honor Rowe’s “pay-or-play” agreement for his work on Deadliest Catch and its spinoff series.Rowe, who has narrated the reality series since 2005, allegedly signed an agreement in 2020 that would pay him $40,000 per episode. His lawyers also claim that...

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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Performance Racing Network heard enough last week.  During its airing of the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driver Johnny Sauter used profanity during a live interview. Because of that, PRN will carry Sunday's Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on a seven-second delay to prevent any further problems.  Sauter was fined $10,000 and placed on probation for the rest of the season for his actions.  ``It's going to be our policy for the time being,'' vice president and general manager Doug Rice said Friday. ``After Johnny Sauter said something inappropriate at Las...