Geraldo was the first syndicated television talk show hosted by Geraldo Rivera, currently the host of Geraldo at Large on the FOX News Channel.www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,38978,00.html This show began in 1987 and ran for eleven seasons. In the last two seasons, the format was changed and it was renamed "The Geraldo Rivera Show." Notable guests on the show included Phil Donahue, Howard Stern, and Tonya Harding, among others. It contained a hybrid format, having a mix of entertainment, public affairs and a little news. http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=talkshows

A talk show helmed by the controversial newsman, featuring contemporary issues and guest interviews, as well as questions from a studio audience. This syndicated series was spawned by a 1986 special in which Rivera set about solving the `mystery' of Al Capone's vault. Amid much hype and anticipation, the vault was opened and Rivera revealed...mostly dirt. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/geraldo-rivera/201637 TV Guide

Talk show host and investigative reporter Geraldo Rivera has been a steady presence on television since the early 1970s, sometimes breaking and sometimes making the news. In 1987 he started Geraldo, a syndicated talk show that ran for eleven years and became known for hot-button topics and hot-headed guests. Geraldo made the news himself in 1988 when his nose was broken in a brawl that erupted during the taping of a show about white supremacists. http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/geraldorivera.html

Back in the '70s, celeb hosts like Mike Douglas and Merv schmoozed Hollywood glitterati. Then Phil, Geraldo and Sally Jessy came along with the "freak-of-the-week" format: lesbian nuns, stripping grannys, diaper-clad businessmen. Their background as former or quasi journalists (even Phil started as a local newsman) helped justify their unseemly exposes. What's the new chat pack's excuse? Their only claim to fame is fame. http://www.newsweek.com/id/110388

• Host and Co-Producer: Geraldo Rivera

• Director: David McGrail

• Executive Producers: Martin M. Berman, Bonnie Kaplan, Jose Pretlow

1. Phil Donahue: We've got an establishment that hasn't taken it as seriously as they would if it were striking white male heterosexuals in Connecticut.

2. Geraldo Rivera: Estimates are that there are over 1 million Satanists in this country...The majority of them are linked in a highly organized, very secretive network. From small towns to large cities, they have attracted police and FBI attention to their Satanic ritual child abuse, child pornography and grisly Satanic murders. The odds are that this is happening in your town http://www.religioustolerance.org/geraldo.htm

3. Geraldo Rivera: With years of experience doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom of each story, I am looking forward to covering the stories in the human dimension and impart the passion and visceral reactions the audience seeks. http://www.quotelucy.com/quotes/geral... / ref>

4. Geraldo Rivera: ...your church made you go out and prostitute yourself, to turn money over to it? Karen: Absolutely. It was part of the doctrine that if we really loved the world that there was no limit we would go to show that love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOR-WJ...