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| Also known as | The Geraldo Rivera Show |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Directed by | Don McSorley |
| Presented by | Geraldo Rivera |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 2,163 |
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| Running time | 42–43 minutes |
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| Network | Syndication |
| Release | September 7, 1987 – May 8, 1998 |
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Geraldo is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Geraldo Rivera. The show ran for eleven seasons from September 7, 1987, to May 8, 1998, in which it broadcast 2,163 episodes. The show premiered as a tabloid talk show, in which Rivera moderated single-issue panel discussions with everyday people. Guests discussed their personal experiences over a given topic, often controversial or sensational, with Rivera placing a heavy emphasis on audience interaction. For its final two seasons, the show reformatted into a news-oriented program under the title The Geraldo Rivera Show. The show's first three seasons were taped at the Rialto Theatre in Manhattan; production then relocated uptown to the CBS Broadcast Center, where the show was taped for the remainder of its run.
The show was produced by Investigative News Group and Tribune Entertainment, the latter of whom also served as its distributor. Rivera was offered his own talk show after he hosted the Tribune Entertainment television special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, which was the highest-rated syndicated show in television history. The show received high ratings in the early 1990s; however, it suffered a decline in ratings following its reformat. The show was canceled in 1998.[1]
- ^ Rosenberg, Howard (December 1, 1993). "Doc Hollywood Takes a Scalpel to the Viewers Again Television: The 'first-ever televised sex-change operation in talk-show history as far as we know' on 'Geraldo' is oversold, overblown and overcooked". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 3, 2010.