Rivera Still Fighting To Join In Crowd Of TV News
In a Knight-Ridder interview, Geraldo Rivera recalls the infamous 1986 Capone vault broadcast, calling it an enormous embarrassment yet noting the show drew the highest ratings in syndicated TV history. He reflects on his outsider status in journalism and his long quest for peer recognition.
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Rivera faces backlash as Geraldo advances into TV probes
Rivera battles harsh critique amid high profile projects including Innocence Lost and a planned Geraldo show. He notes Vice sparked fierce, less fact based criticism and a $30 million libel suit that was dropped. He leads the Investigative News Group with ex-network refugees and plans ongoing documentaries for Tribune Entertainment and Entertainment Tonight.
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Rivera the News Rebel Who Brought Willowbrook to Light
A profile sketches Rivera a NY television figure who rose from street discovery to WABC-TV. He exposed Willowbrook State School abuses provoking mental health budget cuts. Known for his confrontational style and personal stake in stories, he defends his on-air presence as storytelling access.
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Innocence Lost and Secrets of the Red Bedroom Preview
Geraldo Rivera dives into harms facing American children in a two hour special after prior vault and vice exposure. The TV movie Secrets of the Red Bedroom, once titled Secret Weapons, aired in 1985 and features Linda.
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This Wife for Hire and The Story of a Marriage on TV
A Pam Dawber led TV movie about surrogate spouses seizes the screen alongside AMERICAN PLAY HOUSE final part The Story of a Marriage featuring Matthew Broderick and Hallie Foote as WWII era drama unfolds in Harrison.
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CBS strike settlement sparks surge of on-air support
The Writers Guild of America strike sees heavy CBS talent like Dan Rather and Diane Sawyer back the 400 writers on picket lines in New York Chicago and Los Angeles since March 2. Dan Rather pens a New York Times critique of network management and public pressure reportedly triggers a counteroffer as Fred Friendly calls for wage concessions to avert layoffs. The revelation of a $4 million buyout for former CBS chief Thomas Wyman undermines the network stance on economic limits.
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Evelyn Laye and Angela Lansbury name change query sparks TV history note
Evelyn Laye, 86, the English musical comedy star of the 1920s and 1930s, rose to fame in films in the thirties and later became a character actress. She is not related to Angela Lansbury, who debuted in Gaslight in 1944. In Chicago, network anchors joined a Writers Guild fund-raiser, with only Andy Rooney dissenting.
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