Geraldo Rivera Joins NewsNation
Geraldo Rivera has a new TV home.
The veteran TV anchor and reporter, who left Fox News in June 2023, is joining NewsNation, where he’ll be a correspondent-at-large. He’ll appear on a host of the Nexstar-owned cable channel’s programs, starting with Cuomo on Wednesday night.
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“Geraldo is a legendary journalist whose talent and experience is unrivaled in the industry,” said Michael Corn, president of news at NewsNation. “We look forward to him joining the network and providing our viewers with his one-of-a-kind analysis.”
Rivera spent more than two decades at Fox News, most recently as a co-host of the late afternoon panel show The Five. He left the network last summer, first saying that he quit the show after experiencing “growing tension” with someone else on The Five, then later said he was fired.
“I got a call from two of the female executives and they said, ‘You’re off The Five, but there are plenty of other things you can do.’” he said during an appearance on The View in July, where he also said he had a “toxic” relationship with one of his co-hosts (whom he didn’t name). “I had a year and a half left on my contract. And I said, ‘Well, stuff it, if you fired me from the No. 1 show, then I’m going to quit.’ And that’s basically what happened.”
A Fox News spokesperson said at the time that the network “reached an amicable conclusion with Geraldo.”
Prior to joining Fox News, Rivera spent time at ABC, appearing on Good Morning America and 20/20, and hosted a syndicated talk show for 11 years in the 1980s and ’90s. He’s also known for a series of syndicated specials, including the infamous opening of Al Capone’s (empty) vault on live TV.
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