NEWS & NOTES : FOX WANTS GERALDO FOR WEEKLY SHOW OPPOSITE `60 MINUTES'.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Geraldo Rivera “Geraldo” redirects here. For the British bandleader, see Geraldo (bandleader). For the talk show, see . Gerald Michael Rivera[1] (born July 4, 1943), known by his TV name Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo is being wooed by Fox News to become the host of a weekly prime-time program that could end up airing head-to-head with CBS' ``60 Minutes,'' sources said. Under a scenario circulating Thursday, Rivera, currently anchor of CNBC's ``Rivera Live'' and host of the daytime talk show ``Geraldo,'' would host the new series for the Fox network, not the new Fox News cable channel. The talk is that it would air at 7 p.m. Sundays, though that part of the equation appears less certain. If a deal can be worked out, Rivera would be reteamed with former CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. head Roger Ailes, who now runs Fox News. However, in the past, Ailes has taken great pride in saying how Rivera was locked up contractually with CNBC. ``A, I am Roger Ailes' No. 1 fan in America,'' Rivera said Thursday through a spokesman. ``B, I am contractually free to take any network job. And C, I have no comment on any business negotiation that may or may not be taking place.'' Sitcom shuffle: ABC's castoff cast·off n. 1. One that has been discarded. 2. Printing A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type. adj. also cast-off Discarded; rejected. comedy ``The Naked Truth'' is likely to make its way onto NBC's schedule in January and may move into the network's primo Thursday night lineup, according to sources. The sitcom, starring Tea Leoni as a photojournalist, debuted on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. last season to good reviews and decent ratings. But it wasn't in the lineup when ABC released its fall schedule last May. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. quickly picked it up. It since has been retooled and is ready for a January relaunch. Sources suggest it is likely to get a tryout in either the 9:30 p.m. Thursday slot now held by ``Suddenly Susan'' or the 8:30 slot occupied by ``The Single Guy.'' What about Bob: Live from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , it's Bob Dole. The defeated presidential hopeful will turn up on tonight's ``Saturday Night Live'' (11:30 p.m. NBC). |
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