whether it was morton downey jr.ffensive person that he was or geraldo, who did his own outlandish things. >> stay with us, we're going to get into the mind of an american boy who came under the influence of satanism. >> he takes the power of the talk show to a whole different level to put people on stage who hate each other and who will fight. >> in the case of the temple and the set and church of satan, we have not had problems with criminal behavior. >> but when you hear story after story of people committed wretched and violent crimes in the devil's name. >> the more attention there is, the more conflict and violence there is, the more the ratings go up and the american people love to complain about it but they also love to watch. >> rivera drew sharp criticism with his recent television special on devil worship but today he's in a real free for all. >> i get sick and tired of seeing uncle tom here trying to be a -- >> go ahead. >> sit down. >> hey, hold it. hold it. >> he suffered a broken nose but said the show

. >> american television is drowning in talk shows but it's never seen anything like morton downey jrup! >> other competitors come and take the talk show into two different directions. you start seeing the phenomenon of daytime television shows becoming less tame and more wild. >> the 80s brought a lot of belligerence to television, whether it was morton downey jr. being the offensive, caricaturish person that he was or geraldo. he did his own outlandish things. >> stay with us. we'll get into the mind of another all-american boy who came under the influence of satanism. >> geraldo rivera takes the power of the talk show, trying to put people on stage who hate each other, who are going to fight. >> we have not had any problems with criminal behavior in the church of -- >> and yet up hear stories of people creating these violent crimes in the devil's name. >> the morning tension and violence there is, the more the ratings go up. >> geraldo rivera is is back in controversy tonight. today he found himself in a real free for all. >> i get sick and tired of seeing uncle tom here -- >> go a

but it's never seen anything like morton downey jr. >> sit down and shut up!nto two different directions. so you start seeing the phenomenon of daytime television shows becoming less tame and more wild. >> the '80s brought a lot of belligerence to television. whether it was morton downey jr. being the offensive caricaturish person that he was or geraldo. he did his own outlandish things. >> stay with us, ladies and gentlemen. we're going to get into the mind of another all american boy who came under the influence of satanism and took part in a crime without passion or motive. >> geraldo rivera takes the power of the talk show who a whole another level trying to put people on stage who hate each other, who are going to fight. >> in the case of the temple of set and the church of satan, we have not had any problems with criminal behavior. >> yet when you hear story after story after story of people committing these wretched crimes, these violent crimes in the devil's name. >> the more tension there is, the more conflict there, the more violence there, the ratin