Robert Kiviat
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Robert Kiviat is a television writer and producer specializing in paranormal
phenomenon. He has produced 11 specials for 20th Century Fox Television
, most notably Alien Autopsy
, one of the highest rated specials in the history of U.S. television. Robert has also often appeared as a guest expert on numerous television news shows, such as MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann
, and on popular radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM
, Art Bell
, and The Jeff and Mike Show. He has also been featured on Entertainment Tonight
multiple times, as well as Access Hollywood
and CNN
's Show Biz Tonight.
’s TV newsmagazine Now It Can Be Told, and after writing an acclaimed cover article for OMNI Magazine about the mysterious structure known as the “Face on Mars,” a mile-wide mesa photographed by NASA
adjacent to possible ruins of an alien pyramid city.
Robert was soon asked to join NBC
’s top rated Unsolved Mysteries
, and his episodes about UFOs caught on tape, miraculous visions, ghosts and other popular subjects led to some of the highest Nielsen ratings
that the NBC series ever garnered. Soon the Fox Network brought Robert in for a phenomena-based show called Encounters
, and shortly thereafter Robert secured exclusive rights to the now famous “Alien Autopsy
” footage that was the basis for his first hit Fox TV Special, Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction?
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
phenomenon. He has produced 11 specials for 20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...
, most notably Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy is a 2006 British comedy film with elements of science fiction, directed by Jonny Campbell. Written by William Davies, it relates the events surrounding the famous "alien autopsy" film promoted by Ray Santilli and stars Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant & Dec...
, one of the highest rated specials in the history of U.S. television. Robert has also often appeared as a guest expert on numerous television news shows, such as MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program that airs on Current TV, where it began airing on June 20, 2011. The program was broadcast on MSNBC from March 31, 2003, to January 21, 2011. On MSNBC, the show presented five selected news stories of...
, and on popular radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM
Coast to Coast AM
Coast to Coast AM is a North American late-night syndicated radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics, but most frequently ones that relate to either the paranormal or conspiracy theories. It was created by Art Bell and is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks. The program currently...
, Art Bell
Art Bell
Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland...
, and The Jeff and Mike Show. He has also been featured on Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
multiple times, as well as Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
and CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
's Show Biz Tonight.
Biography
Originally from New York, Robert Kiviat relocated to Hollywood after producing mystery segments for Geraldo RiveraGeraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera is an American attorney, journalist, author, reporter, and former talk show host...
’s TV newsmagazine Now It Can Be Told, and after writing an acclaimed cover article for OMNI Magazine about the mysterious structure known as the “Face on Mars,” a mile-wide mesa photographed by NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
adjacent to possible ruins of an alien pyramid city.
Robert was soon asked to join NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
’s top rated Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
, and his episodes about UFOs caught on tape, miraculous visions, ghosts and other popular subjects led to some of the highest Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
that the NBC series ever garnered. Soon the Fox Network brought Robert in for a phenomena-based show called Encounters
Encounters
Encounters is the fourth short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2004 and edited by Maxine McArthur and Donna Maree Hanson, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.-Stories:...
, and shortly thereafter Robert secured exclusive rights to the now famous “Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy is a 2006 British comedy film with elements of science fiction, directed by Jonny Campbell. Written by William Davies, it relates the events surrounding the famous "alien autopsy" film promoted by Ray Santilli and stars Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant & Dec...
” footage that was the basis for his first hit Fox TV Special, Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction?
Productions
- I Shot JFK: Confessions of the Grassy Knoll Gunman
- The World's Greatest Hoaxes: Secrets Finally Revealed
- Prophecies of the New Millennium
- UFOs: The Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape
- UFOs: The Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape 2
- Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
- Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
- Unsolved Mysteries