From 1989 onward, he hosted a weekly talk-show Enopios-Enopio (face-to-face) featuring various personalities from Greece and around the globe, including Bill Gates, Mikhail Gorbachev and Jimmy Carter.
[citation needed] REAL NEWS instantly became one of the top 5 Sundays nationwide with respect to sales.
[citation needed] Chatzinikolaou has received various prizes for his work in the field of Television News including Best Greek Journalist for 8 consecutive years.
His father, Panagiotis Hadjinikolaou, was a member of the Greek Parliament and a Minister of Macedonia and Thrace with New Democracy party.
He married twice, to journalist Elena Katritsi [el] and then to Kristi Tsolakaki, and he has three sons and one daughter.