Merv Griffin Enterprises: Difference between revisions

The company known as Merv Griffin Enterprises was first known as "Merv Griffin Productions" and was formed in 1964 by television personality Merv Griffin (formerly "Milbarn Productions" in 1963) with his game show ''Jeopardy!'' and following his revived talk show ''The Merv Griffin Show'' a year later. Before ''Jeopardy!'', Griffin created and produced a short-lived game show called ''Word for Word'', that debuted in 1963. It formed a partnership with [[King World Productions|King World]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]") in 1982 after ending his partnership with [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]]. In 1984, Griffin expanded his company as "Merv Griffin Enterprises". It was sold to Coca-Cola on May 5, 1986 for $250 million, was later merged into Columbia Pictures Entertainment on December 21, 1987, and was sold to Sony Corporation along with CPE's other companies on November 8, 1989. On June 4, 1994, Merv Griffin made a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment through the Griffin Group that he would remain the executive producer of ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' until 2000 and both series would be produced by Columbia TriStar Television (now "[[Sony Pictures Television]]") in September. On May 13, 1996, Merv Griffin created "[[Merv Griffin Entertainment]]" as his new production company. Today, the Griffin game show library from 1964-1994 is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. As for ''Dance Fever'' and ''The Merv Griffin Show'', they're owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment.