On May 13, 1996, Merv Griffin created ' Merv Griffin Entertainment' as his new production company. On June 4, 1994, Merv Griffin made a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment through the Griffin Gro up 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. It was sold to Coca-Cola on 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. In 1984, Griffin expanded his company as ' Merv Griffin Enterprises'. It formed a partnership with King World (now ' CBS Television Distribution') in 1982 after ending his partnership with Metromedia Producers Corporation. Before J!, Griffin created and produced a short-lived game show called Word for Word, that debuted in 1963. Kelly, V of Doom, Chowchillah, MeesterFonnyboy, and MariluHennerArtist45īackground: 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 first production game show Jeopardy! and following his revived talk show The Merv Griffin Show a year later. Logo, and Gilblitz112Įditions by Shadeed A. Logo descriptions by Michael Bode, Cameron McCaffrey, and Shadeed A.

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