Barry & Enright Productions
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Barry & Enright Productions (or simply referred to as: Jack Barry-Dan Enright Productions or Jack Barry & Dan Enright Productions), was a U.S. television production company that was formed in 1947 by Jack Barry and Daniel Enright. In 1956 the duo created the game shows Twenty-One and Tic Tac Dough. Two years later Twenty-One was cancelled as part of the quiz show scandal, when it was revealed that the producers pre-arranged outcomes. The scandal led to Congressional legislation against the rigging of game shows. In 1959 Tic Tac Dough was also cancelled. Barry & Enright were forced to sell their game shows to NBC and the company later ceased to exist.
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[edit] Return to television
In 1971 Dan Enright came back to television as executive producer for All About Faces. Jack Barry formed a production company and made his own comeback in 1972 by creating the hit game show The Joker's Wild.
In 1975 Enright rejoined his partner in Barry & Enright Productions, and their collaboration continued until Barry's death. Enright kept the company name and continued running the company after Barry died in 1984. The company ended in 1991 after the 90s version of Tic Tac Dough was cancelled. Dan Enright died in 1992. Although the production company was primarily known for game shows, it also worked on other projects such as the 1987 comedy film, Making Mr. Right.
[edit] Ownership of properties
The Barry family, along with former Wheel of Fortune letter-turner and Enright's companion Susan Stafford, sold Barry & Enright Productions and its library of game shows to Columbia TriStar Television sometime in 1994, before the launch of Game Show Network on December 1 of that year. Today, the pre-scandal library is owned by NBC Universal and the post-scandal library including the 1950s version of Tic Tac Dough is owned by Sony Pictures Television. There are two exceptions: the 1990 edition of Tic Tac Dough is held by Granada International through their accquisition of the ITC library, and the 1989 kids' version of Pictionary is held by NBC Universal through their ownership of the MCA library.
[edit] Titles by Barry & Enright Productions
[edit] Owned by NBC Universal Television
- Twenty-One (1956-1958, 2000)
- Pictionary (1989)
- High-Low Quiz (1957)
- Dough Re Mi (1958-1960)
[edit] Owned by Sony Pictures Television
- Tic Tac Dough (1956-1959, 1990-1991)
- The Joker's Wild (1972-1975, 1975-1986) (this series was a property of Jack Barry Productions throughout the entire run)
- Hollywood Connection (1977)
- Break the Bank (1976-1977)
- The New Tic Tac Dough (1978-1986)
- Bullseye (1980-1982)
- Play the Percentages (1980)
- Hot Potato (1984)
[edit] Other productions
- Concentration (1958-1973) (now owned by The Fremantle Corporation)
