Merv Griffin Enterprises
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Merv Griffin Enterprises was a television production company founded by Merv Griffin in 1964. Its productions included the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, both created by Griffin.
In 1986 Griffin sold the company to The Coca-Cola Company (then-owner of Columbia Pictures) for $250 million after finding out that this company had financial difficulties. The company later merged into Columbia Pictures in December 1987, and was sold to Sony Corporation along with CPE's other units on November 7, 1989.
Griffin later founded Merv Griffin Entertainment in 1996.
[edit] Television programs
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962-1986)
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-current; production responsibilities assumed in 1994 by Columbia TriStar Television and later Sony Pictures Television; distributed by King World)
- Reach for the Stars (1967)
- Memory Game (1971)
- Wheel of Fortune (1975-current; production responsibilities assumed in 1994 by Columbia TriStar Television and later Sony Pictures Television, nighttime version distributed since 1983 by King World)
- The All New Jeopardy! (1978)
- Dance Fever (1979-1987; co-production with 20th Century Fox Television)
- Headline Chasers (1985)
- Monopoly (1990)
- Super Jeopardy! (1990)
- Ruckus (1991)
