Merv Griffin Entertainment is an American production company founded by American media mogul

Merv Griffin Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 he hosted his own ta ...

on May 13, 1996. It is part of The Griffin Group. Its productions include revivals of recent franchises, such as ''Dance Fever'', revived in 2003 for

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. Merv Griffin Entertainment owns ''

The Merv Griffin Show ''The Merv Griffin Show'' is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, May 10, 1965 to July 4, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 a ...

'' (licensed under Reelin' In The Years Productions) and ''

Dance Fever ''Dance Fever'' is an American musical variety television series that aired weekly in syndication from January 1979 to September 1987. The series was technically created by Merv Griffin but his agent Murray Schwartz actually conceived the idea o ...

''. The television division was run by Yani-Brune Entertainment from 2005 to 2008; hand-picked by Griffin himself. In 2008, ShineReveille International made a deal with Merv Griffin Entertainment to distribute all of MGE programming overseas. Griffin's previous production company was

Merv Griffin Enterprises Merv Griffin Enterprises was an American television production company founded by Merv Griffin, in business for 31 years from March 1963 to July 1994. History The company was first established as Milbarn Productions on March 7, 1963, and later ...

, which he sold to

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on May 5, 1986.

Television programs

* '' Click'' (1997–1999) * ''The Ainsley Harriott Show'' (2000) * '' Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'' (2000) * ''

'' (2003 revival from the 1979 version; co-produced by

Nash Entertainment Nash Entertainment is a reality television and feature film production company. Founded in 1994 by Bruce Nash, the first production under its name was Before They Were Stars. The company is located at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, Califo ...

and Bob Bain Productions) * ''Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead'' (2006–2008) * ''

Merv Griffin's Crosswords ''Merv Griffin's Crosswords'' (also simply called ''Crosswords'') is an American game show based on crossword, crossword puzzles. The show was created by its namesake, Merv Griffin, who died shortly after beginning production on the series. Ty Tre ...

'' (2007–2008) (co-produced by Yani-Brune Entertainment; distributed by Program Partners, with ad-sales from

NBCUniversal Television Distribution NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (a.k.a. NUSS), formerly known as NBCUniversal Television Distribution (a.k.a. NUTD), Universal Domestic Television, Studios USA Television Distribution and MCA TV, is the television syndication division of NBCUnive ...

and

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Entertainm ...

) * ''Lisa Williams: Voices from the Other Side'' (2008) * ''Million Dollar Mind Game'' (2011) * '' It's Worth What?'' (2011)

Movies

Television

* '' Murder at the Cannes Film Festival'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) (TV) * ''Gilda Radner: It's Always Something'' (2002) (with

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) (distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television)

Theatrical

* '' Shade'' (2003) (with

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; distributed by

Dimension Films Dimension Films is an American film production company owned by Lantern Entertainment. It was formerly used as Harvey and Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax, which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993, to produce and relea ...

) * ''

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'' (2006) (co-produced with Big Headz Entertainment and Lexi Dog Media) * '' My One and Only'' (2009) (co-produced by George Hamilton Productions, Raygun Productions, and Runaway Home Productions; distributed by

Freestyle Releasing Freestyle Releasing, LLC is an independent film distributor based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2004, specializing in releasing films theatrically. Unlike most distributors, Freestyle Releasing does not put up any prints and advertising ...

)

References

External links

* The company currently appears to have no website. {{Authority control Television production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1996