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 theatre, Broadway. From 1962 to 1986, G ...

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 had runs on two different networks on NBC (1962–1963) and CBS (1969–1972) but is most known for its run on first-run syndication from 1965 to 1 ...

'' (licensed under Reelin' In The Years Productions) and '' Dance Fever''. The television division was run by Yani-Brune Entertainment (Andrew Yani and Ray Brune) from 2005 to 2008; hand-picked by Griffin himself. In 2008, Shine Limited 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 operation from March 7, 1963, to June 4, 1994. History The company was first established as Milbarn Productions on March 7, 1963, and later as M ...

, 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) * '' Dance Fever'' (2003 revival from the 1979 version; co-produced by Nash Entertainment and Bob Bain Productions) * '' Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead'' (2006–2008) * '' Merv Griffin's Crosswords'' (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 (stylized as NBCUniversal SYNDICATION STUDIOS) is t ...

and

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

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) (distributed by

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)

Theatrical

* ''

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'' (2003) (with

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; distributed by

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) * ''

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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)

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