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|text='''Columbia TriStar Television''' was a merger of [[Columbia Pictures Television|'''Columbia''' Pictures Television]] and [[TriStar Television (1991-1999)|'''TriStar''' Television]] (after the re-branding of [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to '''Columbia TriStar Television Distribution'''. With [[Columbia TriStar International Television]] (formerly "Columbia Pictures International Television", now [[Sony Pictures Television International]]) already in operation since the early 1990s, all three became part of Sony Television Entertainment umbrella (which was later renamed to the '''Columbia TriStar Television Group''' in July 1995). |
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|text='''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 game show ''Jeopardy!'' and following his revived talk show ''The Merv Griffin Show'' a year later. Before ''Jeopardy!'', Griffin created and produced a game show called ''Word for Word'', that debuted in 1963. It formed a partnership with [[King World Productions|King World]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]") in 1982 after ending his partnership with [[Metromedia Producers Corporation|Metromedia]]. In 1984, Griffin expanded his company as "Merv Griffin Enterprises". It was sold to Coca-Cola on May 5, 1986 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. On June 4, 1994, Merv Griffin made a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment through the Griffin Group 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. |
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