A new 12-disc set highlights Merv Griffin's career as a TV talk show host who sat down with dozens of iconic figures By Ken Tucker The Merv Griffin Show 1962-1986 Box Set - P 2014 Like Johnny Carson, ...

Merv Griffin died in 2007, but he lives on in TV history thanks to having created the remarkably durable game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. He even composed the iconic Jeopardy theme song. But ...

Merv Griffin, who in addition to becoming a media mogul also hosted his own iconic television talk show, is the man who brought two of the most lasting game shows to the medium. Griffin created and ...

Just a few musical notes can help explain the very career of Merv Griffin. (Soundbite of "Jeopardy" theme music) INSKEEP: That's the theme from the game show "Jeopardy." It's one of two long-running ...

Media mogul Merv Griffin, who died in 2007 at the age of 82, can be thanked for bringing two of the most iconic pop culture programs into American living rooms. In addition to creating and producing ...

Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson spent years as bitter rivals on competing talk shows. During a recent episode of the "Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia" podcast, Steve Randisi, author of the book "The ...

Griffin biographer Steve Randisi appeared on Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia, telling the host about how the dynamic between the two evolved from tension to mutual respect Merv Griffin and Johnny ...

Merv Griffin, the mogul who hosted a talk show for more than 20 years, created "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" and oversaw a diversified empire via the Griffin Group, died early Sunday. He was 82.

When a contestant on “Jeopardy!” fails to phrase their response in the form of a question, Ken Jennings will usually offer a gentle reminder of the game’s fundamental rule (at least in the first round ...

He helped create “Good Morning America” and “20/20” and had a role in the early careers of the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand and many others. By Neil Genzlinger Comedy and tragedy: Judd Apatow ...

Liquidity and Cobalt Blue, two Doug O'Neill horses that are being pointed toward the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), breezed Friday over the Polytrack surface at Keeneland. Cobalt ...