Posts with tag MervGriffin
Posted Apr 18th 2008 3:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Awards, Reality-Free
Each year, the Emmys honor the best in current TV. They also recognize the all-time greats. This year Bea Arthur, Larry Gelbart, Merv Griffin, Daniel Burke, Tom Murphy and Sherwood Schwartz
will be entering the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. Grand choices, in my opinion, with only a minor quibble which I'll mention later.
According to ATAS chairman and CEO John Shaffner , "The Hall of Fame is a special recognition for those who have made significant contributions and have left an indelible mark on the television business." As
Maude in the 1970's and Dorothy on
The Golden Girls in the 1980's (into the '90s) Beatrice Arthur, made her mark. She was more effective on TV than she was in the theater, and she was a dynamo on stage.
Continue reading Maude, Merv & M*A*S*H man entering Emmy Hall of Fame
Posted Feb 17th 2008 12:13PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Game Show
Oh, the humanity!
Wheel of Fortune is not all frivolity and fun.
Merv Griffin knew what he was doing when he created this venerable game show. Drama, ensues! You think it's so easy spinning the wheel, buying a vowel, laughing at Pat Sajak's jokes and ogling Vanna's gorgeous gait? Well, it's not. Under all that pressure you'd be surprised -- or maybe you wouldn't -- to see how some people simply come up short in the solution department. The letters all float together and instead of spelling a word you know as well as your own name, you pick the wrong consonant and you're WAH-WAHed in shame and regret. The fortune goes to the next player and you're left with egg on your face.
Watch
these great examples and you'll see what I mean (a sample is after the jump). Like Jay Leno's simple "man in the street" questions about common knowledge, you see that there's no telling how stupid people can be, especially with a camera and microphone in their face.
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Continue reading Some Wheel of mis-Fortune - VIDEO
Posted Jan 13th 2008 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Here's what on the other blogs via the internets.
Posted Aug 18th 2007 9:09AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Celebrities
The secret that everyone already knew. - Hurricane Dean is coming, and that means the news networks are going crazy.
- Get ready for a ton of "How are Katie Couric and Meredith Vieira doing one year later?" stories (Sept. 5 for Katie, the following week for Meredith).
- Paris Hilton has a new line of children's clothing.
- Here's video of Alex Trebek screwing up on the Jeopardy! set and swearing.
- The art of the TV Mashup.
- Jaime Weinman shows up some of TV's most depressing intros.
Posted Aug 14th 2007 3:51PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities
The Game Show Network will have a special tribute to Merv Griffin, who died earlier this week of cancer at age 82.
On Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, GSN will run two different Griffin marathons, from 10am to 3pm. The shows included in the marathons will include a Chuck Woolery-hosted episode of Wheel Of Fortune and the first episode that featured Vanna White. We'll also see the first NYC-based episode of Wheel (not sure why this is so special, but I guess I'll wait and see) and a Jeopardy Masters Tournament of Champions. On Sunday night we'll see a 1960 episode of Play Your Hunch, a game show Griffin hosted, and then at 3:30am we'll see a To Tell The Truth episode that Griffin guest hosted.
That's a lot better than their tribute to Kitty Carlisle earlier this year, when they ran her game show appearances in the wee hours of the morning and that was it.
Posted Aug 12th 2007 1:42PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Daytime, Celebrities, Obituaries, Game Show, Talk Show
Businessman and talk show host Merv Griffin died last night of prostate cancer. He was 82. Rich had told you the other day, there were rumors floating around that Griffin was very ill and that it didn't look good. Those reports turned out to be true.
Griffin started as a singer in San Francisco and had roles on TV shows and movies, though he went on to greater fame as host of The Merv Griffin Show, the daytime talk show that lasted several years.
Continue reading Merv Griffin dead at 82
Posted Aug 10th 2007 9:31PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Celebrities, Retro Squad, Talk Show
The news is not good for 82-year-old talkshow host and game show producer Merv Griffin. It is being reported that the TV legend is in grave condition after a return of prostate cancer.
Griffin was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center back in July for a recurrence of the cancer, which he first battled in 1996. Various media outlets, such as Entertainment Tonight and KNBC, are reporting that the prognosis is not good and that Griffin is currently in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit. Griffin's representatives have yet to reply to press inquiries.
Continue reading Prognosis is not good for Merv Griffin after recurrence of cancer
Posted Jul 19th 2007 8:00AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Celebrities, Game Show
Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy! creator Merv Griffin
is being treated for prostate cancer.
Griffin is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The cancer was discovered last month during a routine doctor's visit. According to his son Tony, Griffin is getting "great care." His doctors wanted to treat the cancer in a controlled setting, which is why Griffin has been hospitalized, and Griffin remains optimistic. Griffin went through prostate cancer once before.
Griffin has another game show coming up,
Let's Play Crosswords. The show will premiere in syndication this fall across the country.
Posted Sep 6th 2006 4:22PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Daytime, Music and Variety, Interviews, Talk Show
When my friend Kathy Howe heard I was going to participate in a conference call with Megan Mullally today, she said, "OMG, tell her I LOVE her and want to MARRY her!" So, Megan, if you are reading this, now you know. I did not have the chance to ask Megan any questions during today's conference call (though I did try!), but I did get to listen to all of the other questions and responses. So, here is an overview of the conference call about NBC's forthcoming
The Megan Mullally Show.
Continue reading Megan Mullally gabs about her new talk show
Posted Jun 6th 2006 10:05AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Celebrities, Talk Show
It's pretty common knowledge that
Rolling Stone, a magazine that used to be about the counter-culture and rock 'n' roll, hasn't been about either in quite a long time. From what I've heard, they've gotten back to their musical roots a little, but except for their recent 1,000 issue, I haven't read it since my subscription ran out five years ago.
That being said, they do have a
very interesting profile of television legend Merv Griffin in the latest issue. The profile, written by John Colapinto, mostly examines Merv's entertainment career, discussing the various versions of
The Merv Griffin Show, which ran for over twenty years. Of course, Colapinto also talks to Merv about his two creations that live on to this day,
Jeopardy! and
Wheel of Fortune (he wrote the famous
J! theme; Merv recounts opening a big royalties check for a
J! ringtone, even though he had no idea what a ringtone was). The article follows Merv around to meetings and to his sprawling house in La Quinta, CA. And Colapinto goes the extra mile, interviewing everyone from Pat Sajak to good friend Nancy Reagan.
Continue reading Rolling Stone takes break from Britney coverage to talk to Merv Griffin
Posted Apr 11th 2006 2:37PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Video
Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today,
April 11, 2006:
The Bob Newhart
Show - The Complete 3rd Season- Farscape - Starburst Edition - Volume 9 (3.3)
- In Living Color - Season 5
- The Merv Griffin Show - 40 of the Most
Interesting People of Our Time
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