Starting in late 1983, it appears in yellow.

Starting in 1978, the words ' Wheel of Fortune Is Produced by' were inserted above the logo along with a Califon copyright stamp below.

In early seasons of Wheel of Fortune, a copyright stamp year appears underneath.

Sometimes, the logo appears in a different color on The Merv Griffin Show.

In the Merv Griffin Show and the 1983 Jeopardy! pilot, the text 'A MERV GRIFFIN PRODUCTION' is above the logo.Some mid-'70s episodes of The Merv Griffin Show have the text 'A GRIFFIN PRODUCTION' above the logo.Trivia: While this logo was first used on pilots in 19, it made its broadcast debut on the Janupremiere of Wheel of Fortune. There is also a line separating the griffin with the name ' MERV GRIFFIN productions' underneath. Logo: We now have a detailed outline of an Opinicus griffin sitting and holding up its left paw inside a rounded rectangle. Dance Fever and The Merv Griffin Show are owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment. Today, the Griffin game show library from 1964-1994 is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. On May 13, 1996, Merv Griffin created ' Merv Griffin Entertainment' as his new production company. 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. It was sold to Coca-Cola on 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. In 1984, Griffin expanded his company as 'Merv Griffin Enterprises'. It formed a partnership with King World (now ' CBS Media Ventures') in 1982 after ending his partnership with Metromedia. Before Jeopardy!, Griffin created and produced a game show called Word for Word, that debuted in 1963. 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. Kelly, V of Doom, Chowchillah, MeesterFonnyboy and MariluHennerArtist45 Michael Bode, Cameron McCaffrey and Shadeed A.

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