Obit: Merv Griffin dies at 82

[CrankyYankee]

Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82.

Griffin died of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his the family

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20236685/

 

[Ultimajock]

...he said for years he was going to issue a DVD package of his Orson Welles interviews (including the one he conducted with Welles within hours of Orson's fatal heart attack). Did that ever make it to the homevid market?...

 

[easttxtv]

He came out with one package from his show but I don't know if it includes any interviews with Welles or not.

 

[ten_four]

In USA Today and on a TV Guide channel tribute, mention was made about Merv's talk show being a daytime affair. In Indianapolis, Merv was on for an hour on indy channel WTTV-4 from 9 to 10 pm. (Which is what we watched when the President was on all of the networks.) Mike Douglas was the daytime show as I remember. (from Philly)

Was Merv a daytime show in most other places? and where?

 

[Tim L]

In USA Today and on a TV Guide channel tribute, mention was made about Merv's talk show being a daytime affair. In Indianapolis, Merv was on for an hour on indy channel WTTV-4 from 9 to 10 pm. (Which is what we watched when the President was on all of the networks.) Mike Douglas was the daytime show as I remember. (from Philly)

Was Merv a daytime show in most other places? and where?

In Cleveland, WEWS Channel 5 for a time ran Merv 6-7 or 7:30, later after Captain Penny's Cartoon show was banished to mornings only then canceled, Merv was on 4:30 0r 5-6. When CBS had Merv at 11:30 at night WJW-Channel 8 would actually tape delay the Late night show to air at 4:30 the next day. Don't know for how long though...